In the Studio with Tina Chancey

I had the great privilege of being in the studio with Tina Chancey last Friday. Tina is a musicologist and plays a number of different stringed instruments, most of them being early versions of instruments that are played today. She added bass viol (an early version of the cello) to three of our tracks. It has a slighty different sound than the cello and I can't wait for our fans to hear it along with harp, oboe, flute, electronic keyboard and voices. It really adds to the "mystic" quality of our sound! Tina is wonderful to work with and has put out many albums herself so we were glad to have her knowledge and expertise on hand. She also played a rebec (a medieval violin--it's tiny!) and a lyra (a Slavik instrument that stands on the lap and is bowed like a cello). It is still played in that part of the world today.

At the end of this week I'll be in the studio with Paul Bell, guitarist extraordinaire! More about that soon! ~Mary Anne