Hear and Now: Coming Together – Music Improvisations from West-Cork

Acoustic music recorded in West Cork, Ireland. Exploring the vast scope of music improvisation became an exciting journey into the unknown full of magic and surprises. The musicians come from very different musical backgrounds and the improvisations do not necessarily represent the individual musician’s usual type or style of music. This CD has been funded by the arts office of the Cork County Council in 2002. Musicians: Jeremy Baines: Flute — Sarah Cunningham: Viola da Gamba, Vielle — Sarah Groser: Viola da Gamba — Clair Lalor: Flute — Mark Minard: Xylophone, Drums — Thomas Riedmuller: Guitar, Flute — Thomas Wiegandt (Project Co-ordinator): Guitar, Mandolin, African Lute, Flute, Xylophone, Talking Drum, Percussion, Calimba. Recording Studio: Drumming Centre West Cork, Ballydehob, West Cork The CD has 14 tracks with a total playing time of 47:40 Review: This album could certainly find a place in the record collection of any person who listens to the nature around them, notices that magnificent dawn or glorious sunset or wants to investigate their inner self. File under contemplative and thoughtful, and enjoy it. (Marcus Connaughton – RTE Radio – Cork)