Thistle Dew

Staples from the Evart Dulcimer Celebration (the biggest of it is kind in america) Thistle Dew continues to be popular in central, north Michigan since their development in the first ’90s. Most widely known for their superb musicianship and upbeat, crowd-pleasing live perfromances, they effectively transported that energy in to the studio using their debut Songs of your time (1998). Made up of hammer dulcimer participant/vocalist Julie Anne Clark, tempo/business lead guitarist Susan Russell and mandolin participant Glynn Russell, the music group specializes inside a mixture of traditional folk music, old-time fiddle music, Celtic tunes, American requirements and the casual classical piece. In addition they play a wide range of Xmas tunes. Thistle Dew was founded by Clark and Susan Russell (after that Susan Frick) around 1992. Ahead of that Clark and Frick founded the Broken Cup String Music group. As the Broken Cup String Music group, they documented two albums. In 1991, Clark released a single work, Bridge to days gone by. Interestingly, the achieved Clark had small desire for music until after her kids had produced and she is at her early 40s. She used the hammer dulcimer in the past due ’80s and with small formal training is becoming among Michigan’s more well known dulcimer performers. Frick have been playing acoustic guitar because the early ’70s, while Russell didn’t begin playing mandolin until 1996, ahead of that, he performed just a little banjo. He as well offers became an easy learner; as well as the mandolin, he offers learned tenor acoustic guitar. Russell became a member of Thistle Dew around 1995; he and Frick wedded the following 12 months. Furthermore to carrying out at numerous folk festivals through the entire Midwest, like the internationally known Wheatland Music Event, held yearly in Remus, Michigan, Thistle Dew performs at wedding ceremonies, church gatherings, numerous specialty stores, city festivals, and college applications. Clark and Susan Russell also train dulcimer and acoustic guitar workshops aswell as give personal lessons. The band’s self-released debut can be bought by e-mailing Clark at: thisldew.netonecom.net.