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Mike Absalom - English musician (including harp), poet and children's entertainer. Ruth Acuff - American singer-songwriter and harpist. Kirsten Agresta - American harpist and a board member of the World Harp Congress. Pauline Åhman (1812–1904) - Swedish harpist. Silke Aichhorn - German harpist.
Mary O'Hara (born 12 May 1935) is an Irish soprano and harpist from County Sligo.She gained attention on both sides of the Atlantic in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Her recordings of that period influenced a generation of Irish female singers who credit O'Hara with influencing their style, among them Carmel Quinn, Mary Black and Moya Brennan.
Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt CM OM CD (born February 17, 1957) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer who writes, records, and performs world music with Celtic and Middle Eastern influences. McKennitt is known for her refined and clear soprano vocals. [1] She has sold more than 14 million records worldwide. [2]
Universal. Website. www.moyabrennan.com. Moya Brennan (born Máire Philomena Ní Bhraonáin[a] on 4 August 1952), [2] also known as Máire Brennan, is an Irish folk singer, songwriter, harpist, and philanthropist. She is the sister of the musical artist known as Enya. She began performing professionally in 1970 when her family formed the band ...
Dorothy Jeanne Thompson (August 6, 1932 – April 13, 1986), [1] [2] [3] better known as Dorothy Ashby, was an American jazz harpist, singer and composer. [4] Hailed as one of the most "unjustly under loved jazz greats of the 1950s" [5] and the "most accomplished modern jazz harpist," [6] Ashby established the harp as an improvising jazz instrument, beyond earlier use as a novelty or ...
Madison Calley. Madison Calley (born November 22) is an American harpist. Calley, a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, [1] gained mass exposure and notoriety through the creation of viral covers of contemporary music performed on her harp. Calley has become credited as one of few musicians actively breaking barriers and broadening the ...
Jane Ann "Nansi" Richards was born at Pen-y-bont-fawr, Montgomeryshire.An expert on both the triple and pedal harps, she always maintained that the greatest influences on her life were her father Thomas Richards, the Kale (Welsh Roma) who stayed on their farm, and Tom Lloyd (Telynor Ceiriog, 1848–1917), who taught her to play the harp.
Joanna Newsom (born January 18, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Born and raised in Northern California, Newsom was classically trained on the harp in her youth and began her career as a keyboardist in the San Francisco-based indie band the Pleased. After recording and self-releasing two EPs in 2002, Newsom signed to the ...