in which musicians of the Arundo Salon mix & match musical traditions with unusual results, suitable for hire at art openings, wedding receptions & any occasion when ordinary music just won't do.

Andy Dinsmoor: sitar
Ed Holmes: slapstick, pipsqueak, Playskool keyboard, snorkletube, vocals
Hal Hughes: fiddle
G. P. Skratz: tanpura, hammered tanpura

GHOST OF CURLY
(Slap-stick for real, poignant pipsqueak. Moe, Larry, cheese. Moe, Larry, cheese. Acoustic electronic. Ogre brushing his teeth, St. Stupid's alarm clock. So you can fix this for us, right?)

Hear this piece performed (from the CD, Hal ("Eddie") Dinsratz):

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STON GYI LIU
(Although the fiddle melody originated in Ladakh, an actual country, the performance here recalls Rich Gold's notion of "music from fictional cultures," from Ethnia where Ethnic people live. Hail pounding the river, elk singing in the forest.)

Hear this piece performed (from the CD, Hal ("Eddie") Dinsratz):

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ARUNDO the contemporary poetry & music page

SMOOTH TOAD twisted roots & cast-iron croonin'

CLASSIC SMOOTH TOAD ancient roots & cast-iron croonin'

G.P. SKRATZ his library & family album

BIG MOUTH choral settings by Barney Jones

HAL ("EDDIE") DINSRATZ in which we mix & match traditions

THE STORE buy our stuff or hire us

HOMAGE the Arundo Salon salutes past masters

LINKS in which we visit our pals out there in cyberspace