The Whole Music Experience

Photo: Nancy Smith-Jones Sounds of the Desert: An Interview with Master Drummer Will Clipman Fans of Native American music and especially performed by Canyon Records artists, need little introduction to master drummer-percussionist William Clipman. The master drummer resides in the Sonaran Desert, a landscape that leaves an impression on Clipman’s playing. Clipman and I have been exchanging e-mail correspondence since I reviewed his solo CD, Pathfinder some time ago. I thought now would be the perfect time to interview him for this healing music blog. Below you will find an unabridged interview with the global beat drummer himself. WME: We had spoken of this earlier how you knew your life path as a drummer since you were a child. Did you want to share your earliest experiences with percussion with the readers of this blog? William Clipman: I started playing my father’s drums and my mother’s piano when I was three years old. I had no doubt absorbed the sounds of these

Concert Review image miss ing  Lunasa McIntyre Hall Mount Vernon, Washington March 13, 2009   Four days before Saint Patrick’s Day and the Skagit Valley audience was rearing to go as the Irish sensation Lunasa appeared on McIntyre Hall’s stage. Bassist Trevor Hutchinson anchored the band stage left while flutist and master of ceremony Kevin Crawford stood on the other end of the stage sending his bandmates off on alternating flights of fancy. Guitarist Paul Meehan, fiddler Sean Smyth and piper Cillian Vallely rounded out the quintet offering up their own share of delightful musical moments. This concert marked Lunasa’s first appearance in Mount Vernon, a small city tucked half way between Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia. But Celtic music is no stranger to Skagit Valley residents. The annual Highland Games draws folks from near and far. And the occasional Celtic music performer has been known to grace the stage of Lincoln Theatre and McIntyre Hall. Alt