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Harmon’s Peak:
Traditional American Music

with Paul, Ernest, Art and Karl

Sound Samples:
Crow Black Chicken / Liza Jane
Elanoy / I Ain't Got Nobody / more

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Email booking inquiries to: karlfranzen @hotmail.com Call: 650 856 6445

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, we can supply music for festivals, events, weddings, dances, for schools, seasonal gatherings, concerts, parties or whatever your imagination requires (well, we don't hula dance).

Mr. Barky
Ernest Kinsolving and Karl Franzen present songs and tunes of various traditions (possibly even costumed): American Folk, Pirate & Sea Chanties, Cowboy Songs, Irish Pub Music, "Renn" Music, Seasonal Music, 60's parties—try us, we might just have a show. We can play for country dances too. Instrumentals and vocal harmonies dot the landscape.

Mr. Barky

Peak Nouveau
This Contra Dance Band plays old time, Irish and French music and consists of Paul Clarke on banjo, Lee Anne Welch (or Sarah Kirton) on fiddle, Peter Tommerup on dulcimers, and Karl Franzen on guitar and etc. To hold a dance, one also needs a dance caller who will teach the dances.
We can acquire one for you if you wish.

Solo Classical Guitar
Karl has studied the harp music of the famed Irish composer Turlough O'Carolan and arranged 70 pieces for classical guitar. This music features prominently in Karl's solo presentations, which can also include traditional songs. This is a peaceful, elegant music whose purpose is to lift the soul and pay homage to the lord and lady of the castle.

Rosin the Beau
The famed trio of Alan Keith, Ernest Kinsolving and Karl Franzen open up the St. Patrick's Day party at St. Stephen's Green in Mountain View for the past five years. Alan brings out his war pipes, we grab our Bodhran, and fearful noise erupts! Then we put out four solid hours of Irsh pub songs and tunes, interrupted only by the deamon cries of more pipe and drum, every hour on the hour! See us on St. Patrick's Day 2012 at St. Stephen's Green in Mountain View.

Lady Doris
Singer and lutenist Doris Williams is accompanied by guitarist/mandolinist Mike Bell and occasionally by Karl Franzen. Lots of Scottish, Irish, English and American songs.

Slainte of San Francisco Bay
Peter Tommerup plays hammered and mountain dulcimer and is sometimes accompanied by Gary, Lee Anne, or Karl. They play mellow Celtic tunes.

D'y'wanna play? . . .
A great way to pratice music, meet other musicians and generally have a good time is a jam session.

Harmon's Peak's mission is to bring you American and Celtic folk music. Our band members live in Redwood City, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Sunnyvale and Saratoga. They sing, and play a wide variety of instruments including fiddle, banjo, steel string and classical guitar, mandolin, hammer and mountain dulcimer, harmonica, drums, melodian, tin whistle. and lute. We play music from early America and from the Celtic tradition.

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website by k franzen and e kinsolving