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Mark Gilston has been performing traditional folk music for over forty years. His vast repertoire encompasses songs and instrumentals from North America and most of Europe, particularly the British Isles, Scandinavia, and the Balkans. His performances are laced with humor and a wide base of eclectic knowledge. Mark, an award-winning mountain dulcimer player (first place, 2004 Oklahoma State Mountain Dulcimer Championship), also plays concertina, guitar, banjo, Bulgarian bagpipes, pennywhistle, ocarina, tambura, and others.
He has given concerts at numerous colleges, clubs and coffee houses throughout the United States as well as England and Canada, and has been a featured performer and workshop leader for various folk music societies including the New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club and the Folk Song Society of Greater Washington as well as groups abroad. He is currently performing music and living in Austin, Texas.
Watch Mark perform on YouTube!
Mark is now offering dulcimer and concertina lessons over the internet using Skype.
MARK'S LATEST CD NOW AVAILABLE AT CD BABY
Dulcimer Hambo (My Hambo Has Fleas) 3:47 | Gånglåt från Rättvik 2:38 | Svingedans efter Mårten Sjöbäck 2:02 | Säckpipslat från Norra Råda 2:37 | Polonäs från Sexdrega 2:56 | Gavels Ella (hambo) 2:52 | Gånglåt från Vigelsjö av Sten Blomström 2:45 | Polska efter Zuaw 2:30 | Norrbommens Polska efter Hjort Anders 2:08 | Slängpolska efter Byss-Calle 2:51 | Mora Långdans 1:24 | Mållongen av Gunnar Östergårds (hambo) 3:18 | Minne från Rommehed (polkett) 2:10 | Mungalåten 3:29 | Vals efter Tjäder Jonas 1:59 | Snurran (snoa) 2:46 | Steklåt från Särna 2:09 | Ten Crowns Polska 2:10 | Schottis från Haverö 1:57 | Polska efter Båtsman Däck 3:05 | Brudmarsch efter Florsen i Burs 2:03 | Polska från Åre 2:34 | Schottis från Idre 1:49 | Hambo på Logen 3:16 | Skålarna 3:56 | Vendelpolskan 2:20 | Långdans från Sollerön 2:04 | Total Running Time: 70:09
NEW DULCIMER BOOKS - INCLUDES TAB FOR 19 OF THE TUNES ON GRANDAD'S FAVORITE
AMERICAN OLD TIME TUNES FOR DULCIMER, vol 1
40 American tunes from Mark's CD's masterfully arranged for Mountain Dulcimer in DAD
CONTENTS
Barlow Knife | Boatman | Breaking Up Christmas | Bull at the Wagon | Bullfrog on a Puncheon Floor | Chinquapin Hunting | Cluck Old Hen | Cotton Eye Joe | Ducks on the Pond | Fairy Schottish | Going South | Going to Boston | Grandad's Favorite | Grasshopper Sittin' on a Sweet Potato Vine | Greasy Coat | Hound in the Laundry | Irish Washerwoman | Jellyfish Tickle | Johnny Don't Get Drunk | Kitchen Girl | Little Billy Wilson | Little Dutch Girl | Liza Jane | Miss McCloud's Reel | Rock the Cradle Joe | Roscoe | Sally in the Garden | Seneca Square Dance | Silly Bill | Step Around Johnny | Stump Tail Dog | Sweet Marie | Tater Patch | Texas | Uncle Henry | There's a Brown Skin Girl Down the Road Somewhere | Wild Rose of the Mountain | Wink the Other Eye | Yellow Barber and Yellow Door Breakdown
Order directly from Mark or by on Lulu. Send $30 plus $5 for postage and packaging to:
Mark Gilston
1507 Fall Creek Drive
Cedar Park, TX 78613
Also available from Lulu as an eBook.
Overseas orders, please add $12 for postage and packaging.
IF YOU ORDER TWO OR MORE BOOKS, POSTAGE AND PACKAGING IS FREE