Apasionada - Alison Vardys Solo Harp CD

Artist: Alison Vardy

Album: Apasionada

Release: 1 June, 2000

In Stock: Ships within 48 hours

Label: Harpsound

Distributor: Independent

Suggested Retail: $19.99 $Canadian

Catalogue: AV02

Bar Code: 7 82241 14422 3

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

Description: Vibrant, rhythmic, syncopated, multicultural, solo harp music

Producers: Alison Vardy & John Ellis

Recording: Melodeon Studios, Victoria, BC

Mastering: Seabourne Studios, Victoria, BC

Track Listing:

1 Paya-Hali or Get Moving - Original (AV) with Russian rhythms MP3 (Cable)

2 Dunedin Farewell - Original (AV) with Latin rhythms MP3

3 Peery House ahint the Burn / Spoot O'Skerry - Shetland Islands MP3

4 Yvonne Yvonke / Los Bibilicos - Macedonia/ Jewish MP3

5 Scottische du Stockfish - Celtic from Brittany, France MP3

6 Peace River Lullaby - Original (AV) MP3

7 A Belen vinde Pastores - Celtic from Galacia, Spain MP3

8 Una Luz en el Mar / Llano - South America MP3

9 Roly Gentle / Johnson's Hornpipe - Northumbria, England MP3

10 Whimsical Breeze - Original (AV) MP3

11 Zemer Atik / Shalom Aleichem - Israeli dance tunes MP3

12 Animacion - Original (AV) MP3

13 King of the Fairies - Ireland MP3

14 Kulasunda - Original (AV) with African rhythms MP3

15 Streets of London / Pachelbel's Canon - Contemporary/ Classical MP3

16 Carousel - Original (AV) MP3

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

- Showcase at Pacific Contact

Present: - National promotion through CBC Radio

- 2nd release of Apasionada - 1500+ independent sales in Western Canada

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