Excellent
author: Rob
Very refreshing and well-executed!
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Forget Them Not
author: Joe
To make a short story long: I was staying at the Mast Farm Inn, a B&B in Banner Elk, North Carolina, and the proprietors
(who know a good thing or two) had a CD playing in my room when I checked in. It was the Forget-Me-Nots, a group
consisting of the Finck sisters, Willa and Ledah, and their lifelong pal Maura Shawn Scanlin, playing fiddles, with dad
David Finck adding tasteful accompaniment on guitar. A card indicated that the CD was available for sale at the desk, and I made a mental note to do just that. The next evening, at a champagne reception in the Inn's sitting room, who should be playing for our entertainment but those very Forget-Me-Nots (minus Maura). The intimate setting was a wonderful way to experience fireworks on the fiddle, and for anybody who likes Celtic-flavored ballads and reels, I can only say: these girls deliver. And while their first CD, "Fiddlers Three" shows their precocity with traditional tunes when the oldest of them was 12, the new, self-penned "Blooming" is the keeper for me, and this year's Christmas gift of choice. Give them a listen.
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