Ross Daly, born 29/9/1952 in England, is a composer and multi-instrumentalist of Irish descent living in Greece. He was brought up in the UK, North America and Japan but has spent all his adult life travelling extensively throughout India, Central Asia, the Middle and the Near East, Greece and Crete, studying the rich and varied classical and folk traditions with master musicians from that part of the world.
Ross Daly is now a respected master in his own right and an acclaimed
virtuoso on a range of instruments, including - Cretan Lyra, Kemençe, the
Greek Laouto, the Turkish Saz, the Arab Oud, the Persian Tar and the Indian
Sarangi.
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From his base in Greece he is teaching, playing concerts all over Europe, Near East and North America, recording and producing and bringing together musicians like in the "Labyrinth"-project, which he started in Crete. Ross Daly plays the modal, non-harmonic music of Greece, the Balkans, Turkey, the Middle East, North Africa and North India. Despite the difference in terminology, there are distinctive similarities in the way virtually all these cultures approach improvisation and rhythm and in the way they perceive the relationship between tradition and originality. Click on the image at right to see more about the artist and his music of choice. |
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Ross Daly & Friends KIN KIN From the Ross Daly repertoire comes this great CD filled with the sounds of his first foray to Australia. Here he teams with colleague and friend Kelly Thomas (who plays lyra on this CD), and three others from Australia, Linsey Pollak, Philip Griffin & Tunji Beier. Click on the image at right to see the contents of the CD and sample some of the tracks. |
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