Kelpie

Kerstin Blodig & Ian Melrose

Celtic-Scandinavian World-Music

website: kelpie.band

A voice as clear as Norwegian fjord water - the flute like a breath of mist over the Scottish Highlands, plus two virtuoso guitars that harmonize perfectly. "The Celtic-Scandinavian Dream Team" - Kerstin and Ian's regular collaboration spans twelve years in various projects, including Norland Wind (with Padraig and Noel Duggan of Clannad) and Talking Water. Their shared passion for sophisticated arrangements, unusual harmonies and rhythms combined with Celtic and Scandinavian songs led them to form Kelpie in 1998. Ian's melodic fingerpicking guitar together with Kerstin's groovy plectrum guitar playing form the basis for the light-footed ballads of trolls and other water spirits, smart and groovy arranged reels and reverbs with lots of fun with spontaneous ideas and improvisations.

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