Community Music School Santa Cruz: Redwood / Various

Artists by track number: 1. Rob Brereton, 2. Janet Herman, 3. Janita Baker, 4. Joellen Lapidus, 5. Bonnie Carol, 6. Robert Force, 7. Lance Frodsham, 8. Neal Hellman, 9. Connie Allen, 10. Bing Futch, 11. Lois Hornbostel, 12. Michael Rugg, 13. Paul Furnas, 14. Dulcimer Girls (Laura Devine & Jayme Kelly Curtis), 15. Dan Daniels, 16. Shelley Phillips, 17. Peter Tommerup, 18. Ron Beardslee, 19 Linda Brockinton. This exciting new mountain dulcimer instrumental collection features ragtime, old time, Irish, Scottish, Israeli, and Brazilian music. There are dance tunes from the French countryside, the English Renaissance, Appalachia, and the Shetland Islands. There are new compositions with inflections of Native American, Scandinavian, Baroque and Cowboy music, not to mention a little Joni Mitchell vibe. Whether you fancy elegant finger-style or crazy- good flat-picking, this CD has it, and there is even a little 'slide' dulcimer! Enjoy over an hour of tasty dulcimer treats! Plus many of the tracks feature guest artists on other instruments, ranging from cello to melodeon, English horn, electric guitar, nyckelharpa, whistle, harp, hammered dulcimer, guitar, flute and more. Featured artists include many of the most prominent dulcimer performers on the national scene. Many of the tunes were recorded just for this compilation and a number of other tracks are from recordings that are no longer available.