Breathtaking solos for the rare bowed psaltery and recorder, accompanied by the rare cross-strung harp, featuring traditional Nordic and Celtic music, contemporary originals, and classic favorites.

15 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Modern Folk, CLASSICAL: Traditional



Details:
Dichotomy Café is a magical tour through Scandinavian, European, and American traditional music featuring the haunting crystalline sound of the bowed psaltery, and the pure, sweet alto and sopranino recorders, accompanied by the rare cross-strung harp. This is pure acoustic music -- without heavy reverb, "nature sounds," or synthesizers. This is the only CD in the world to feature these instruments!

Letters and comments from fans:
"I felt like I was listening to someone play the rim of the Holy Grail."
"Until I heard this CD I didn't realize that a recorder was a real instrument!"
"Congratulations - it usually takes me a while to achieve a meditative state, but the first track on this CD did it in about thirty seconds. This one's a keeper."
"I didn't know that a bowed psaltery could be played like that!"

HARPER TASCHE holds a unique and prominent place in the folk harp world. He is internationally known as an expert on cross-strung and small folk harps, distilling European, Scandinavian, Celtic and American music into a distinctive and intensely lyrical style. Harper's credits include eighteen recording projects, international radio airplay, television and film work, composition commissions, and music books in two languages. Based in Seattle, he also holds the title "Millennium Harper of Washington State" from the Harping for Harmony Foundation. Harper can be reached via www.harpcrossing.com.