Ross Daly & Kelly Thoma ~ Live Studio Performance!

By JoAnn Mar

Published October 23, 2012 at 3:48 AM PDT

Folk Music & Beyond welcomes master musician Ross Daly from the Grecian isle of Crete. He draws upon a number of popular and classical idioms mainly from the Balkans and Middle East, but also from North Africa and Central and South Asia, incorporating elements of each into his compositions and renditions of traditional repertoire. Daly performs a couple of extended pieces on the Cretan lyra, accompanied by Kelly Thoma on lyra, Kaila Flexer on violin, and Gary Hegedus on oud and octave mandolin. Hear the broadcast until 11/3 via KALW's Local Music Player.

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JoAnn Mar

JoAnn Mar is a veteran radio announcer, producer and host of Folk Music & Beyond, heard every Saturday from 3 to 5 pm. In her spare time, she is a radio documentary producer/journalist. Her news reports and features have aired on NPR, Voice of America, The Charles Osgood File, Pacifica Radio and AARP's series Prime Time Radio. Topics covered include prisons, end-of-life, women's issues, the plight of immigrants and public education.

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