{"product_id":"travelers-dream","title":"Traveler's Dream","description":"Product Description\n\nThe ancient hammered dulcimer followed the migrations of early travelers across Asia Minor and onto the European continent -- from the Black Sea to the North Atlantic shores. In Sansone’s hands, the visions of the Celts come alive in the modern world. Listen to the journey.Music from Ireland, Scotland, Northumberland, and Sweden.Persian-flavored improvisations and Sufi rhythms.Celebrations of Samhain and Lughnasa – the seasonal festivals of the ancient Celts. Original compositions with multi-layered textures and the spirit of innovation. The compelling rhythmic pulse of mallet-struck instruments -hammered dulcimer, marimba, xylophone and world percussion.\nJoining Maggie Sansone are: With maggie are: BOBBY READ - Clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, bamboo flute,alto flute, melodica, soprano saxophone, xaphoon, accordion, kalimba, piano, organ, electric bass, xylophone, piccolo, frame drums,medieval snare drum, bells, temple blocks \u0026amp; shakers;AL PETTEWAY guitar,BONNIE RIDEOUT - Scottish fiddle,ARAN OLWELL - Irish flute;DAVID SHEIM - Celtic harp;SARA NISENSON- Irish fiddle;ANDREA HOAG - Swedish fiddle,T.J.JOHNSON - Mandolin \u0026amp; cittern;DEBBIE HUNTER - Viola da gamba;PADDY LEAGUE - Bodhran, tabla \u0026amp; dombek;ROBERT JOSPÉ - Slit drum, mondo drums \u0026amp; marimba.It's produced by Bobby Read and recorded at Bias Studios, Springfield, VA, USA.\n\nReview\n\n\"A transporting experience for many listeners, especially those quick to fall under the spell of an ancient Celtic melody.\" -- The Washington Post\n\n\"A visionary meeting of Celtic and world music influences, alternately expressing its melodic, percussive and harmonic sides.\" -- AFIM (International Association of Independent Music)\n\n\"Darling of the hammered dulcimer a generous offering of crystalline musicianship and clarion tones.\" -- NAPRA REVIEW- for retailers serving the Body\/Mind\/Spirit Marketplace)\n\n\"Maggie Sansone can do no wrong!.Inspired interpretations and originals devoted to the Celtic New Year- Samhain.\"\n- -- DIRTY LINEN Folk \u0026amp; World Music Magazine\n\n\"The most exciting and innovative hammered dulcimer player recording today.She has a fire \u0026amp; passion to her playing.\" -- Dirty Linen World and Folk Magazine\n\nFrom the Artist\n\nHammered dulcimers are played by striking the strings with wooden mallets or hammers to create a percussive ringing sound with plenty of sustain. The instrument originated in the Middle East around 900 AD and migrated in many shapes, sizes and tunings outwards to Asia and Europe. Today it is found all over the world. My hammered dulcimer, made by Nick Blanton, has a trapezoidal shape with 74 strings stretched across 3 bridges. Among its unique features are pedal dampers -- two metal bars covered with felt and operated by a foot pedal to create short muted tones.\nAs I’ve grown musically, I’ve sought to explore the expressive possibilities that I hear in the hammered dulcimer. Producer Bobby Read and I set out to expand the instrument’s musical palette by using pedal dampers, different kinds of hammers and striking surfaces, and techniques like bending and plucking strings with picks and fingers and layering multiple parts. In pursuit of its identity as a melodic percussion instrument, we blended it with other members of its mallet family such as the xylophone and marimba to create ostinato patterns (repeated phrases that set up interesting layers underneath the melody) in many of the pieces.\n\nAbout the Artist\n\nOne of the most exciting and innovative hammered dulcimer players recording today, Maggie Sansone brings a unique vision to the music of the ancient Celts. She performs on the hammered dulcimer, ancestor of the modern day piano. The percussive melodious sounds of her wooden mallets dancing across eighty wire strings creates a harp-like resonant sustain that brings a special beauty to her music. Maggie has been featured on CBS-TV \"Sunday Morning,\" and NPR’s \"All Things Considered,\" \"Performance Today,\" and \"The Thistle \u0026amp; Shamrock.\" She is the recent recipient of two prestigious awards - the ANNIE Award for Performing Arts from the Anne Arundel Country Cultural Arts Foundation and the WAMMIE for best Irish\/Celtic Instrumentalist from the Washington Area Music Association. Maggie has authored seven music books for the hammered dulcimer with Mel Bay Publications and was included in their 2000 Hammered dulcimer Anthology Series featuring America’s finest performers and! teachers.She is now teaching privately and offering workshops year round at the Maryland Hall for Creative Arts in Annapolis, MD. Maggie is a popular performer, equally at home at local street fairs and folk festivals to the big concert stages including appearances at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. She is also known for producing an exciting array of Celtic and Christmas shows featuring some of the top stars in the Celtic music scene today. She was the founding member and manager for five years with the national touring show A Scottish Christmas and joined forces with\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B00000I12Y\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B00000I12Y.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:SANSONE,MAGGIE\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio cd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. 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