Name: Amy Darby

Instruments: Vocals, woodwind, theremin, percussion, guitar, celtic harp, keyboards

Discography:
Thieves' Kitchen "Shibboleth" 2003
The Thin Blues Line (self-titled) 1999

Five indispensable recordings:
Joni Mitchell "Hejira"
Elgar "Cello Concerto in E Minor (Op.85)"
Charles Mingus "Mingus Ah Um"
Loreena McKennitt "The Mask and Mirror"
Afro Celt Sound System "Volume 1: Sound Magic"

Currently listening to:
Jethro Tull "Songs from the Wood"
Kansas "Leftoverture"
Joni Mitchell "Court and Spark"
Pumajaw "Becoming Pumajaw"

Five inspiring people:
Loreena McKennitt
William Morris
Frank Zappa
Mary Wollstonecraft
Robert Lenkiewicz

Equipment:
Buffet Crampon Bb Clarinet
Yamaha Baroque tenor recorder
Aulos descant recorder
Earth Tone Native American concert drone flute in F# minor
Moog Etherwave theremin
Line 6 POD
Kambala 13" djembe traditionel
RhythmTech percussion
Various ethnic percussion
38-string Clarsach Celtic harp

Favourite quote: "Hell is full of musical amateurs: music is the brandy of the damned." - George Bernard Shaw

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