Members of 'Harmony Glen':
'Harmony Glen' History:
Harmony Glen is a Dutch band playing Irish, Scottish and American folk with some Texas flavours and a touch of jazz. Sjoerd van Ravenzwaaij and Vincent Pompe van Meerdervoort founded the group at the end of 2004. In the beginning, the idea was to start a traditional Irish "chamber orchestra" that would play traditional music in an easy, laid-back way, making it fit for easy listening, dinner and party background music. But things turned out very differently. When Nienke Bijker, Mike Bruinsma and Dominique Bentvelsen joined the band, the group soon found it was quite impossible to them to play Irish and Celtic music without the liveliness, tenderness, haunting energy and special feeling that was to become so characteristic to the sound of the band. With Miriam Kavana (formerly of the "Alias Ron Kavana Band", "Sean McGowan and the Pogues" and more) as band coach and regular guest musician, the Harmony Glen sound soon became even more energetic, catchy and haunting, which completed the rich mixture of musical styles - the musicians in the group have musical backgrounds varying from classical music to old style Jazz and Dixieland. Harmony Glen's fresh and unique interpretation of traditional and contemporary Irish and Celtic music touches the heart and soul of anyone. They have just released their excellent debut CD "Before Dawn". |
