Hanneke
Cassel(fiddle)
Flynn Cohen (guitar)
Laura Cortese (vocals)
Rushad Eggleston (cello)
Brian Hanlon (bodhran)
Stuart Kenney (upright bass)
Michael Kerry (guitar)
Eric Merrill (viola)
Keith Murphy (guitar & vocals) Laura Risk (fiddle)
Mark Simos (guitar)
"Lissa
has the sound of Celtic fiddle
in her hands, in her head, and
in her heart." -- Darol
Anger
"Lissa
Schneckenburger's CD 'Different
Game' is a knockout! A tasty
selection of traditional and
original material that is well
worth listening to. Lissa's fiddling
is artful, skillful, inventive
and full of feeling. I had to
listen again and again." --
Jay Ungar
"Lissa
blows out the cobwebs in no uncertain
fashion . . . Lissa Schneckenburger's
name is one we ought to be hearing
more of." -- Folk Roots
(England)
"Her
talent lies in crafting pendulating
melodies . . .innovative freewheeling
arrangements..." --
Dirty Linen (Folk and World Music
Magazine)
Fiddler
Lissa Schneckenburger's latest recording Different
Game, released in March 2001,
pulls traditional fiddle repertoire
from Irish, Scottish, French Canadian,
and contemporary folk music. Schneckenburger
is backed by a group of fabulous
traditional Irish, and contradance
musicians from the New England area
on guitar, piano, bass, bodhran,
and mandolin. Different Game includes
several vocal numbers, heartfelt
waltzes, and upbeat dance tunes.
Different
Game is a sequel to Schneckenburger's
first CD The Mad Hatter,
released in 1997 (Outer Green Records). The
Mad Hatter has been aired on
National Public Radio's international
Celtic show, The Thistle & Shamrock,
and has been reviewed in publications
in the United States and Europe.
Schneckenburger
has been featured in countless radio
and television broadcasts, including
a solo on National Public Television's A
Taste of Chanukah filmed
in New England Conservatory's Jordan
Hall, a live performance on WBZ Boston,
and annual features on Maine Public
Radio's Live at 11.
Lissa Schneckenburger has opened
for artists such as Alasdair
Fraser, Skyedance,
and Judy Collins.
As
well as having a blossoming solo
career, Lissa is one of the founding
members of the acoustic fiddle band, Halali,
from Boston, and is also the featured
violinist with the Celtic rock group, Mad
Pudding, from Vancouver, BC.
As a member of these ensembles, Lissa
has played shows throughout the US,
Canada, UK, and the Netherlands.
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Different
Game (Lissa S.) / Silver
Spear
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Boulder
Creek (Lissa S.) /
Bear Island / The Limmerickian (Lissa
S.)
