Yes Thomas, we are aware of it. I really like Ronn, and I like his recording, as well. It is so well done! It is great that a lutenist is nominated for such a fine award!
ed At 09:20 PM 12/10/2008 +0100, thomas schall wrote: > I'm not sure if this is already commonly known, so: > > > > Ronn McFarlane Nominated for 2009 Grammy Award > Winchester, VA Dorian / Sono Luminus is very proud to announce that > world renowned American lute player Ronn McFarlane has been nominated > for a Grammy Award as announced by the Recording Academy last week. > McFarlanes album Indigo Road (dorian / sono luminus) has been nominated > in the Best Classical Crossover Album category. The 51st Annual Grammy > Awards are to be held on February 8, 2009. > McFarlane has devoted himself to reviving the original tradition of > lute composers where historically the lute player and the composer of > music were one and the same by composing original, modern works for > this age-old instrument. Many of the pieces on Indigo Road tread the > line between popular, folk, new age and classical music where some of > the works draw heavily on Renaissance and Baroque styles, while others > are expressed in a more modern musical idiom. The pieces take the > listener down aural roads from one composition to the next: from the > peaks of Denali, to the Pinetops of Maine, into a storming sky in Blue > Norther and across Uncharted Waterslisteners are transported to the > future through dreams and left feeling wistful and nostalgic as if > remembering the distant past. > McFarlane will be recording 2 Videos this week in support of the album > and is currently touring in the east coast with famed early music > ensemble the Baltimore Consort of which he is a founding member. > www.ronnmcfarlane.com > www.doriansonoluminus.com > Ronn Mcfarlane is available for live appearances and phone interviews. > To request an interview contact: > Jessica Shores > Dorian / Sono Luminus > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (540) 667 - 0729 > > -- > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.16/1841 - Release Date: >12/10/2008 9:30 AM Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (218) 728-1202
