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hopeful adj : having qualities which inspire hope. romantic adj : marked by the imaginative or emotional appeal of what is heroic, adventurous, remote, mysterious, or idealized. – Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th edition |
Ed Stauff and Mary Ellen Wessels are Hopeful Romantics, a musical duo which has delighted audiences across the U.S., as well as Canada, England and Germany.
We specialize in uplifting songs in a variety of styles centered around a core of contemporary and traditional folk.
Mary Ellenlead vocals6-string guitar recorders appalachian dulcimer bodhran doumbek percussion |
Edvocalspiano 6- & 12- string guitars string & electric bass recorders clawhammer banjo hammered dulcimer |
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"Blessing" Donna Hèbert 3:41 • 3.5MB |
"Millworker" James Taylor 4:18 • 4.0MB |
"A Toast to Unknown Heroes" Leslie Fish 3:35 • 3.4MB |
For samples of Ed's solo piano work, check out Champlain Summer.
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"Big voice, big heart - Mary Ellen Wessels is a pleasure to hear." -- Fred Small |
"Mew as a singer is both passionate and intimate, her choice of songs eloquent: Ed's musicianship provides the perfect complement. This is a remarkably engaging and talented duo." | "Ed Stauff's performance achieves what most pianists only aspire to: lyrical, lilting, graceful, heartfelt yet elegant..." |
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Lou & Peter Berryman Gordon Bok Mary Chapin Carpenter Harry Chapin Heather Dale Cat Faber |
Bob Franke Cindy Kallet Larry Kaplan James Keelaghan Talis Kimberley Gwen Knighton Christine Lavin |
Gordon Lightfoot Dougie MacLean Eileen McGann Tom Paxton Sally Rogers Stan Rogers |
Fred Small Judy Small Bill Staines James Taylor Dar Williams Kate Wolf |
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Acts of Creation All that is Gold Banana Slug Blessing Botany Bay Bows of London Building Fires Caledonia Caretakers A Chat with Your Mother Christmas in the Trenches Cinderella’s Song The Circle Game City of New Orleans Crazy Man Michael Crossing the Water The Dark Is Rising Deep in the Darkest Night Digger's Song Don Quixote The Faith of Man Farewell to Tarwathie Farewell to the Gold The Field Behind the Plow The Final Trawl |
Fires of Calais Fisherman's Boy A Folksinger Earns Every Dime Follow That Road Forty-Five Years From the Lambing to the Wool Garden Song Gentle Arms of Eden Give My Children Wings Give Yourself To Love God Lives on Terra Harbors A Healing in this Night Hearts and Hands I Would I Were The Idiot Isle au Haut Lullabye Jack Ashton Jamaica Farewell Journey’s Done Julian of Norwich Knock on the Door Ladyhawke Lies |
Lightsailor Lock-Keeper Lord Franklin Love Has a Life of its Own Lovely Agnes Mary Ellen Carter May The Light of Love Medusa Millworker My Husband Has No Courage Night Shuttle No Man's Land Old Love Pass the Pepper A Place in the World Railway Tune Ready for the Storm The Return Right Said Fred River The Roman Centurion's Song Roseville Fair Scarborough Fair Secondhand Songs |
She Is Always There Solar Flare Somewhere Ahead Song for Gail Stars in their Eyes Swimming to the Other Side Thanksgiving Eve Their Way This Shirt A Toast for Unknown Heroes Twa Magicians Two Pteradactyls When Fall Comes to New England When Giants Walked When I Was a Boy When I Was a Fair Maid Who Sings for the Engineer? Why Walk When You Can Fly Windmills Wisdom Guide Me Witch of the West-mere-lands The Word of God X-Libris Your Daughters and Your Sons |
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Ed Stauff Mary Ellen Wessels 7 Greenwood Drive Nashua, NH 03062 |
(802) 598-8222 (603) 864-8133 EdStauff@gmail.com FolkMew@gmail.com http://www.mewsic.com |