Dromedary, also known as the Dromedary Quartet, is an American
world music band originally based out of
Athens, Georgia but now with members on both coasts. The group formed as a duo consisting of Andrew Reissiger and Rob McMaken playing a variety of instruments from cultures across the globe. The group's most recent album ''Sticks and Stones'' features New Orleans-to-Athens transplant Louis Romanos (percussion) and Chris Enghauser (bass).
Instruments utilized include the Bolivian
charango
The charango is a small Andean stringed instrument of the lute family, from the Quechua and Aymara populations in the territory of the Altiplano in post-Colonial times, after European stringed instruments were introduced by the Spanish during c ...
, the Turkish
cumbus, the
Appalachian dulcimer,
mandolin
A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...
, and
guitar.
The duo have also been frequent collaborators with
North Carolina-based singer-songwriter
Jonathan Byrd. Together they recorded ''
The Sea and The Sky'', an album of songs Byrd wrote inspired by a band.
Discography
* ''Artifact'' (2001)
* ''Live from the Make Believe'' (2003)
* ''Dromedary Quartet'' (2006)
* ''Sticks and Stones'' (2008)
with Jonathan Byrd
* ''
The Sea and The Sky'' (2004,
Waterbug)
* ''
This Is The New That'' (2007, Waterbug)
Further reading
* Budd Kopman
"Quartet" ''All About Jazz'', August 15, 2006
"Dromedary Expands to a Quartet and Presents New Album" ''World Music Central'', August 12, 2006
* Mike Joyce
"Jonathan Byrd & Dromedary - ''The Sea & the Sky'', (Waterbug), Andrew McKnight - ''Beyond Borders'' (Falling Mountain)"(reviews), ''
The Washington Post'', February 25, 2005, p.WE08
*Liz Carlisle
"The Best New Folk of Summer 2004: Part II: The intellectuals"(CD review), ''
The Harvard Independent'', October 7, 2004
*Matt Watroba, "Jonathan Byrd & Dromedary: forces of nature", ''
Sing Out!'', 48:3, Fall 2004
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*Francois Couture,
"Review: ''Live from the Make Believe'' , ''
Allmusic'', 2003
*Francois Couture,
"Review: ''Artifact'' , ''
Allmusic''
*Matt Hutchinson
"We are not the world: Athens duo Dromedary breathes American life into international flavors" CreativeLoafing.com, October 30, 2003
*Daniel Arizona
''Splendid'', January 21, 2002
*Carool Kersten
''Rambles'', January 25, 2003
External links
Dromedary official web site
Dromedaryat
MySpace
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Dromedaryat
Allmusic
American folk musical groups
Musical groups from Georgia (U.S. state)
American world music groups
2001 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
Musicians from Athens, Georgia
Musical groups established in 2001
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