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An eclectic acoustic band featuring World, Early, and American Music.Our repertoire of world music includes Brazilian, Jamaican, Middle Eastern, Sephardic, Afro-Brazilian and others; our Early music includes Medieval and Renaissance, and our American repertoire includes Appalachian, blues, spirituals, and traditional folk.We play a variety of instruments - including hammered dulcimer, flute, recorders of many sizes, crumhorn(!), standup bass, mountain dulcimers, guitar, percussion - and of course vocals. We also feature a number of occasional and/or novelty instruments (like a rainstick!).If the venue is right, we include singalongs, drumalongs, and shakealongs (we supply the shakers).Band members are Patty Simon, Barry Simon, Heidi Woofenden, and Polly Jacobson, with occasional guests joining us.

AUDIO CLIPS

Pastime With Good Company (attributed to Henry VIII)

Pastime with Good Company (attributed to Henry VIII)

Lungha Nahawand (Traditional Turkish/Arabic) with guest percussionist Steve Sloman

Lungha Nahawand (tradtional Turkish/Arabic) with guest percussionist Steve Sloman

Cuckoo (Appalachian)

Douce Dame Jolie (Guillaume de Machaut, 1300-1377) : Traditional tune followed by (adaptation of) modern setting by Will Ayton

VIDEO CLIPS

El Condor Pasa

Cuckoo (tradtional Appalachian)

El Condor Pasa

El Condor Pasa (Daniel Alomia Robles, 1913)

El Condor Pasa

Nobody Knows You
When You're Down and Out (Jimmie Cox, 1923)

PHOTO GALLERY

We love instruments

Carnaval Time in Rio:
Manha de Carnaval
and Lundu ("Dance") - traditional Afro-Brazilian

A Sea Shanty: Leave Her Johnny