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. Barbepeste Official Orchestra: Ahoy and shiver your timbers to some Irish World music with a smattering of pirates
4. Cheryl Ann Fulton: World-class performer and teacher of Medieval, Baroque, Welsh triple, Celtic and Concert harps.
5. Tim Rayborn: Medieval and Middle Eastern music
6. Sherefe: Balkan and Middle Eastern Music
7. Mundi: Early music meets global folk at the Penguin Café
8. Laura Inserra: the Hang, a new instrument from Switzerland
9. Aryeh Frankfurter and Lisa Lynne: Two Worlds, One Music
10. Jamie Janover: innovative hammered dulcimer
11. Beth Quist: electro-Balkan / Indian meets New Age.
12. Suchita Parte: ancient Indian songs in a modern blend
13. Hans Christian: new age meets Indian cello
14. Middle-Earth Ensemble: sultry and percussive Mid-East fusion
15. Almer and Nirvan: soulful Balkan duo featuring acoustic guitars and voice
16. The Celtic Reggae Revolution: Saint Patrick was Jamaican! Reggae's Irish Connections
17. Bella Gaia: an iridescent landscape of gossamer melodies and labyrinthine rhythms, with a sense of celestial wonder
18. Aryeh Frankfurter: Timeless and enchanting folk music for the soul
19. Fernwood: Music played by hand on instruments made of wood
20. Barry Phillips: Scandinavian folkish cello