Shira Kammen received her degree in music from UC Berkeley and studied vielle with Margriet Tindemans. A member for many years of Ensembles Alcatraz and Project Ars Nova, and Medieval Strings, she has also worked with Sequentia, Hesperion XX, the Boston Camerata, and the King's Noyse, and is the founder of Class V Music, an ensemble dedicated to performance on river rafting trips. She has performed and taught in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Israel, Morocco and Japan, and on the Colorado and Rogue rivers. Shira happily collaborated with singer/storyteller John Fleagle for fifteen years, and performs now with several new groups: a medieval ensemble, Fortune's Wheel; a new music group, Ephemeros; an eclectic ethnic band, Panacea; and Trouz Bras, a band devoted to the dance music of Celtic Brittany.

A Celebration of Robert Burns The Almanac The Castle of the Holly King The Dawn of Joy Mistral Ragged, Rent and Torn Music of Waters

Tagged as: World, Folk, Medieval, Folk, Celtic.

1. Cheryl Ann Fulton: World-class performer and teacher of Medieval, Baroque, Welsh triple, Celtic and Concert harps.
2. Laura Inserra: the Hang, a new instrument from Switzerland
3. Kammen and Swan: a bright edge to traditional Celtic tunes
4. Aryeh Frankfurter and Lisa Lynne: Two Worlds, One Music
5. Beth Quist: electro-Balkan / Indian meets New Age.
6. Aryeh Frankfurter: Timeless and enchanting folk music for the soul
7. Yumi Kurosawa: melodic and mixed world tunes on Japanese Koto
8. Barry Phillips: Scandinavian folkish cello
9. Barbepeste Official Orchestra: Ahoy and shiver your timbers to some Irish World music with a smattering of pirates
10. Mundi: Early music meets global folk at the Penguin Café
11. Tim Rayborn: Medieval and Middle Eastern music
12. Francois Couture: Canadian composer, musician, orchestrator, arranger and sound designer
13. Anna Rynefors and Erik Ask Upmark: swedish folk music
14. Kara Nomadica: a fresh new sound driven by traditional Arabic and Turkish rhythms
15. Canconier: Medieval music from the 12th to the 15th centuries
16. Voices of Music: Lilting Renaissance & Baroque vocal interpretations
17. Daniel Estrem: colorful classical guitar
18. Suzanne Teng: world flute with a serene energy
19. AlmaNova: lively flute/guitar duo
20. Asteria: late-medieval vocal and instrumental music