Artist:           Alison Vardy

Album:         Harping On


Release:         1 November, 1997

In Stock:         Ships within 48 hours

Label:             Harpsound

Distributor:    Independent

Suggested Retail: $19.99 $Canadian


Catalogue:     AV01

Bar Code:      6 20106 91242 9

File Under:    World / Celtic / Classical Instrumentalist / Folk Harp

Description:  Resonant, heartening, sensitive, refreshingly arranged solo harp


Producer:      Alison Vardy

Recording:    Steve Kilroy, Fish Street Studios, Dunedin, New Zealand

Mastering:     Rudy Hueting, Video Factory, Dunedin, New Zealand



Track Listing: 

  Sunday Syncopations - Original (AV) with Latin rhythms   MP3 (Cable)

  2  Carolan's Welcome / Drummond Castle - Traditional Irish / Scottish   MP3

  3  Yet Another Medley - Trad. Irish / Welsh / English / Original (AV)   MP3

  4  Autumn/ Wind-up Toy - Originals (AV)   MP3

  5  10 de Octubre / Che valle me Yaguaron - Trad. Paraguayan   MP3

  6  Diddanwhch gruffudd ap cynan - Trad. Welsh   MP3

  7  Princess Royale / Roxburgh Castle - Trad. Irish / Scottish   MP3

  8  Dunedin Habenera / Cumbia deliciosa - Original with Caribbean rhythms (AV)   MP3

  9  Swing Low Sweet Chariot / Rich Man - Spirituals (USA)   MP3

10  Variations on a Mode - Original modal tunes (AV)   MP3

11  El Rio - Venezuelan rhythms (Alfredo Rolando Ortiz)   MP3

12  The Water Kilpie / Grandfather Clock - Trad. Manx (Isle of Man) / Contemp. (USA)   MP3

13  Ecuador / Beneath Wings - Columbian rhythms (Ortiz) / Contemp. (Bette Midler, USA) MP3



Future:   - Planned Tours in Vancouver/ Lower Mainland, Whistler and Vancouver Island

               - Showcase at Pacific Contact


Present:   - National promotion through CBC Radio

               - 4th release of Harping On - 3000+ sales in New Zealand & Western Canada

               - 2nd release of Apasionada - 2000+ independent sales in Western Canada

               - Extensive promotion via official website - www.alisonvardy.com


Past:        - Numerous concerts and tours throughout Victoria, Vancouver Island, Sunshine Coast,

                 Gulf Islands, Pacific Northwest and the South Island, New Zealand

               - TV New Zealand Nature Productions

               - First Australian Harp Festival - selected performer in Canberra, ACT, Australia

               - The International Folk Harp Conference - performer in Washington, U.S.A.


Press:        (from recent tour) 

                           

       "Sensitive and real……….luscious round-the-world tour"             

                    "Rearranging folk music from around the world, this highly skilled and whimsical woman

                                                     pulls and twists exotic rhythms from the strings "      News Leader


                      "...a complex embroidery of sound… runs, trills, triplets, glissandos with the confidence of a

                                            seasoned player... Vardy is a master of the technique of the harp"   Island Tides


                                                                      "...pure, ethereal sound"   Gulf Islands Driftwood

Harping On

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Alison Vardy

Harpist

Harpsound




Phone / Fax:

250.656.5985

[email protected]

www.alisonvardy.com


9906 Resthaven Drive 102

Sidney BC

Canada

V8L 3E8


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