Ellen Gibling – The Bend in the Light (Ellen Gibling, 2021) The Bend in the Light is a solo harp album from Canadian composer, arranger,…
Exquisite Harp Rooted in Celtic Traditions
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“Bleckell Murry Neet” – Cumbrian Music for Guitar and Harp
Bleckell Murry Neet is a new album of Cumbrian music played on the guitar and harp. Ed Heslam has a background in classical guitar performance,…
Celtic Songs of Solace and Joy
Órla Fallon – Lore (Green Hill Music, 2020) Irish singer, harp player and composer Órla Fallon has recorded an album of traditional Celtic songs that…
Evocative Basque Harp
Olatz Zugasti – Orion Zuzenean (Kantaita Enea, 2019) Orion Zuzene is a double album recorded live by Spanish-Basque harp player and vocalist Olatz Zugasti. Her…
Artist Profiles: Catrin Finch
Welsh harpist and composer Catrin Ana Finch was born in Llanon, Ceredigion, UK in 1960. She started learning the harp at six. By nine, she…
Irish harping Added to the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Irish harping has been added to UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The harp is Ireland’s national symbol and has been played…
Glamorous recital from Canadian Singer and Harper Loreena McKennitt in San Sebastian
The “Lost Souls Tour”, an extensive tour of Europe, also ended up in Spain (Valencia, Murcia, Granada, Madrid, Barcelona, Zaragoza, and finally in San Sebastian).…
Artist Profiles: Harriet Earis
Harriet Earis was classically trained on concert pedal harp, but now specializes in the Celtic harp. She was the ‘Harper of All Britain’ in 2000…
Artist Profiles: Rodrigo Romaní
Rodrigo Romero, better known as Rodrigo Romaní, was born in Noia, Spain in 1957. He was involved in the Galician folk song movement in the…
Artist Profiles: Emilio Cao
Emilio Cao is one of the central figures of the Galician Folk music scene. He recovered the use of the harp in Spanish folk music…