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Geraghty to release debut solo harp album

Geraghty to release debut solo harp album

Irish harper, composer, and educator Holly Geraghty is set to release her debut solo harp album, Musical Musings from Mayo, on June 27. The album will be available for purchase on Geraghty’s website and on major streaming platforms. According to a press release, the...

Smith Godinez releases new album

Smith Godinez releases new album

San Diego-based harpist and composer Tasha Smith Godinez has released her sixth studio album, A New Day, on World Music Day, June 21. The new album is available through Ennanga Records & Publishing, which she founded. According to a press release, Smith Godinez...

Royal harpist releases debut EP with Decca Classics

Royal harpist releases debut EP with Decca Classics

Alis Huws, official Royal Harpist to HRH King Charles, has signed as an exclusive recording artist with Decca Classics. Her debut EP will be released later this year. Huws released a single from the album on May 3, her arrangement of the Welsh folksong “Tra Bo Dau”...

Lyons releases new single

Lyons releases new single

Irish harpist, concertina player, and composer Aisling Lyons releases her new single “Sunbeam” on March 15th. According to a press release, this “heartfelt and original contemporary harp composition… is a poignant tribute to her late friend Sarah and showcases...

Englichová releases new album

Englichová releases new album

Czech harpist Kateřina Englichová released her new album As Time Goes By on the Arco Diva label on Jan. 26. The album is available from Multiland.cz and directly from Englichová at katerina@englichova.cz. In addition, As Time Goes By will soon be available on Spotify....

Toczko releases debut album featuring rock song covers

Toczko releases debut album featuring rock song covers

Harpist Kristan Toczko will release her debut album featuring rock song covers on Feb. 16. Recorded on the Leaf Music record label, Rock Echoes will be available on all streaming platforms and via Bandcamp. Toczko will also release a few singles before Feb. 16. Her...

Whiting releases new album on First Word Records

Whiting releases new album on First Word Records

Harpist Amanda Whiting will release her new album, The Liminality of Her, on March 22. It will be available on vinyl from all distributors and via Bandcamp as well as streaming on Spotify and Apple Music. This 10-track album showcases Whiting as both a performer and a...

Lenaerts releases new arrangement and recording of “Silent Night”

Lenaerts releases new arrangement and recording of “Silent Night”

Vienna Philharmonic harpist Anneleen Lenaerts has published an arrangement of “Silent Night” for harp, available from Universal Edition. Listen below to her new recording of the arrangement on the Warner Classics label. https://youtu.be/blyvzZSw7kg?si=Wy_1Nghd1hZaQVcV...

Lenaerts releases single from new album

Lenaerts releases single from new album

Anneleen Lenaerts has released a single from her upcoming album. Her single “Morgen” is available now on streaming platforms. The complete new digital album, More Stories, will be released on Warner Classics & Erato on January 26, 2024. The album features...

Di Nicola releases album of musical miniatures

Di Nicola releases album of musical miniatures

Francesca Romana Di Nicola has released a new album titled Miniature, a compilation of 27 short pieces for solo harp, which she composed in 2020. According to her website, each musical miniature “tells a personal story inspired by an emotion, a reflection, a childhood...