Confluence, by Nancy Rumbel, David Michael, & Benjy Wertheimer

Confluence

by Nancy Rumbel, David Michael, & Benjy Wertheimer

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1.	Confluence 05:30	info
2.	Mirage 04:57	info
3.	Daybreak 05:55	info
4.	Incantation 01:32	info
5.	Sea Star 05:30	info
6.	Silver and Gold 07:40	info
7.	Elixir 08:15	info
8.	Falling Leaves 06:00	info
9.	Saraswati’s Grace 08:48	info
10.	Taking Wing 05:10	info
11.	Bobo’s Farewell 05:04	info
12.	Kim’s Tango 06:18	info

about

A lively World Fusion music journey featuring the rarely-heard combination of oboe, Celtic harp, tablas, and instruments from around the globe.

Starting early in 2018, Benjy teamed up in our studio with his longtime friend and collaborator, Celtic harpist David Michael, and Grammy-award winner and woodwind player Nancy Rumbel to create a whole new sound.

An abundance of riches are added by a talented cast of their friends: Michael Mandrell (guitar), Richard Russell (sarode), Sean Frenette (bass), Mark Eubanks (Oregon Symphony’s long-time principal bassoonist), and Steve Gorn (Grammy-award winning bansuri flutist.)

Confluence features unusual stringed and percussion instruments supporting evocative themes played on a range of woodwinds, primarily the double reeds; oboe and English horn, with some bassoon and contrabassoon. Nylon-strung neo-Celtic harp provides the harmonic foundation holding the ensemble together, with the help of the crystalline sound of steel-string guitar. Complex tabla riffs create drive and forward motion while other exotic instruments like bansuri (bamboo) flute, and esraj (a 19-stringed bowed instrument from India) add to the unique blend.

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“A masterpiece of musical montages by superb talent … We are pulled into all these songs, engaged in the movement and the beyond-earthly beauty.”
– Chris Lunn, Ancient Victory’s Review

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released May 21, 2019

Nancy Rumbel – Oboe, English horn, Native American flute, ocarinas
David Michael – Celtic harp, zither
Benjy Wertheimer – Tabla, esraj, djembe, piano, tamboura, drums & drum programming, keyboards, cajón, sanza, assorted percussion
Michael Mandrell – Acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 11 & 12)
Richard Russell – Sarode (tracks 1, 6 & 10)
Mark Eubanks – bassoon, (tracks 5 & 11) contra bassoon (track 11)
Sean Frenette – Bass (track 1)
Steve Gorn – Bansuri flute (track 9)

Composed & produced by David Michael, Nancy Rumbel, & Benjy Wertheimer

Engineered by: Benjy Wertheimer, Wolf Cub Studio, Portland, OR, Nancy Rumbel, Water Garden Studios, Bellevue, WA, Steve Gorn, Shale Hall, Accord, NY and Mark Eubanks, Arundo Studios, Enterprise, OR.

Mixed at Wolf Cub Studio by Benjy Wertheimer, David Michael, & Nancy Rumbel

Mastered by Dean Baskerville at The Fringe Factory, Dallas, Texas

Executive producers: Kim Borgatta & David Michael

Cover photo: ©Ron Niebrugge / www.wildnatureimages.com

© 2019 David Michael, Nancy Rumbel & Benjy Wertheimer
℗ 2019 Purnima Productions (BMI), Fire in Heaven (BMI) & Wolf Cub Music (ASCAP)

CD Released by Purnima Productions, Port Townsend, WA

Special thanks to Heather Wertheimer, Dari Lewis, & Ron Rabin for loving support.

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Benjy Wertheimer Portland, Oregon

Benjy Wertheimer is an award-winning musician, composer, vocalist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist equally accomplished on tabla, congas, percussion, esraj, guitar, and keyboards. Benjy has produced 20 CDs since 2000, which receive extensive airplay around the world, and his CD Circle of Fire went to #1 on the New Age radio charts. ... more

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