Rick Estrin And The Nightcats
From the liner notes of their debut album, "Twisted", released on Alligator Records: For thirty years, Rick Estrin was the voice and face of one of the country
Giles Robson & The Dirty Aces
Giles Robson and The Dirty Aces are fast rising stars on the UK and international music scenes. Robson first came to the attention of the UK national press in 2010 when backing blues legend Muddy Waters’ eldest son Mud Morganfield. At a packed show in central London, The Daily Express praised his “Exquisite harmonica” and The Dirty Aces were described as “Virtuosi”. The Express’s Paul Stewart stated that Robson could “Possibly be the best harmonica player on the blues scene today” and praised Filip Kozlowski’s “Cutting guitar” and lauded the band as a “Great blues combo”.
Ailie Robertson
Ailie Robertson is a musician in the broadest sense: composer, arranger, teacher, improviser and harp virtuoso. “Her synthesis of Irish, Scottish and contemporary harping technique into an individual style represents the realization of otherwise unimagined possibilities for the Celtic harp” (Niall Keegan, 2006). Although just 24 years old, she already has some of the most impressive credentials in the Scottish harp world.
Michael McLinn
''sonically adventurous, twinkling harps and delicate pianos, quite fey but pretty too'' The Stool Pigeon
'the devils music played by a softly spoken harpist, enchanting and uncompromising'' Hydragenic.com / Drunken Werewolf Magazine ''Morrissey on the harp pretending to be a Spice Girl'' Alexander Kirkup of the Drookit Dogs www.myspace.com/michaelmclinn
Serafina Steer
Serafina Steer (born 1982) is an English harpist, pianist and singer-songwriter from Oxford, United Kingdom. Serafina Steer graduated with a First Class Honours degree in Music from Trinity College of Music, London, where she was awarded the String Faculty Silver Medal. In 2007 she released a 7" single and an album entitled Cheap Demo Bad Science on Static Caravan Recordings. Both were recorded and produced by Mike Lindsay of folktronica band Tunng. The album opens with a simple cover of Brian Eno's By This River but all other songs are her own.
Savourna Stevenson
From http://www.savournastevenson.com/perform_biography.htm Savourna Stevenson is a world class exponent of the Scottish harp. As both a virtuoso player and a composer she ‘completely re-writes the rule-books and proves the harp is capable of being pushed beyond its usual limits ... and sometimes doing the seemingly impossible’ (Taplas). Savourna, who has been described as ‘a composer who is a national treasure’ (Herald) and ‘Mother of invention’ (Scotsman), identifies strongly with her Scottish roots while breaking through stylistic barriers between traditional...
the dim goddess
The Dim Goddess creates beautiful and ethereal music on the harp conjuring up images of medieval times and alluring but dark places.
Christina Pluhar
Christina Pluhar (born 1965, in Gratz, Austria) is an Austrian-born harpist, lutenist and theorbist, specialized in medieval and baroque music. In 2000 she founded the ensemble L'Arpeggiata. http://www.christinapluhar.com