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updated: 07/24/09 |
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Phil Volan and Joleen Bell
play beautifully crafted original compositions and covers for
mainly fingerstyle guitar and
vocals.
The duo
began in 2003 with a mutual love of acoustic music and share a rich
musical past.
The Black Rose Newsletter's reviewer Stew Levitt
describes Phil and Joleen's playing on they're
instrumental CD of duets:
"Starting with the opening harmonics of “Carousel,” each guitar
teases, withdraws and pursues each other like two children on an
afternoon outing. This is acoustic guitar at its best."
In
2002, Phil earned 2nd place at the prestigious National
Fingerstyle Guitar Championship in Winfield, Kansas.
Phil and Joleen are widely
versatile and perform
at concerts, conventions, festivals, churches, restaurants, and
the always-loved house concert. |
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Joleen Bell, along with her angelic voice brings a highly developed fingerstyle guitar skill to the duo--often with a Celtic feel on many of her original songs. She adds a bouquet of harmony and supportive rhythm to the uniquely tight arrangements with Phil. In addition to acoustic guitar, Joleen Bell plays several instruments including banjo and lap dulcimer. She has a B.A. in music from Naropa University, Boulder, CO. In addition to three CDs with Phil, she has two solo CDs and one with Tom Simms.
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Hear samples below or on the recordings/order page |
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