Mountain Music Project CD

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Cluck Old Hen ~ Various Artists

2. Sita Rani Bonai Ma [Queen Sita in the Forest] ~ Various Artists

3. Deri Phul Paareko [So Many Eggs] ~ Various Artists

4. Going Across the Sea ~ Various Artists

5. Honira Salala [Water Flowing Slowly] ~ Various Artists

6. My Home is Across the Blue Ridge Mountains ~ Various Artists

7. Das Avatar [Ten Faces of God] ~ Various Artists

8. Little Liza Jane ~ Various Artists

9. Asaar Mahina Ko Geet [Song of the Coming Monsoon] ~ Various Artists

10. Hard Times ~ Various Artists

11. Resham Firiri ~ Various Artists

12. Sally Anne ~ Various Artists

13. Day is Past and Gone, The ~ Various Artists

14. Old Joe Clark/Oh! Susanna ~ Various Artists

15. Paina Khabara [No Message From You] ~ Various Artists

Notes & Personnel Info
	Audio Mixer: Danny Knicely.
	Liner Note Author: Tim O'Brien.
	Photographers: Tara Linhardt; Anya Vaverko; Jacob Penchansky; Danny Knicely.
	There's an interesting premise here. Follow two Virginia string band musicians, Danny Knicely and Tara Linhardt, as they travel through Nepal exploring the musical connections between the mountain music cultures of the Appalachians and the Himalayas. And maybe there is something about those jagged peaks and deep valleys that brings out certain kinetics and tone in the music, because these tracks sound bright and fresh, although they're way more Appalachia than Nepal. Appalachian string band standards like "Cluck Old Hen," "Little Liza Jane," and "Old Joe Clark" all take on a sort of joyously loping and galloping grace in the versions here. So yeah, mountain music from two different sides of the globe fits together in a kind of modal groove, which shouldn't come as much of a surprise. Geography to a musician really just means having a place to play, and musicians will always figure out how to get music out of whatever they're given, so that the two musical cultures mesh here isn't a shock. It's what musicians do, mountains or no mountains, and it's done quite nicely here. ~ Steve Leggett
Producer: Daniel Knicely
Engineer: Jacob Penchansky; Sanjeev Monga; Daniel Knicely

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Mountain Music Project (2012)