Welcome!

We rang in the new year at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, sharing a gloriously reverberant space with a full orchestra, soprano Lauren Flanagan, CBS anchor Harry Smith, Judy Collins, cellist Linsdsay Mac, and singer/songwriter/pianist Bar Scott, and 800 listeners with candles raised in the name of Peace. It was powerful combination of contemplation and celebration, and we were grateful to be there.

We hope your new year brings peace, joy, health, and lots of music. We'll be on the road again in mid-February, with a busy year ahead, and we look forward to seeing you out in the wild blue. In the meantime, we've been working away at our children's CD, which is proving to be even more fun than we expected - more news (and maybe some previews) soon!

Happy New Year,

Rani, Andrew, Anand and Scott

Some recent praise for our latest CD, Big Old Life

Listen to a review on NPR's All Things Considered (August 2007)

"The theme of affirmation is exuberantly clear on Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem's impeccable third release. Arbo is a triple threat as fiddler, songwriter, and possessor of a beautiful, malleable alto. The group's playing is tight, with stylish, unexpected choices; guitarist Anand Nayak is a marvel of stylistic versatility, with a rich, resonant tone and soulful, imaginative fills. Big Old Life is brimming with grace, however defined."
- Acoustic Guitar Magazine

"One of the most song- and arrangement-oriented bands in a field overgrown with pyrotechnic, jam- and solo-conscious virtuosos."
- San Francisco Guardian

"If Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem offer to cook at your place, you better open up all the doors, and borrow every table and chair you can because the whole town should come."
- Folk Alley, July 2007

"An ear-to-ear grin of a record..."
- Eagle Times, Claremont NH

"They even manage to make Leonard Cohen sound hopeful..."
- Country Standard Time

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