Crossing Borders, by Simple Gifts

Crossing Borders

by Simple Gifts

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1.	Rigged Ships (Shetland) 03:46	info	buy track
2.	Greek Medley 05:02	info	buy track
3.	Lebedig un Freilach 02:49	info	buy track
4.	My Horses Ain't Hungry 04:34	info	buy track
5.	Blizzard Hambo (Swedish) 04:20	info	buy track
6.	Cape Breton Medley 02:24	info	buy track
7.	Randy's Polkas 03:40	info	buy track
8.	Kishinev Medley 05:05	info	buy track
9.	Rasbitaya Gis'n (Russian) 02:58	info	buy track
10.	My Dixie Darling 03:49	info	buy track
11.	Merriweather Medley 05:18	info	buy track
12.	Box Turtle Medley 03:59	info	buy track

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This project is partially supported by a grant from Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour, developed and funded by the Vira I. Heinz Endowment; the William Penn Foundation; the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency; and The Pew Charitable Trusts; and administered by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation.

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released October 22, 2012

Produced by Simple Gifts with Bob Klotz and Shana Aisenberg.
Recorded at Songcrafters Soundstudio, Skip Kline, Engineer.
Mixed and mastered at Bob Klotz Audio Productions (klotzaudio.com) by Simple Gifts and Bob Klotz.
Design by Craig Stockert (stockert.com).
Photos of the band by Mel DeYoung and Joe DeLuca.
Photo of Eastern European emigrants (1899) by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1864-1952. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-5545.
Map detail from map of Poland (c. 1710) by Guillaume Delisle, 1675-1726.
Landscape photo by Craig Stockert.

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Simple Gifts State College, Pennsylvania

Simple Gifts presents a wide variety of ethnic folk music, including everything from lively Irish jigs and down-home American reels to hard-driving Klezmer frailachs, haunting Gypsy melodies, and exotic Balkan dance tunes. They put their own distinctive stamp on traditional tunes, blending styles from diverse cultures with their American roots. ... more

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