Album Notes

Vocalist, drummer and storyteller Avram Patt grew up in a Yiddish-speaking household. He has held several positions in the public transportation and human services fields including Assistant to the Social Welfare Commissioner. He chaired the Plainfield Board of Selectmen for six years and is presently the manager of a local electric utility co-op. He has performed and toured one-man shows and with the Bread and Puppet Theater.

Dennis Murphy (on string bass and tuba) has degrees in music composition and ethnomusicology and plays a wide variety of instruments and music. He is the director and builder of the Plainfield Village Gamelan (the first of its kind in the US!) which plays authentic traditional Indonesian music. He is a member of the Fyre and Lightning Consort and guest artist with many local musical groups. He has composed several pieces for Nisht Geferlach and is an accomplished painter and photographer as well.

Steven Light (on trumpet, recorder and string bass) has played and taught music from an early age. He has an MFA in Early Music Performance and is the Director of the Fyre and Lightning Consort which performs medieval, Renaissance and traditional music including songs of the Sephardic Jews. He teaches music in a Vermont High School, at Johnson State College and is the former Director of the Dartmouth Early Music Ensemble.

Kathy Munson Light (on clarinet, harp and recorder) is a founding member of the Fyre and Lightning Consort, sings in several area choruses, has played clarinet and bass clarinet in the Bach Wind Philharmonia and teaches music in a Vermont High School.

Rick Winston (on accordion and piano) was responsible for bringing the band together! He has been active in the central Vermont traditional music community for over 20 years. He has performed solo piano recitals of the music of Scott Joplin and Eric Satie throughout Vermont and California and is the owner of the Savoy Theater in Montpelier, Vermont.