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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