by jshipman | Feb 14, 2014 | reviews
Patterns and Patchwork: Mountain Dulcimer Fingerpicking Made Easy Reviewed by Carrie Crompton Dulcimer Players News Volume 18, Number 3 July/September 1992 I know a flautist who knits as avidly as she plays music; a guitarist who quilts; a mountain dulcimer player who...
by jshipman | Feb 14, 2014 | reviews
Heliotrope Bouquet Review by Carilyn Vice California Traditional Music Society September-December 1994 Volume 11, Number 1 If anyone has ever heard Sue Carpenter perform in person, they know her high energy and enthusiasm is carried through into her playing. The...
by jshipman | Feb 14, 2014 | reviews
Heliotrope Bouquet Review by KD of Dirty Linen Number 54 – October/November 1994 Sue Carpenter plays the Appalachian dulcimer, and like her contemporaries David Schnaufer and Jan Milner, she’s chosen to stretch the boundaries of music performed on this...
by jshipman | Feb 14, 2014 | reviews
Heliotrope Bouquet Review by Hilary Schrauf Metroland, Albany, NY September 30-Ocober 6, 1993 Sue Carpenter is no newcomer to the local folk scene. She first picked up a mountain dulcimer in 1981, and has been playin ever since. It’s only fitting that her debut...
by jshipman | Feb 14, 2014 | reviews
Heliotrope Bouquet Review by Greg Haymes PREVIEW – Times Union Albany, NY August 12, 1993 A lot of people think of the dulcimer only as a traditional folk music instrument, but everyone from the American Music club to Joni Mitchell to the rolling Stones have...
by jshipman | Feb 14, 2014 | reviews
Heliotrope Bouquet Review by Carrie Crompton Dulcimer Players News Volume 21, Number 1 January/March 1994 Last but not least, I want to introduce Sue Carpenter’s debut fretted dulcimer recording, “Heliotrope Bouquet” (without book). In terms of...