Date: 2010-06-05
The Gnomes
You can’t help but “Get Gnomed” when you hear The Gnomes. Winners of the 2008 Motif Magazine Music Award for Folk/World performance. The Gnomes band includes some of Rhode Island’s best known musicians–Phil Edmonds (master of Irish whistle and button accordion); Cathy Clasper-Torch (fiddle, keyboard, er-hu, vocals); Otis Read (guitar, vocals); Peter Breen (bass, vocals); and Ron Schmitt (percussion)–who combine their varied and extensive musical backgrounds into arrangements that have been described as “exotic, fresh, unique.” Their spirited songs and instrumentals take you around the world, encompassing Celtic, klezmer, Scandinavian, Carribean, Asian and latin styles, and originals. It’s music to groove to, to move to, or be moved by.
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