Bands

Links to homepages of bands (or solo artists), most of them with citterns or bouzoukis or (octave) mandolins

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launch 180 and the Letter G Home Page
launch Alistair Russel
launch Altan Home page
launch Andy Irvine - Official site
launch ART EDELSTEIN'S HOMEPAGE
launch new Banshee in the Kitchen
launch Battlefield Band Web Fan Club
launch Bert Deivert
launch bohola
launch Brian McNeill homepage
launch CelticMusic.Com - The Home of Celtic Music on the Internet
launch Chris Kalsbeek - celtic songs and music
launch Connie Dover Home Page
launch Croppies Home Page
launch Danu - The Official Band website
launch Dick Gaughan's Homepage
launch Distant Shores: Traditional Irish music
launch Dreampower
launch FELPEYU
launch Gerald Trimble
launch Harry Sacksioni
launch Harry Sacksioni
launch http://www.ceolas.org/artists/Andy_Irvine.html
launch IONA - Traditional Celtic Music
launch John McGann's Custom Transcription Service/Technique Tips Plus…
launch Just Plain Folk
launch new Klickstarter welcome
launch Les Membres de Meuriad
launch Lisa Lynne's Homepage
launch Little blue Men Records/Beth Patterson
launch Maggie's Music - Artist page Robin Bullock
launch Music by Slainte
launch Official Leo Kottke Home Page
launch Orion homepage
launch Paul Brady
launch Paul Brady
launch Pete Coe's Homepage
launch Philip Masure
launch Robin Bullock - Multi-instrumental Celtic/Folk string wizard
launch Roger Landes
launch Roland Ferrandi's Official Website
launch Telynor Home Page
launch Terra Nova, World Folk Music
launch Terry Blankenship's official Web site
launch The Celtic Notsite
launch The Christy Moore Website
launch The Corrs Community
launch The Lash: Celtic Mayhem from America!
launch The Miserable Few Homepage
launch The Official Forrester Homepage
launch The Official Tommy Peoples Web Site
launch Tony McManus official home page
launch Welcome to Crocket Design and Friends
launch Whapweasel


180 and the Letter G Home Page http://www.celticmusic.com/180.html
Picture of List member and Cittern player Dan Beimborn with his (now disbanded) group.
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: Dan Beimborn | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 107 broken

Alistair Russel http://www.alistairrussell.co.uk/
Homepage of Listmember and citternist Alistair Russel. With sound samples. New URL
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: Alistair Russel | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 180 broken

Altan Home page http://www.altan.ie/
Official Altan homepage, the band that features Ciaran Curran on bouzouki.
Key: Bands | Author: Altan | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 114 broken

Andy Irvine - Official site http://www.andyirvine.com/
Lots of stories about how it all began with Planxty. Of course also info about where Andy is now with his music. Fascinating site!
Key: Bands | Author: Andy Irvine | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 531 broken

ART EDELSTEIN'S HOMEPAGE http://www.sover.net/~artedel/index.html
Art Edelstein. No cittern here, but much about fingerpicking and O'Carolan . Nice site, and Art does play the cittern. New URL
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: Art Edelstein | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 19 broken

Banshee in the Kitchen http://www.bansheeinthekitchen.com/
Band featuring Cittern List member Mary Fewel Tulin on the cittern. New URL. Nice design, cool sound samples, some featuring a Brock cittern. Recently also with link to YouTube video's.
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: Mary Fewel Tulin | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 446 broken

Battlefield Band Web Fan Club http://www.mcclellanbagpipes.com/mcclellanbagpipes/
Fan site for Scotland's best-known folkgroup. Scott passed away in 2006. Nice site, interactive.
Key: Bands | Author: Scott & Debbie McClellan | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 187 broken

Bert Deivert http://www.deivert.com/
Bert Deivert. Plays with Christy Leary. Now Bert has his own domain name.
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: Bert Deivert | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 20 broken

bohola http://www.bohola.com/
Group of bouzouki player Pat Broaders (this used to point to Aengus, but that link was dead)
Key: Bands | Author: DMD www.dannymillerdesign.com | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 105 broken

Brian McNeill homepage http://www.brianmcneill.co.uk/
Homepage of great citternist. Recently updated URL.
Key: Bands | Author: Gordy, Capitol Folk Productions | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 90 broken

CelticMusic.Com - The Home of Celtic Music on the Internet http://www.celticmusic.com/home.shtml
CelticMusic.Com - The Home of Celtic Music on the Internet. Among others: Roger Landes and Conny Dover, 180 and the letter G, Zan McLeod, Stephen Owsley Smith. Contains the Virtual tunebook, and an article by Roger Landes on modal harmony.
Key: Citternlist;Bands;sheet | Author: Dan Beimborn? | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 25 broken

Chris Kalsbeek - celtic songs and music http://www.chriskalsbeek.com/begin.php
Homepage of Dutch multi-instrumentalist Chris Kalsbeek. Chris is a one-man band, who takes a minidisk with him on tour, providing backup for his melodies and singing. He has a solo CD, which is one of my favourites now. The site is in Dutch, but you'll get the point: CD is CD :-). There are mp3 soundfiles.
Key: Bands | Author: Ayolt de Groot | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 474 broken

Connie Dover Home Page http://www.conniedover.com/
Unbelievably beautiful voice. To hear her backed up by Roger Landes' bouzouki is to die for.
Key: Bands | Author: Taylor Park Music | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 142 broken

Croppies Home Page http://www.croppies.com/
Band of Cittern List member Paddy Smith. He plays a 10-string short-scale cittern, a mandolin with a lower extra course, that he calls a mandolinola. Soundbites are available from the site.
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: ? | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 229 broken

Danu - The Official Band website http://homepage.tinet.ie/~fionnmacgiollachuda/Danu/danuindex.htm
As the title says. Danu is a great band, with good bouzouki work.
Key: Bands | Author: FinWeb Design | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 119 broken

Dick Gaughan's Homepage http://www.dickalba.demon.co.uk/main.html
Homepage of great Scottish singer/guitarist
Key: Bands | Author: Dick Gaughan | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 143 broken

Distant Shores: Traditional Irish music http://jef.perroy.free.fr/
Cittern List member Jef plays in this band and Open Road (http://jef.perroy.free.fr/)
Key: Bands;Citternlist | Author: Jef Perroy | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 476 broken

Dreampower http://www.dreampower.com/
Homepage of Robert John Stewart. Among many other things he plays the cittern, and there is a tutor tape by him out there. Alas, the site doesn't mention it.
Key: Bands | Author: R.J. Stewart | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 144 broken

FELPEYU http://www.felpeyu.com/
Homepage of Asturian band. Cittern List member Igor Medio plays the bouzouki. Really great music. Update: June 24th 2006 Rubén Bada emailed to the Cittern List: this morning, fellow list member and a best friend of mine, Igor Medio was killed in a car crash when he was on way to a gig with his band Felpeyu. Carlos, the guitar player was killed as well. the rest of the band is more or less all right, with minor injuries.
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: FELPEYU | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 184 broken

Gerald Trimble http://www.geraldtrimble.com/
Gerald Trimble, a pioneer when it comes to using the cittern as a solo instrument. His CD First Flight is obligatory listening material for anyone seriously interested in the cittern. Must be the most played CD in my entire collection.
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: Gerald Trimble | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 62 broken

Harry Sacksioni http://www.harrysacksioni.nl/
Now official homepage for Harry Sacksioni, the guitarist that made me enthusiastic for acoustic guitar.
Key: Bands;Dutch | Author: Guido Luhrs | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 131 broken

Harry Sacksioni http://musik.freepage.de/sacksioni/
Tribute page for Harry Sacksioni, the guitarist that made me enthusiastic for acoustic guitar.
Key: Bands;Dutch | Author: Roland Wassenich | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 132 broken

http://www.ceolas.org/artists/Andy_Irvine.html http://www.ceolas.org/artists/Andy_Irvine.html
Andy Irvine biography. Actually, Andy has a nice webite of his own making now: http://www.andyirvine.com/
Key: Bands | Author: Ceolas | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 91 broken

IONA - Traditional Celtic Music http://www.ionamusic.com/index.html
Homepage of Celtic band. Their CD's feature cittern. Soundbites available.
Key: Bands | Author: IONA | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 160 broken

John McGann's Custom Transcription Service/Technique Tips Plus… http://www.johnmcgann.com/
Some good theoretical as well as practical articles for players of string instruments
Key: Bands;Strings | Author: John McGann | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 246 broken

Just Plain Folk http://www.justplainfolk.co.uk/
Band in which Cittern List member Chris O'Shea plays cittern and bouzouki. Changed name to: "TBFKAJPF" (The Band Formerly Known As Just Plain Folk!) and then: Cosmic Trifle Among other things they play FILK: Science Fiction Folk. Chris's photo can be seen at: http://www.smof.com/magician.htm
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: Just Plain Folk | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 452 broken

Klickstarter welcome www.fm-shabba.de
Frank is a member of the Cittern List who plays Irish bouzouki in the band Roth Fail (http://www.roth-fail.de/). This website and that of the band are in German, but the pictures and videos are international :-). Under Downloads and then bouzouki are some pdf files with arrangements of Irish songs with chord diagrams. Remember that "H" is the note "B" in other languages.
Key: Citternlist;Bands;sheet | Author: Frank Hermann | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 655 broken

Les Membres de Meuriad http://meuriad.free.fr/erwan.htm
Homepage of Breton group Meuriad, with Cittern list member Erwan Alix on cittern
Key: Bands;Lyrics;Brittany;Citternlist | Author: erwan.alix-at-voila.fr | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 566 broken

Lisa Lynne's Homepage http://www.lisalynne.com/
Multi-instrumentalist. Plays bouzouki on CD that is advertised here. Anybody heard it?
Key: Bands | Author: ? | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 112 broken

Little blue Men Records/Beth Patterson http://www.littlebluemen.com/beth.htm
Beth Patterson is a very inventive bouzouki player . You can find info on her latest CD's here.
Key: Bands;citternlist | Author: rkeller-at-littlebluemen.com | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 577 broken

Maggie's Music - Artist page Robin Bullock http://www.maggiesmusic.com/mmrb.html
Short description and discography of Cittern wizard Robin Bullock. Nice pic of him with bouzouki. Robin's email address is included.
Key: Bands | Author: Ben Crenshaw for MaggiesMusic | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 104 broken

Music by Slainte http://www.irishband.com/
Jean Huskamp plays the bouzouki in the band. http://www.archive.org/details/CupofTea has MP3 files of CD.
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: ? | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 34 broken

Official Leo Kottke Home Page http://www.leokottke.com/
Contemporary folk guitarist. Twelve strings in weird tunings.
Key: Bands | Author: Leo Kottke | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 155 broken

Orion homepage http://www.orionceltic.com/
Very good group. Jamie McMenemy, of Battlefield Band and Kornog fame, played the bouzouki. Now replaced by John Faulkner Mostly original compositions in Celtic style.
Key: Bands | Author: Orion | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 197 broken

Paul Brady http://paulbrady.com/
Homepage of Paul Brady. Includes lyrics, and some tab.
Key: Bands;Lyrics | Author: ? | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 610 broken

Paul Brady http://paulbrady.com/
Not a citternist, but someone who has a great influence on Irish music. I really loved his guitar playing on older records by traditional Irish players.
Key: Bands | Author: Paul Brady | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 518 broken

Pete Coe's Homepage http://www.backshift.demon.co.uk/home.htm
Pete is a multi-instrumentalist. He uses the Sobell bouzouki for accompanying his songs. The really special feature is that he uses his feet (with special shoes) to tap out the rhytm. Try to see him live.
Key: Bands | Author: Pete Coe | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 451 broken

Philip Masure http://www.folk.be/masure/index.htm
Philip is a Belgian guitarist/bouzouki player, who plays in the Celtic idiom as well as traditional music from the Low Lands. The CD Webbesnaren of Philip together with Guido Piccard has been mentioned on the Cittern List as a record you should have in your house. I have seen Philip perform together with Kieran Fahey, and I liked what I saw. The homepage has a links section that leads to lots of interesting places. It is all in Dutch (well, Flamish) but you'll understand a lot of it .
Key: linkspage;Bands;Dutch | Author: Philip Masure | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 529 broken

Robin Bullock - Multi-instrumental Celtic/Folk string wizard http://www.flatpicker.com/bullock/
Homepage of cittern player who was, along with Gerald Trimble, one of the pioneers of playing melody on the cittern. Also look at: http://www.maggiesmusic.com/mmrb.html
Key: Bands;Citternlist | Author: Robin Bullock | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 194 broken

Roger Landes http://www.rogerlandes.com/
Homepage of Roger Landes. A great cittern player! He has his own CD. Look here. Roger organizes the Zookfest.
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: Roger Landes | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 51 broken

Roland Ferrandi's Official Website http://www.roland-ferrandi.com/
Musician who has the Corsican cittern (called cetera) as a specialty. I had never heard of such a thing before. Roland is a very skillfull musician, and his site is well worth the visit.
Key: Strings;Bands | Author: Roland Ferrandi | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 651 broken

Telynor Home Page http://www.telynor.com/
Telynor (John and Anna Peekstok). Quite amazing blend between folk and medieval. See my database section for record descriptions. New URL
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: John Peekstok | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 56 broken

Terra Nova, World Folk Music http://www.spacebeat.com/
Terra Nova, World Folk Music (Chip Dunbar). Picture of guitar-to-electric cittern.
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: Chip Dunbar | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 57 broken

Terry Blankenship's official Web site http://home.cinci.rr.com/terryblankenship/index.html
Terry Blankenship is a Cittern player, member of the Cittern List. Coming from elecric pop music, he now plays great traditional music. He also knows many people in the music scene personally. Also homepage of Changeling and Gabriel Hounds. Nice pics of him with cittern.
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: Terry Blankenship | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 181 broken

The Celtic Notsite http://www.celticnots.com/
Homepage of one of Carlos Alden's groups. New URL
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: Carlos Alden | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 58 broken

The Christy Moore Website http://www.christymoore.com/
As the title says
Key: Bands | Author: ? Sean Henry | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 53 broken

The Corrs Community http://www.thecorrs.org/
Unofficial Corrs site.
Key: Bands | Author: Cameron McVey | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 118 broken

The Lash: Celtic Mayhem from America! http://www.thelash.com/
The Lash (Rob K.)
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: Rob K. | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 23 broken

The Miserable Few Homepage http://www.miserablefew.50megs.com/
Band of Cittern List member Peter MacDonald
Key: Citternlist;Bands | Author: illusionalknight-at-juno.com | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 477 broken

The Official Forrester Homepage http://www.listen.to/forrester/
Home of artist who plays bouzouki, among other instruments.
Key: Bands | Author: Nicky Page | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 165 broken

The Official Tommy Peoples Web Site http://homepage.tinet.ie/~logo/tommy.htm
See title. One of the greatest Irish fiddlers.
Key: Bands | Author: Tommy Peoples | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 123 broken

Tony McManus official home page http://www.tonymcmanus.com/index.htm
One of the best folk guitarists out there. I saw him on tour with Brian McNeill once.
Key: Bands | Author: Tony McManus | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 435 broken

Welcome to Crocket Design and Friends http://www.crockettdesign.com/
This contains a site with GD Armstrong (luthier), and the Rendez-vous stringband that features three (3!) citterns.
Key: Citternlist;Bands;maker | Author: GD Armstrong | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 68 broken

Whapweasel http://www.whapweasel.com/
Homepage of band from Hexham, Northumberland. The location should be familiar to us cittern lovers! Mike Coleman plays acoustic and electric citterns in the band. Soundsamples of CD available.
Key: Bands | Author: Whapweasel | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 111 broken

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