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Martin
Leamon and Sille Ilves formed their unique Welsh – Estonian
collaboration shortly after the 2001 Viljandi Folkmusic Festival. Since
then they have developed a truly original fusion of two different musical
cultures, rooted in tradition yet thoroughly modern, they create timeless
music.
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SILLE ILVES
is one of the best fiddle players in Estonia. She studied traditional
music at the Viljandi Culture Academy in Estonia. She plays fiddle, hiiu
kannel (Estonian bowed harp) and sings. She has played, danced and sung
at festivals and concerts in throughout Scandinavia and Eastern Europe.
In Wales she has played with fiddler/crwth player Cass
Meurig, leading
Welsh traditional musician Ceri Rhys Mathews and the KilBride
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MARTIN LEAMON
is a skilled multi instrumentalist, with SILD he plays guitar and bouzouki.
He performed for five years with Welsh band Boys From The Hill, and has also
accompanied leading Welsh singer Julie Murphy. With these and other projects
he has played throughout the British Isles, Brittany, Portugal, the Czech Republic
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