Tempest

Tempest has been recording and performing since 1988, has played more than 1000 performances and has released 8 CDs. Tempest is so much more than a folk-rock band. The roots of what they do draw sustenance from traditional folk music, and they rock like wild things, but that tag is far from succinct. What precisely would one call Celtic and European themes artfully sculpted by a Norwegian lead singer and double-necked mandolin player, a Cuban drummer, a crazy fiddle virtuoso, a sophisticated yet funky American bassist and a guitar player with a penchant for heavy rock guitar? Tempest is the only definition of the aforementioned to date. These guys take mythology and history, Irish jigs & reels, Norwegian traditional music and Scottish ballads and run it all through the rock & roll art school to produce a colorful and shapely soundscape that is fresh, irreverent and always a delight.

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