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. Kitka: Eastern European women's vocal music
2. Stellamara: original Balkan-Near Eastern-Medieval-Ambient-World.
3. Kaila Flexer: Original Compositions Inspired by Far-Flung Fiddle Traditions
4. Anthony Salvo: solo and layered violin music on the theme of relational and spiritual intimacy
5. Ensemble Al Asdeka: spicy and hypnotic melding of Arabic and Jazz
6. Shira Kammen: early folk and celtic music.
7. Luke Gartner-Brereton: music for minds
8. Jamie Janover: innovative hammered dulcimer
9. Hans Christian: new age meets Indian cello
10. Kammen and Swan: a bright edge to traditional Celtic tunes
11. Fiddle Whamdiddle: foot-stomping, heart-pumping, head-bobbing music that snags audiences and reels them in!
12. Tim Rayborn: Medieval and Middle Eastern music
13. Werner Durand: experimental wind buzzing instruments
14. Beth Quist: electro-Balkan / Indian meets New Age.
15. Middle-Earth Ensemble: sultry and percussive Mid-East fusion
16. Erik Ask Upmark: Scandinavian music on the Celtic harp
17. Svanevit: Scandinavian music on the Celtic harp
18. Cheryl Ann Fulton: World-class performer and teacher of Medieval, Baroque, Welsh triple, Celtic and Concert harps.
19. Suchita Parte: ancient Indian songs in a modern blend
20. Sherefe: Balkan and Middle Eastern Music