Biography
Lorin Grean grew up surrounded by music even though the Celtic harp was not part of her earliest experience. Her father performed alongside the Glenn Miller band before taking charge of RCA Records’ East Coast operations, while her sister Robin sang backup and appeared in the original Broadway production of Jesus Christ Superstar. During those years Grean kept to herself, quietly strumming the guitar in her room.
By the early 1980s she had joined the forward-looking alternative Celtic ensemble Salt on the Rug, whose fusion of traditional melodies with jazz and Native American percussion placed it well ahead of prevailing trends; in that setting she contributed vocals along with recorders and mountain dulcimer. Toward the end of the decade she acquired her first Celtic harp and mastered the instrument in short order. From 1990 through 1994 she performed with the five-piece women’s group Moving Breath and issued two vocal-harp recordings, Embrace and The Call, on her own Knockinclash Productions imprint.
Over the years Grean has added vocals, harp, and recorder to sessions with Kate Wolf, Ronnie Gilbert, Tommy Makem, Kenny Loggins, Earl Robinson, comedian Robert Schimmel, and James Donnellan and Bill Robe. In 1997 she unveiled the innovative album Hand Woven, supported by leading session musicians, on the Silver Wave label.
By the early 1980s she had joined the forward-looking alternative Celtic ensemble Salt on the Rug, whose fusion of traditional melodies with jazz and Native American percussion placed it well ahead of prevailing trends; in that setting she contributed vocals along with recorders and mountain dulcimer. Toward the end of the decade she acquired her first Celtic harp and mastered the instrument in short order. From 1990 through 1994 she performed with the five-piece women’s group Moving Breath and issued two vocal-harp recordings, Embrace and The Call, on her own Knockinclash Productions imprint.
Over the years Grean has added vocals, harp, and recorder to sessions with Kate Wolf, Ronnie Gilbert, Tommy Makem, Kenny Loggins, Earl Robinson, comedian Robert Schimmel, and James Donnellan and Bill Robe. In 1997 she unveiled the innovative album Hand Woven, supported by leading session musicians, on the Silver Wave label.
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