With Karen Ashbrook:

• Celtic Café
  
  Review in the Washington Post:
  "If you think an album named in honor of the cozy cafes and noisy pubs that have long nurtured Celtic and Continental music would be filled with lively but somewhat ragged performances, you're half right. The latest release by multi-instrumentalists Karen Ashbrook and Paul Oorts is the product of a series of wonderfully energetic and exquisitely arranged collaborations. Ashbrook is an American Irish hammer dulcimer player well known for her work with the Ceoltori Celtic Ensemble. Oorts, her husband, is an exceptionally versatile Belgian musician and scholar…"
  
  Review in Dirty Linen:
  "By now, Celtic music has been blended with more things than a packinghouse sausage so I don't exactly jump out of my chair when a CD purporting to be a unique mix lands in my mailbox. But I'll make an exception for Celtic Cafe, that pairs Belgian-born fretted instrument master Paul Oorts with Karen Ashbrook, an American who dazzles on hammered dulcimer, flute, and penny whistle. Their collaboration mixes Irish, Scottish, Flemish, and French music."
  
  
• Spring Will Come

Guest Artist On:

• Cottage in the Glen - Jody Marshall
• Fire and Water - Andrea Hoag
• Moonfire - Present, Past and Future (pictured)
• Cracks and Shadows - David Wiesler
• What did we leave behind? - Doofus
• Preachers' Daughters - Debra Justice and Rachel Sprinkle
• The Curlews - Cliff Moses
• Chameleon - Alexander Mitchell
• Mystic Dance - Maggie Sansone
• Food for the Long Haul - Jesse Palidowsky
• Red-Haired Boy - Craig Harrell
• Otter Creek - Ken Kolodner & Brad Kolodner (pictured)
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With Simple Gifts:

• Down by the Sally Gardens
• A Place Just Right  (with Steve Schneider)

"Brought me moments of awe at the amount of creativity and freshness.
I highly recommend it." (Dulcimer Players' News)

 

 

With Steve Schneider:

• Momentum
  
  You can hear us play Scott Joplin's Cascades Rag (YouTube video), and look at some of the interesting soundholes designed by our friend James Jones (who built Steve's instrument). 
  
  My favorite tune of the album is called Woodworm