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Artist
Chris Conway
12+ albums
new ageMeditationacousticjazzpiano
about
Chris Conway is the name of more than one artist: 1) new age/jazz/filk performer 2) jazz pianist and folk singer from Leicester 3) US musician, engineer & producer 1) Hailing from Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Chris Conway has built his music career in Leicester, UK. Getting a handle on Chris Conway's music can seem tricky for the casual observer - because he does so much! You might know him as ... 1. a singer and writer of acoustic songs. 2. a jazz pianist and singer. 3. a world fusion musician. 4. a producer of many ambient and new age recordings. 5. a thereminist, creating cosmic electronic music. 6. a player of jigs and reels in a Celtic band. 7. a singer space songs at a filk convention (Filk music is a musical culture, genre, and community tied to science fiction, fantasy, and horror fandom) He works in and across many genres - singer-songwriter, jazz, world music fusion, ambient & new age, Celtic, electronic, and filk. Chris Conway is a true multi-instrumental wizard playing... piano, keyboards, 9string acoustic & electric guitars, low, tin & twin whistles, live electronics, kalimba, theremin, zither, and vocals. He has worked with a very diverse set of top musicians - he's played with members of Jethro Tull and Fairport Convention and toured with Peter Tork (from the Monkees). He's also played with composer Gavin Bryars, and new age stars Llewellyn & Juliana, tabla man Talvin Singh, violin virtuoso Dr L Subramanium, and UK folk singer Martin Carthy. Brazilian jazz div
