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Almeria by Fernwood Fernwood : Almeria.
 Music played by hand on instruments made of wood.

Frail and haunting, beautiful and dreamy, the music of composer team Gayle Ellett and Todd Montgomery has a unique, yet familiar feel. Both of them have each been composing and performing music professionally for many decades. Working under the name "Fernwood" they have released two albums so far: "Almeria" and "Sangita". Their cinematic music blends the beautiful sounds of Greek & Irish bouzouki, sitar, dilruba, quirquincho, acoustic guitar, Chinese ruan, Turkish cumbus, Moroccan oud, mandolin, harmonium, gimbri, tenor banjo, rababa, bulbul tarang, jal tarang, dotara, surmandal, tambura, manjira, tumbi, bugchu, gopichand, violin, rhodes piano and upright bass. All of these exotic tones are used like paint, to create dramatic visions of beauty.

GUITAR PLAYER Magazine described the music as "Wonderfully melodic, expertly layered, masterfully interwoven, luscious yet rootsy". NEW AGE RETAILER said "Sangita's 12 songs display influences from disparate cultures and heritages: Appalachia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, India and other ports of call. You may hear a snatch of bluegrass, a hint of blues, or even an Indian raga. The genre-bending fusion presented on Sangita is another fine example of defying world beat conventions."

Songs:

1. Sandpiper
2. Open Seas
3. Crow
4. Hungarian Holiday
5. Athenia
6. Makena
7. Ruidoso
8. Crane
9. East Window
10. Pelican
11. County Line
12. Nightingale

Listen to: the entire album.

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Release date: 7/26/2008
Fernwood lives in California USA

Tagged as: World, New Age

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