Panacea is an eclectic blend of five of the San Francisco Bay area's most individual and sought after musicians. With a myriad of successful music careers between them, these five dynamic performers have joined their unique and diverse talents to form what is being called a wildly playful ensemble. Clockwise from the lower left: Santuri player Robin Petrie has recorded and toured extensively, playing and singing Celtic and European folk music. Nicole LeCorgne specializes in Middle Eastern and Balkan percussion. Bon Brown Singer is well known as a vocalist and the original artistic director of the Kitka women's chorus. Shira Kammen tours here and abroad as a medieval and early music vocalist and instrumentalist. Accordionist Nada Lewis has led several renowned Balkan and klezmer ensembles in the Bay area. Together their repertoire is as diverse as their experience, with music that travels from Finland to Israel and spends quite a bit of time in the Balkans along the way.

Songs and Dance Music of Europe East and West

Tagged as: World, Medieval, Eastern Voices, Arabic influenced.

1. Yumi Kurosawa: melodic and mixed world tunes on Japanese Koto
2. Tim Rayborn: Medieval and Middle Eastern music
3. Gokul Salvadi: Experimental Carnatic Indian music for the inquisitive mind
4. Anup: electro Indian sitar
5. Hans Christian: new age meets Indian cello
6. Jamie Janover: innovative hammered dulcimer
7. Cheryl Ann Fulton: World-class performer and teacher of Medieval, Baroque, Welsh triple, Celtic and Concert harps.
8. Jay Kishor: Music without preservatives
9. Shira Kammen: early folk and celtic music.
10. Kammen and Swan: a bright edge to traditional Celtic tunes
11. Jeremy Moyer: Erhu music bridging Eastern, Western, Contemporary and Folk traditions
12. Suchita Parte: ancient Indian songs in a modern blend
13. Made of Wood: Groove laden chillout funk
14. Amy Denio: Progressive 'world soul' music for thirsty ears
15. Fiddle Whamdiddle: foot-stomping, heart-pumping, head-bobbing music that snags audiences and reels them in!
16. Eric Kamen: Urban Flamenco
17. Tilopa: healing magic of the japanese zenflute
18. Kourosh Zolani: persian santour (hammer dulcimer)
19. Briddes Roune: 13th century medieval English songs
20. Rossignol: spare and lyrical medieval troubadour songs