“It’s the nimble balancing of fidelity and freedom that makes this musical history tour so appealing.” The Washington Post

“Their approach gives early music a vibrant excitement and mix of early and old time music.”

The Evening Post/News Courier, Charleston, SC

INCLUDES:When Johnny Comes Marching HomeBeautiful DreamerMinstrel BoyIrish WasherwomanAll Quiet Along the PotomacWashington’s HornpipeWondrous LoveShule AroonYellow Rose of TexasSugar in the Gourd

Maggie’s Music announces a new release June 25, 2013

A Civil War ScrapbookA Civil War Scrapbook

HESPERUSearly music ensemble

HESPERUSearly music ensemble

A musical patchwork of

hope and healing,

longing and loss

with airs and ballads,

Irish jigs, Appalachian

fiddle tunes, marches,

spirituals, hymns,

and parlor music from

the time of the American

Civil War. It’s a time of

sharp contrasts and shifting

moods brought to life by

HESPERUS early music

ensemble & its guests on

fiddle, recorder, oboe,

pennywhistle, banjo,

guitar, mandolin,

hammered dulcimer,

mouth bow, viol,

bass and bodhran.

MM236 A Civil War Scrapbook

HESPERUS early music ensemble Tina Chancey: Director, fiddle, viol Bruce Hutton: guitar, mouth bow, harmonica, mandolin Zan McLeod: guitar Guest musicians: Kathryn Montoya: baroque oboe, recorder, pennywhistle Matthew Olwell: bodhran, cajon, body percussion Charlie Pilzer: bass Chris Romaine: banjo, fiddle Maggie Sansone: hammered dulcimer

(MM216) Early American Roots

(MM235) An Early American Quilt

(MM227) Colonial America

(MM220) Celtic Roots

by HESPERUS early music ensemble includes A Civil War Scrapbook and the following :

The Early American Music Series

UPC: 095182023626