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About Me

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Congratulations to the Happy Honeymoon Couple!

Michael and Rhiannon Giddens Laffan were already making beautiful music together the day after they first met at ChÃ¢teau Richard Studio in France. You can hear them on the following Indian Summer tracks:

Land of the Setting Sun
Unelanvhi Uwetsi
Wind Chases the Sun
Go So Far
Indian Summer

DOWNLOAD SINGLES AVAILABLE for 79 pence each from SONAS Multimedia :"Wheeling Island Girls" "Indian Summer" "Family Tree" "Unelanvhi Uwetsi" "Amazing Grace" "Wind Chases the Sun"
Top Song Land of the Setting Sun took 5th Place in the USA Songwriting Competition (World Music Category, 2007) and was also shortlisted in the Ã’ran Ã™r Song Competition in 2001.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/21/2006
Band Website: talithamackenzie.com; sonasmultimedia.com
Band Members: Talitha MacKenzie, Michael Laffan, Rhiannon Giddens, Chris Birkett, Nico Mirande; session musicians: Robin Mason, Mathieu Lucas & Christophe Baillet (of Kartel), Miriam Stockley, Sule Greg Wilson, May Birkett.
Influences: Harry Belafonte, Hedge & Donna, Joni Mitchell, Randy Newman, Aimee Mann, Enigma, Barenaked Ladies, Angelique Kidjo, Kate Bush, Stevie Wonder, The Incredible Stringband, Massive Attack, Underworld, Robbie Robertson, Steeleye Span, Lida Saidian, The Golden Fleece, Robert Cockrell, Avraham Sternklar, Maurice Ravel, Aram Khachaturian, Igor Stravinsky, Alexandr Borodin, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Guillaume de Machaut, Anonymous, Dessislava Stefanova, Pirin Bulgarian National Folk Ensemble, Miles Davis, early Elton John, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Yardbirds, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Martha & the Vandellas (all classic Motown really), Elmer Bernstein, Richard Rodney-Bennett, Mary Morrison, Calum Johnston, Stan Hugill.
Sounds Like: "Like Loreena McKennitt on acid" ? Have a listen and judge for yourself.

Record Label: SONAS Multimedia
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Making Music: Part of the Human Experience

This week there has been a lot of debate about whether or not there should be more music as part of the school curriculum in Britain. The composer/broadcaster Howard Goodall, recently named Sing...
Posted by Talitha MacKenzie on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 07:28:00 PST

Musicians vs the Real World

Hello Blog Readers (or is there a better collective name for you?), Please excuse my ignorance of blogging etiquette, as this is the first time I've set foot into the realm of weblogs. I never ...
Posted by Talitha MacKenzie on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 06:28:00 PST