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The Paint Branch Ramblers
Prince George’s County, Maryland
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Artist Info
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The Paint Branch Ramblers play ragged-but-right old time, bluegrass, and jug music. They hail from
Prince George’s County, Maryland where they have been playing together in one form or another since the
Spring of 2007. A surprising number of the Ramblers are entomologists or ento-curious.
The Paint Branch Ramblers are
- Peter Jensen — violin, suitcase
- Ryan Jerving — jug, banjo ukulele, mandolin
- James Key — upright bass
- Mike Paul — guitar, soprano ukulele, washboard, comb
- Michael Sevener — banjo, guitar, harmonica
- Bob Smith — guitar, electric ukulele
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Brittni Kahealani Paiva
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(From Brittni's bio) Brittni Paiva is quickly establishing herself throughout
the islands as HawaiiÕs musical child prodigy. Affectionately referred to as the
ukulele darling and slack key super girl for her masterful command of the
instruments, at the ripe age of 16, this youngster is holding her own with the best
of them. On June 3rd, the sweet humble teen walked away with the 2005 Na Hoku
Hanohano Music Award for Most Promising Artist of the Year for her debut recording,
Brittni X 3.
This Na Hoku award-winning virtuoso has a list of attributes under her belt,
including: first place at the 2002 Fearless Hawaiian Jumping Flea Ukulele
Competition, the 2004 Lehua Jaycees Ukulele Contest and the 2004 Hamakua Music
Festival competition where she was awarded a $1,500 scholarship prize. Brittni
attributes her musical talent to her family and the diversity of her sound to both
her unique background and influence from great Hawaiian legends.
2007 Hawaiian Music award for `Ukulele Album of the
Year
Brittni'a new CD "Brittni" won the 2007 Hawaiian Music award for `Ukulele Album of the
Year in the Hawaii Music Awards.
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Debbie Porter
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Debbie teaches both dulcimer and ukulele, giving workshops and concerts around
the country.
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(from artist's site ) - After playing fingerstyle and rock guitar for about 30 years--with a brief banjo foray taken in
the early 1980s--I discovered the uke in June 2005. Now I pretty much only play the uke.
Primarily am interested in emulating or creating solo instrumental versions of songs I like
and sometime I even work out songs I don't really like. Also am very much inspired by the
technical virtuousity of Jake and James and other killer progressive uke players.
I play four main instruments. The first two are tuned to re-entrant high G, the next to re-entrant FCEA, and the last to low G:
- KoaWorks 22 fret tenor (neck joined at the 14th fret) with koa top, sides and back, mahogany neck, and Worth Clear Extra Hard Tension strings. My workhorse uke--fast neck with great action.
- Dominator mahogany tenor (neck joined at 12th fret) strung with Worth Clear Extra Hard Tension strings. An amazingly loud and tonally clear uke built by a very close friend. Priceless.
- Talsma custom-made 17 fret tenor (neck joined at 12th fret) with spruce top,koa sides and back, mahogany neck, and Worth Clear Extra Hard Tension strings. Warm and sweet sound--great for mellower fingerstyle tunes.
- Pono cedar top tenor with mahogany back, sides, and neck (neck joined at 14th fret), Worth Clear Extra Hard Tension Low G strings. Big thanks to John Kitakas of Ko'olau Guitars and Ukes for helping set me up with this great instrument.
I record directly into a Sony PCM D1 Portable Digital Recorder--a rather expensive but very easy to use unit that has two high quality condenser mics set in an X-Y pattern and records WAV files--and then master with Ozone 3 software.
More information available on artist's web site.
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