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Artists:Abby Newton
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Abby Newton is well known for her groundbreaking work in the revival of the cello in American and Scottish traditional music. In the the mid-seventies, she began performing with John Cohen and Jay Ungar in the Putnam String County Band, making it the first modern string band with a cello. At the same time, she began an active and continuing recording career. She has produced and performed on over a hundred folk recordings including 16 CDs with Scottish singer, Jean Redpath. Abby's solo CDs "Crossing to Scotland" (1997) and "Castles, Kirks, and Caves" (2001), have earned her critical acclaim both in the US and abroad. She has appeared on Prairie Home Companion and in 2001, Fiona Ritchie, of the nationally syndicated NPR show Thistle and Shamrock, did a feature program on Abby’s music and her influence on the folk cello movement.
In addition to many workshops conducted in Scotland promoting the use of the cello as both a melodic and rhythmic instrument in traditional music, Abby has taught in the US at Gaelic Roots, the National Strings Workshop, the Swannanoa Gathering and Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp. Mel Bay published her first collection of Celtic tunes for cello and the second is in the works. The combination of her teaching, performing and publishing have inspired many amateurs and professionals to play traditional music on the cello.
She is also a member of Ferintosh..
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| Abby Newton on Wikipedia |
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| Song | Album | Length | Played | Overall | You | Tags | Single Request |
| The Hawthorne | Castles, Kirks, And Caves (Scottish Music Of The 18th Century) | 3:26 | 18 |  10 votes |
You have to login to give your opinion about songs. | Celtic / Classical / Cello / Violin / Instrumental / Acoustic | Gin Ye Kiss My Wife, I'll Tell The Minister | Crossing To Scotland | 3:43 | 7 | 2 votes |
You have to login to give your opinion about songs. | Celtic / Cello / Instrumental / Acoustic / Pretty | Crossing To Ireland | Crossing To Scotland | 4:52 | 9 | 8 votes |
You have to login to give your opinion about songs. | Celtic / Cello / Instrumental / Acoustic |
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Artist name is|Abby Newton Last played| more than 1 month ago ---------------------------------------- Show name| Songs by Abby Newton Length| 15 minutes Order by| random Limit| 3 songs ----------------------------------------
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- Spotlighted: Saturday, July 29th 2006
- Songs on WWR: 24
- Total plays: 380
- Total requests: 128
- Total listens: 9824
- CDBaby referrals: 1
- CDBaby sales: Castles, Kirks, and Caves (Sold 1 copies)
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