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fave it Traditional Folk | Celtic
13 tracks | 47 minutes
Released Jun 2004
on Little Blue Men Records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:44 Reels: A Crack in the Doorway/Hell to Pay/ Dip in the Road lyrics BUY MP3 05:44 Reels: A Crack in the Doorway/Hell to Pay/ Dip in the Road lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:44 Reels: A Crack in the Doorway/Hell to Pay/ Dip in the Road
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:48 Je M'endors (The French Blues) lyrics BUY MP3 02:48 Je M'endors (The French Blues) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:48 Je M'endors (The French Blues)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:58 Mambolkas: Tumbling in the Quays/ The Winking Lion lyrics BUY MP3 04:58 Mambolkas: Tumbling in the Quays/ The Winking Lion lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:58 Mambolkas: Tumbling in the Quays/ The Winking Lion
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:26 Heather on the Moor lyrics BUY MP3 03:26 Heather on the Moor lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:26 Heather on the Moor
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:01 Jigs: Mary Patterson's/All in the Family/The Rathfarnham Lilters lyrics BUY MP3 05:01 Jigs: Mary Patterson's/All in the Family/The Rathfarnham Lilters lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:01 Jigs: Mary Patterson's/All in the Family/The Rathfarnham Lilters
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:22 The Lass of Aughrim lyrics BUY MP3 01:22 The Lass of Aughrim lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:22 The Lass of Aughrim
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:38 Waltzes: Hauling Coffee/The Road to Guapiles lyrics BUY MP3 04:38 Waltzes: Hauling Coffee/The Road to Guapiles lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:38 Waltzes: Hauling Coffee/The Road to Guapiles
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:43 Ye Jacobites by Name lyrics BUY MP3 02:43 Ye Jacobites by Name lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:43 Ye Jacobites by Name
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:25 An Dro/Catch my Hat lyrics BUY MP3 03:25 An Dro/Catch my Hat lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:25 An Dro/Catch my Hat
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:08 Steer by the Stars lyrics BUY MP3 05:08 Steer by the Stars lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:08 Steer by the Stars
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:04 Rags: Flying on the Edge/Travis Creel's lyrics BUY MP3 04:04 Rags: Flying on the Edge/Travis Creel's lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:04 Rags: Flying on the Edge/Travis Creel's
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:39 Mardi Gras lyrics BUY MP3 02:39 Mardi Gras lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:39 Mardi Gras
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:40 O'Carolan's Farewell to Music lyrics BUY MP3 01:40 O'Carolan's Farewell to Music lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:40 O'Carolan's Farewell to Music
Bouzouki-oriented Celtic Louisiana fusion. She integrates into her style her experiences of playing Celtic, Cajun, rock, jazz, blues, country, gospel, classical, Latin, and folk music.
Bio / Background
Multi-instrumentalist Beth Patterson is foremost a player of the eight- and ten-stringed Irish bouzoukis (adaptations of a traditional Greek instrument). This native of Lafayette, Louisiana began her professional musical career in her early teens as a classical oboist and a Cajun bass player (with the required teenage heavy metal stint on the side), but not truly belonging to any of these, set out to create her own niche. She now integrates into her style her experiences of playing Celtic, Cajun, rock, jazz, blues, country, gospel, classical, Latin, and folk music. She has played in eleven countries throughout the Americas and Europe, and maintains an active gigging schedule in her home base of New Orleans.
↓ more ↓She spent a year studying traditional Irish music and ethnomusicology at University College, Cork in Ireland, where she first studied the music of West Africa, India, Indonesia, and the Caribbean, and began to experiment with fusions of these musical genres and her previous influences. A firm believer in the healing power of music, she also holds a bachelor's degree in music therapy from Loyola University, New Orleans.
Whether playing solo or with her band Kalafka, her performances are chock-full of drive and passion, laced with humor. Her stage presence has been decribed by viewers as "a cross between a cobra and a puppy."
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