Gourd Music
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Gourd Music is a record label
featuring acoustic, instrumental music. With various ensembles of guitar, cello, flute, oboe, harp, fiddle, hammered and mountain dulcimer, banjo, mandolin and more.
Gourd Music was founded by Neal Hellman
in 1987
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Genres published include Shaker music, music of Colonial America
, Victorian music, and music of the American Civil War
. Gourd albums range from traditional Celtic to old-timey Appalachian; from galliards to jigs; from monasteries to mountain cabins; from courtly measures to rollicking sprees.
Record label
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featuring acoustic, instrumental music. With various ensembles of guitar, cello, flute, oboe, harp, fiddle, hammered and mountain dulcimer, banjo, mandolin and more.
Gourd Music was founded by Neal Hellman
Neal Hellman
Neal Hellman is a performer and teacher of the mountain dulcimer. He has been active in performing, writing, teaching and recording acoustic music for the past thirty years throughout the United States and Europe....
in 1987
1987 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1987.See also:Record labels established in 1987-January-February:*January 3 – Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
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Genres published include Shaker music, music of Colonial America
Colonial America
The colonial history of the United States covers the history from the start of European settlement and especially the history of the thirteen colonies of Britain until they declared independence in 1776. In the late 16th century, England, France, Spain and the Netherlands launched major...
, Victorian music, and music of the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
. Gourd albums range from traditional Celtic to old-timey Appalachian; from galliards to jigs; from monasteries to mountain cabins; from courtly measures to rollicking sprees.
Gourd Artists
- William CoulterWilliam CoulterWilliam Coulter is a renowned Celtic guitarist, performer, recording artist, and teacher. Since 1981 he has explored the world of traditional music as a soloist with ensembles including Isle of Skye, Orison, and the Coulter-Phillips Ensemble.- Early life :...
- Cheryl Ann FultonCheryl Ann FultonCheryl Ann Fulton is an American harpist. Fulton performs, records, teaches, and researches the harp. She is performer of historical harps, and one of the few harpists to play triple harp, medieval harp, and lever harps....
- Neal HellmanNeal HellmanNeal Hellman is a performer and teacher of the mountain dulcimer. He has been active in performing, writing, teaching and recording acoustic music for the past thirty years throughout the United States and Europe....
- Mary Mc Laughlin
- Robin PetrieRobin PetrieRobin Petrie is an American santour and hammered dulcimer player. Petrie has been performing popular and seldom-heard hammered dulcimer music since 1980. She is heard regularly on National Public Radio...
- Barry PhillipsBarry PhillipsBarry Phillips is a musician, arranger and producer of many recordings of Celtic, world and American folk music on the Gourd Music label.Barry received a Masters of Music degree in composition from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in 1990...
- Shelley PhillipsShelley PhillipsShelley Phillips is a performer, and teacher of wind instruments and Celtic harp.Phillips has a Master of Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music...
- Todd Phillips (musician)Todd Phillips (musician)Todd Phillips is an American double bassist. He is the bassist of choice for many of the most innovative, as well as traditional, acoustic instrumental and bluegrass recordings made since the mid-1970s...
- Kim RobertsonKim RobertsonKim Robertson is a Celtic harp player. She was born in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and classically trained on piano and orchestral harp. Her work encompasses over 20 album projects, several volumes of harp arrangements, instructional videos, and an international itinerary of concerts and retreats...
- Jim Taylor (musician)
- Martin SimpsonMartin SimpsonMartin Simpson is an English folk singer, guitarist and songwriter. His music reflects a wide variety of influences and styles, rooted in the British Isles, America and beyond.-Biography:...