Featuring Joan Baez! Here's how Sharon Isbin describes her 2009 release: "Working closely with two wonderfully vibrant, inspiring and warm individuals like folk legend JOAN BAEZ and violin virtuoso MARK O'CONNOR is a journey I shall never forget, truly a musical JOURNEY TO THE NEW WORLD. "This voyage from the British Isles to the New World features two world premieres: the Joan Baez Suite for solo guitar written for me by John Duarte, and O'Connor's Strings & Threads Suite for violin and guitar. "The journey begins with four English Renaissance lute duets (I perform both parts); followed by The Drunken Sailor and Wild Mountain Thyme composed/arranged for solo guitar by Edward Flower; and Andrew York's mesmerizing Andecy which pays tribute to American and British folk traditions. "Joan Baez sings haunting renditions of Wayfaring Stranger and Go 'Way from My Window. Mark O'Connor's reels, jigs, waltzes, blues, rags and swing bring the recording to an exciting close."

Isbin/Baez