Name: Amy Darby
Instruments: Vocals, clarinet, recorders, theremin, djembe, percussion, celtic harp, spoons
Discography: Thieves' Kitchen "The Water Road" 2008 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: Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" Damh the Bard "The Cauldron Born" Pumajaw "Becoming Pumajaw" Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble "Silk Road Journeys"
Five inspiring people: Loreena McKennitt Frank Zappa Mary Wollstonecraft Robert Lenkiewicz Phil Mercy
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 Customised IKEA spoons (Dessertspoons. Very important!)
Favourite quote: "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious; it is the source of all true art and science" - Albert Einstein
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