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DayBreak (folk)
editDayBreak | |
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 The current members of DayBreak | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, US |
| Genres | Folk, Celtic |
| Years active | 1989 - Present |
| Label | Independent |
| Members | Cliff Cole Emily Cole Rob Yoder Anna Lisa Yoder Lydia Yoder Trudy Yoder Seth Yoder |
| Past members | Denis Blodgett Sally Cole John LaValley Rich Bernardin |
| Website | DayBreak Folk |
DayBreak is a folk band, playing tradtional (folk) music in and round the Lehigh Valley. They use the tag line "Traditional Music for a New Day". While primarily regional, DayBreak also performed the soundtrack for a PBS documentary that aired nationally.
History
editThe musicians of DayBreak began harmonizing together in 1988. The band started performing and recording in 1989. Starting in 1989[1] and into the 1990s, they were a regular artist at Bethlehem's popular Musikfest. Ironically the contributions of DayBreak and many other local and regional acts led to the growth of Musikfest, which was then able to attract national recording artists in the 2000s, displacing the locals. DayBreak still plays Bethlehem's First Night festival and at Godfrey Daniels coffeehouse. They will often be found performing at churches, coffeehouses and smaller festivals in and around Lehigh and Bucks Counties of Pennsylvania.
DayBreak got national exposure in the United States for performing the soundtrack for the documentary film Exressions of Common Hands: Folk Art of the Pennsylvania Dutch.[2] Expressions of Common Hands aired nationwide on PBS in 1999.[3][4] DayBreak also gets radio play on Tom Druckenmiller's weekly In the Tradition on WDIY, and on Chuck Elliot's weekend morning Sleepy Hollow on WXPN, in the Philadelphia Market.
Musicianship
editDayBreak performs Celtic jigs, reels, hornpipes and ballads; American folk tunes and songs, folk hymns, original pieces, and seasonal songs. They all sing and each plays many unique acoustic instruments
The current full DayBreak ensemble includes:
- Cliff Cole: hammered dulcimer, guitar, and percussion
- Anna Lisa Yoder: violin, viola, mandolin and bouzouki
- Rob Yoder: concertina, guitar, bodhrán, harp and mountain dulcimer
- Trudy Yoder: cello, guitar, bodhrán and mountain dulcimer
- Emily Rose Cole: tin whistle
- Lydia Yoder: violin, mandolin, djembe and bodhrán
- Seth Yoder: hammered dulcimer, piano and oboe
Recordings
editWhile many recording studios use cave or cavern in their name, DayBreak's 2005 album, LOST CAVE, really was recorded in a cave. In XXXX, Lost River Caverns invited DayBreak to record in their LOCATION cavern. While bands playing in caves was not an uncommon pastime in pre air condtioning days, LOST CAVE may be one of the first professional album recordings ever made entirely in a cavern. The cave acoustics and natural noises contribute to.... ... production challenges.... Work mobile studio name in too. Review(s). EXPAND
| Album | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Dawn | 1989 | Not yet released in digital format |
| Unity | 1991 | |
| Autumn Calling | 1994 | |
| An Evening of Christmas Music | 2002 | Not yet released in digital format |
| Little Steps | 2004 | |
| LOST CAVE | 2005 | Recorded inside Lost River Caverns |
While an independent band, their self published music is available in Compact Disc and electronic formats though legitimate Internet outlets.
References
edit- ↑ "Adults And Children Listen Together At Familienplatz Musikfest '89". The Morning Call. Allentown. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
- ↑ "Kutztown Folk Music Society - Artist: DayBreak". Retrieved 4 January 2009.
- ↑ "Area Artists and Kutztown Festival Featured In Film to Air on PBS-TV". Retrieved 4 January 2009.
- ↑ "Folk Art of the Pennsylvania Dutch: Expressions of Common Hands [sic]". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 January 2009.