Holding Back the Night
by
Thomasina

 This highly acclaimed 1999 release breaks new ground as a dulcimer recording by blending the dulcimer with world beat percussion, traditional melodies and instrumentals, original compositions, and contemporary folk songs.

Her unforgettable, expressive voice and musical selections take listeners on a joyful musical voyage.   It is available on CD only.
If I (You) Were A Carpenter ©1966, Tim Harden, Allen Stanton Productions (BMI)
I Live Not Where I Love Traditional  
Starry Night Waltz ©1999, Thomasina, Back Seat Boys Music, (BMI)  
Love Is Little / Simple Gifts Traditional Shaker  
Down With Darkness (Banou Choshech Legaresh) © S. Levi-Tanai and E. Amiran, 1958  
Midnight on the Water / Dulcifunk* / Old Joe Clark / Bile Them Cabbage / Over the Waterfall
All Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, except *Dulcifunk: © 1999, Thomasina, Back Seat Boys Music, (BMI)		  
If I Were A Featherbed ©1984 by John McCutcheon by Appalsongs, (ASCAP)  
Imagination©1999, Thomasina, Back Seat Boys Music, (BMI)
Eight Candles Burning ©1999, Thomasina, Back Seat Boys Music, (BMI)  
Gratitudine ©1999, Thomasina, Back Seat Boys Music, (BMI)  
Tetherline©1999, Thomasina, Back Seat Boys Music, (BMI) (Music by Thomasina, Words by Thomasina, Joan Spear, and Steven Levy)
Mountains of PomeroyTraditional Irish
Holding Back The Night ©1999, Thomasina, Back Seat Boys Music, (BMI)

The Musicians

  • John Marshall: all percussion tracks
  • Frank Gravis: all electric bass, fretless bass and stand-up bass tracks (except Tetherline)
  • Jeff Pevar: electric guitar and electric nylon string guitar in Tetherline and electric guitar on Midnight on the Water Medley
  • Joan Berliner Spear: keyboards on Holding Back The Night and background vocals on Tetherline
  • Billy Novick: soprano saxophone, tin whistle, Irish flute and clarinet
  • Steve Schneider: accordion and hammer dulcimer
  • Tom Tribuzzio: electric and acoustic guitar
  • John Monthei: pedal steel guitar, dobro and banjo
  • Garry Segal: harmonica
  • Dave Stoltz: KYDD bass on Tetherline
  • Bill Holloman: baritone saxophone and background vocals on Imagination
  • Joe Grieco: background vocals on Imagination and Simple Gifts, piano on I Live Not Where I Love and organ synthesizer on Imagination
  • Carolee Goodgold: background vocals on If I (You) Were A Carpenter, I Live Not Where I Love, and Simple Gifts
  • Stuart Getz: background vocals on If I (You) Were A Carpenter, I Live Not Where I Love, and Simple Gifts
  • Robert Weinstein: acoustic guitar on Mountains of Pomeroy
  • Zacharay Levy,
    Benjamin Levy,
    Kara Fenn,
    and Nicole LaPenta:     Kids' Chorus on Eight Candles Burning