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Grey Larsen and Cindy Kallet appeared on National Public Radio's Weekend All Things Considered on August 2, 2008, in an interview with Host Andrea Seabrook. You may listen to the interview by clicking here.

 


Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen's CD "Cross the Water" contains original and traditional songs and tunes rooted in folk traditions of America, Ireland and Scandinavia, woven together in transparent, contrapuntal arrangements. Includes favorites from the duo's concert repertoire: six of Kallet's original songs, a fiddle duet, Irish flute and tin whistle tunes, old-time fiddle music of Southern Indiana, imagery of the sea, land, wind and sky. The CD contains extensive liner notes and words to the songs, and features the gorgeous photography of Alison Shaw. Vocals, Irish flutes, tin whistles, fiddle, fiola, concertina, guitar and harmonium.


Photos by Alison Shaw

Grey Larsen is a musician of many talents and accomplishments. He is a performer, recording artist, composer, teacher, author, producer, and a mastering and recording engineer. In these pages you will be able to find information on Grey's work in all of these fields.

Grey is most well-known as one of the world's foremost players and exponents of the Irish flute. To many musicians and music lovers, his recordings are classics.

His first three books now available.
• A labor of love and many years, The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle is a 480-page work (with two accompanying CDs) on playing and appreciating Irish flute and tin whistle.
• The Essential Tin Whistle Toolbox, at 187-pages (with one companion CD) takes the beginner, novice, or intermediate player of Irish tin whistle to a high level of competence.
• 150 Gems of Irish Music for Tin Whistle, at
140 pages and with two CDs, contains 150 traditional Irish tunes, with suggested ornamentation and breathing places. All the tunes are on the two companion CDs. Also included are three chapters which address Grey's ornamentation notation system, modes, and breathing and phrasing. While composed mainly of "whistle-friendly" tunes, there are also tunes of non-wind origin and tunes for playing on non-D whistles.
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