Paul Michel & Sally Rose

PAUL MICHEL grew up in Ohio, where he learned to play fiddle, mandolin and guitar from local players, old 78s and tradition "revivalist" players in the 1960s and 70s. He moved to Seattle in 1981, and has played off and on in old-time, bluegrass, Irish and Balkan bands for the past quarter century. He writes some songs, too. He lives in Seattle near Greenlake with his wife Ann and his sons, Colin and Peter.SALLY ROSE grew up in Yakima, WA. She has been singing since childhood. She plays mostly guitar and sometimes banjo. For several years she performed with the a cappella Balkan group Dunava. A longtime Seattle resident, she has recently relocated to the pastoral paradise of Snoqualmie, WA, where she sits on her porch and sings for her husband Warren, her fiddling daughter Tori and her guitar playing son Shawn.Paul and Sally are sometimes (when they're lucky) joined by Seattle's NANCY KATZ on upright bass.