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Tempest is a Celtic rock band from Northern California, usually billed as being from Oakland, California. They fuse together the traditional Celtic music with Norwegian folk, American folk, and progressive rock.
The band formed in 1988 with Lief Sorbye (mandolin, vocals), Adolfo Lazo (drums), Rob Wullenjohn (guitar), and Mark Showalter (bass). The band has seen a rotating cast of musicians, with only Lief and Adolfo surviving since the band's beginning.
The current lineup consists of Lief, Adolfo, Micheal Mullen (fiddle), Ronan Carroll (guitar), and Ariane Cap (ba ...read more
Tempest is a Celtic rock band from Northern California, usually billed as being from Oakland, California. They fuse together the traditional Celtic music with Norwegian folk, American folk, and progressive rock.
The band formed in 1988 with Lief Sorbye (mandolin, vocals), Adolfo Lazo (drums), Rob Wullenjohn (guitar), and Mark Showalter (bass). The band has seen a rotating cast of musicians, with only Lief and Adolfo surviving since the band's beginning.
The current lineup consists of Lief, Adolfo, Micheal Mullen (fiddle), Ronan Carroll (guitar), and Ariane Cap (bass), with all members hailing from around the world. Lief from Oslo, Norway, Adolfo from Havana, Cuba, Ronan from Dublin, Ireland, Michael from Fresno, California, and Ariane from Innsbruck, Austria. The current lineup also released their first album together, which is Tempest's 10th full length studio album, entitled The Double-Cros.
The band has held the honor of being regulars at the Philadelphia Folk Festival and has held their own festival entitled Karfluki Fest « hide |
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