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The duo specializes in beautiful airs and ballads, the occasional jig or reel, many of their own original compositions, unique arrangements of Traditional Music and creative Acoustic covers of Classic Rock songs.
For the past decade The Harper and The Minstrel have brought their music to many venues in America including Folk, Renaissance, Medieval, and Celtic Festivals, Coffee Houses and Farmers Markets.
The Harper and The Minstrel are featured Entertainers at Florida's Annual Fort Myers Medieval Festival, The Hoggetowne Medieval Faire and The Florida Renaissance Festival. They have performed at The ICONS Irish Festival, The Boston Green Fest, The Sterling Renaissance Festival, The Great Lakes Medieval Faire, The Connecticut Renaissance Faire, King Richard's Faire, The Beal House at The South Shore Folk Music Club, The Phoenix Faerie Festival, The Southern California Pleasure Faire, The Boston Spring Flower Show and at many other events.
"You can best judge a musician’s acumen by the way they interpret music, whether that music is familiar to you or obscure...Jay and Abby Michaels’ deft adaptations of songs from Sting to Robert Burns are thrilling, and they reveal the pair to be artists of some skill."
-Motif Magazine
"Sheer uniqueness" -Dirty Linen Magazine
"Gentle, lovely music" -Renaissance Magazine
Jay and Abby Michaels are members of
Early Music America
For Booking Inquires please contact
Jay Michaels:
harper_minstrel@yahoo.com
Click on the CD cover to preview & purchase CHASING MY MUSE The latest CD from The Harper and The Minstrel. It's a collection of 16 original songs, 11 from past Albums including:
The Hobbit Drinking Song
The Last Day Of The Faire
7 Secrets
Five and Seven
Believe
Dreaming Of Butterflies
And 5 previously unreleased songs!
CLICK HERE to purchase Chasing My Muse on iTunes
The latest solo CD from Jay Michaels is now available!
TO THINE OWN HARP BE TRUE is a collecton of instrumental Renaissance & Baroque Music played on a Triplett Celtic Harp, a Wire-Strung Cláirseach built by George Leverette and a handmade Classical Guitar designed by Phillip Jackson.
