ALBUMCountry TalesLawrence Edward Magee, Paul Lenart & Darol Anger
ALBUMAmerican Postcard: Irish American Folk ClassicsDaniel Portis-Cathers, Darol Anger & Rushad Eggleston
ALBUME–And' ADarol Anger
ALBUMCantilena: Night Songs from Around the WorldHilary Field, Patrice O'Neill, Darol Anger, Nancy Rumbel, Mike Marshall, David Lange & Hilary Field & Patrice O'Neill
ALBUMGloryland: Folk Songs, Spirituals, Gospel Hymns of Hope & GloryAnonymous 4, Darol Anger & Mike Marshall
ALBUMMike Marshall & Darol Anger: The Duo Live - At Home and On the RangeDarol Anger & Mike Marshall
ALBUMBrand New CanDarol Anger, Mike Marshall & Mike Marshall Band
ALBUMDiary of a FiddlerDarol Anger
Artist Biography
Violinist Darol Anger has made his mark on new acoustic music with a number of different groups. From 1975-1984, Anger was a key member of the pioneering David Grisman Quintet, whose blend of folk, bluegrass, and jazz virtually defined the new acoustic genre, as well as advancing the harmonic and instrumental frontiers of traditional musics; as a member of the Turtle Island String Quartet in the late '80s and early '90s, Anger also helped bring virtuosic improvisation and boundless eclecticism to what had been an essentially classical, strictly composed musical format. Additionally, Anger co-founded the Montreux Band, a folk- and jazz-influenced group that recorded for Windham Hill in the mid- to late '80s and had an impact on the formation of so-called new adult contemporary (NAC) radio, and with Grisman alumnus Mike Marshall founded the progressive bluegrass outfit Psychograss, which carried on the eclectic Grisman tradition in the 1990s. Again teaming up with Marshall in the late '90s, Anger co-founded the Anger/Marshall Band, which kept him busy into the 2000s alongside his work on the Heritage Folk Music project, his continued appearances with his previous groups, his founding of the American Fiddle Ensemble, and his work as a producer and arranger for other artists. ~ Steve Huey