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.
Kris Keogh is a harpist and electronic musician based in Darwin, Australia. He has been playing under his own name as well as the moniker Blastcorp since 2001. He is also a member of hushed indie guitar band Red Plum & Snow.
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...
Kate Price is a hammered dulcimer player and vocalist born in Salt Lake City, Utah. She has made recordings on several labels, including Priceless Productions, Access Music, Higher Octave / Om Town, Narada Productions, and LunaVerse Music. She creates contemporary international Folk fusion of Classical, Jazz and ethnic music using instruments from many cultures in the world.
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.
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