Panacea is an eclectic blend of five of the San Francisco Bay area's most individual and sought after musicians. With a myriad of successful music careers between them, these five dynamic performers have joined their unique and diverse talents to form what is being called a wildly playful ensemble. Clockwise from the lower left: Santuri player Robin Petrie has recorded and toured extensively, playing and singing Celtic and European folk music. Nicole LeCorgne specializes in Middle Eastern and Balkan percussion. Bon Brown Singer is well known as a vocalist and the original artistic director of the Kitka women's chorus. Shira Kammen tours here and abroad as a medieval and early music vocalist and instrumentalist. Accordionist Nada Lewis has led several renowned Balkan and klezmer ensembles in the Bay area. Together their repertoire is as diverse as their experience, with music that travels from Finland to Israel and spends quite a bit of time in the Balkans along the way.

Songs and Dance Music of Europe East and West

Tagged as: World, Medieval, Eastern Voices, Arabic influenced.

1. Shira Kammen: early folk and celtic music.
2. Kammen and Swan: a bright edge to traditional Celtic tunes
3. Jamie Janover: innovative hammered dulcimer
4. Tim Rayborn: Medieval and Middle Eastern music
5. Middle-Earth Ensemble: sultry and percussive Mid-East fusion
6. Almer and Nirvan: soulful Balkan duo featuring acoustic guitars and voice
7. Mundi: Early music meets global folk at the Penguin Café
8. Suchita Parte: ancient Indian songs in a modern blend
9. Hans Christian: new age meets Indian cello
10. Yumi Kurosawa: melodic and mixed world tunes on Japanese Koto
11. Sherefe: Balkan and Middle Eastern Music
12. Fiddle Whamdiddle: foot-stomping, heart-pumping, head-bobbing music that snags audiences and reels them in!
13. Barbepeste Official Orchestra: Ahoy and shiver your timbers to some Irish World music with a smattering of pirates
14. Cheryl Ann Fulton: World-class performer and teacher of Medieval, Baroque, Welsh triple, Celtic and Concert harps.
15. Laura Inserra: the Hang, a new instrument from Switzerland
16. Ensemble Al Asdeka: spicy and hypnotic melding of Arabic and Jazz
17. Beth Quist: electro-Balkan / Indian meets New Age.
18. Aryeh Frankfurter and Lisa Lynne: Two Worlds, One Music
19. Magic Carpet: discover a rich tapestry of world grooves
20. To Life!: Music as a journey through tribal landscapes, rhythmic dance, hypnotic trance.