Oktober Country

Oktober Country: Contemporary, ancient, and traditional instrumental music

Neal Hellman, dulcimer
Joe Weed, guitar, mandocello, fiddle, viola, mandola, & mandolin
Shelley Mathewson Phillips, recorders, English horn
Marti Kendall, cello
Robin Petrie, hammered dulcimer
Danny Carnahan, fiddle, mandola & guitar
Carl Rey, harmonicas
Paul Hostetter, banjo
Kim Robertson, celtic harp
Bruce Abrams, guitar

Neal Hellman chose his favorite time of year to inspire his bittersweetly lovely title tune - other originals include Durango, Little St. Anne, Picnic on the St. Croix and La Mort de Coucy. Oktober County also features arrangements of French and Italian early music including Douce Dame, El Tutu, and Lauda de Maria Maddalena; O'Carolan's Sheebeg Sheemore, and more.

Accompanying Neal's virtuoso mountain dulcimer are Kim Robertson on Celtic harp, Joe Weed on mandolin, fiddle and guitar, Shelley Phillips on recorders and English horn, Robin Petrie on hammered dulcimer and Danny Carnahan on fiddle and guitar.