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Amy Ksir

   Tin whistles, flute, oboe, vocals.
   
   At the age of 13, I ran off with a wild gang of international folk
   dancers. They taught me to pronounce "Sitno Severnjasko Horo" and to
   count in 11/8. From then on my downslide into folk music was rapid. I
   stole my mom's pennywhistle and started listening to old Dubliners
   albums. My first band was a short-lived Steeleye Span/Fairport
   Convention cover band, whose only gig was shut down by the police
   before we started playing. By college I was singing harmony on Dylan
   songs in the campus coffeehouse, and joined a
   Cajun/Appalachian/Irish/bluegrass band called "Biff and the Backwater
   Boys." When I moved to Philadelphia to start a math Ph.D. program, I
   thought I might kick the folk habit, but I soon fell into the old
   patterns. It started with contradancing and led to hanging out in bars
   with Irish musicians. My real downfall came one Sunday evening when I
   heard this band called "Broadside Electric" on the radio (thanks, Gene
   Shay!). They played electrified Bulgarian dance tunes and my favorite
   Woody Guthrie song. I was hooked immediately. It's been a long descent
   into hell ever since. I'm having a blast. -- Amy
   
   
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