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Patrick Noonan was born in Springfield, Illinois, in 1955. He excelled early in mathematics and science, but a product of a musical family, he also took early interest in all kinds of music. As a grade schooler, when he wasn’t wiring up circuit boards or building working-model submarines, he was singing along to new Beatles releases pretending to strum a tennis racket. (A real guitar followed, although his first lessons were for the trombone.)
Patrick logged in many years playing electric guitar in garage bands until he left for college and met John Houshmand and Jonathan Levi, with whom he founded the groundbreaking acoustic group that became known as Laurasia. Combining folk, classical, jazz, bluegrass, rock and Near Eastern sounds, their innovative concerts and recordings (East River Consort & Undiscovered Country) made a mark on the New Acoustic Music movement of the 70’s and helped usher in New Age and World Music in the ’80s.
In 1996 Patrick released Beat Noir, his first solo recording, after seven years in the making and at the urging of his brother Peter, who had recently released several recordings of solo piano on his new Wild Orchard label. In April, 2000, Patrick and Peter released their first-ever collaboration, Scott’s Red Star, a beautiful and delightful fusion of their diverse instrumental influences.
Patrick logged in many years playing electric guitar in garage bands until he left for college and met John Houshmand and Jonathan Levi, with whom he founded the groundbreaking acoustic group that became known as Laurasia. Combining folk, classical, jazz, bluegrass, rock and Near Eastern sounds, their innovative concerts and recordings (East River Consort & Undiscovered Country) made a mark on the New Acoustic Music movement of the 70’s and helped usher in New Age and World Music in the ’80s.
In 1996 Patrick released Beat Noir, his first solo recording, after seven years in the making and at the urging of his brother Peter, who had recently released several recordings of solo piano on his new Wild Orchard label. In April, 2000, Patrick and Peter released their first-ever collaboration, Scott’s Red Star, a beautiful and delightful fusion of their diverse instrumental influences.
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