Stringed Migration

Stringed Migration

Portland
Folk/Americana
Acoustic

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Play Song St. John's Jig _ The Barnswallow _ Mt. Tabor Reel
Play Song Cotton Mill Song
Play Song Fly Not Yet

Stringed Migration is a Portland, OR, based quartet that performs a lush synthesis of Celtic and international roots music with hints of jazz. Comprised of four multi-instrumentalists whose individual careers have garnered regional, national and international recognition, Stringed Migration is enjoying a rapidly growing reputation in the Northwest folk world.

The band features a cast of musicians whose diverse backgrounds touch upon Latin music, Balkan music, Americana, rock, Mediæval music, classical Indian music, Western classical music, and jazz, yet all have deep roots in traditional Irish and Scottish fare. “The idea,” says founder Elizabeth Nicholson, “is to allow everyone in the band to draw from the full spectrum of their experience, rather than conforming to a rigidly defined idiom.” The resulting sound pays true homage to the American melting pot, revealing technical mastery, nuance, spontaneity and heart.

Stringed Migration is: Elizabeth Nicholson on vocals, harps,...

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