I have neglected to mention SIMON MAYOR. He mixes classical, folk, originals, swing, blues, and bluegrass, sometimes all at once, and mostly on mandolin though he's a fab guitarist, fiddler, and whistle player as well. He plays the whole mandolin family of instruments so well it's scary. I can't advise you all more than to say, "Listen to him!". His website is easy to find through Acoustics Records or simply let your engine find his name. I promise you that if you love a variety of music you'll love this guy. I've seen him live a number of times and he can pull it off without benefit of studio tricks too. His wife HILARY JAMES has one of the best voices in folk music and can sing trad and original songs as well as Simon plays them.

Perhaps a link from here to them would be appropriate? I don't know how to set such a thing up myself, that would require my 13 year old to do, and she's in bed right now.

Anyway, he's SIMON MAYOR, and he's the biggest influence on my musical development in my adulthood.

Peace, Mooh.