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Tara Minton releases debut album, 'I harp you'

Genre: Pop, Indie

Region: Melbourne, VIC

Members: Tara Minton - vocals, harp, Jack Leftly - keys, production, Luke Shore - drums, Leonardo Caltabiano - double bass, Daniel Lynders - bass, Tim Di Stefano - guitar, Tom Benson - Saxophone

Influences: The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Sting, Jamie Cullum, Norah Jones, Life!

On April 2nd, Tara Minton will release her debut album, 'I harp you'. We're loving her delicate folk-indie-pop with lots of stories that tap into our own experiences and lives. 

It is much better-recorded than a lot of harp discs, which is all the more impressive when you consider that the album was recorded in a garage in the middle of the very cold Australian winter. Tara's car was outside with the engine running, and they all had to leap inside it between takes to warm up.

Maria-Christina Papadopoulou and Mr Fogg

Harpblog is happy to have news from Maria-Christina Papadopoulou, who won first prize in the pop harp competition at the Wales International Harp Festival in April 2010. Maria-Christina has been recording with Mr Fogg at the Maida Vale studios in London. British station BBC Radio 1 played an interview with the band, where they talked about having a live harpist, and how the harp is making a name for itself in the music industry.

Here is the video for one of the songs, 'Moving Parts'. Harpists will notice immediately that Maria-Christina also succeeded in getting her harp down the stairs inside that ship!