Tempest performing a tempting concert at historical theater

News release

SUTTER CREEK — Since forming in 1988, Tempest has delivered a globally-renowned hybrid of high-energy folk rock fusing Irish reels, Scottish ballads, Norwegian influences and other world music elements. Hear the group live Saturday, March 25, at Sutter Creek Theatre. The last 30-plus years have seen the San Francisco Bay Area based act release 17 critically acclaimed CDs and play more than 2,500 gigs. The group has also enjoyed an evolving line-up that’s enabled musicianship and creativity to rise with each new member. Hailing from Oslo, Norway, founding member and lead singer/electric mandolinist Lief Sorbye is recognized as a driving force in the modern folk-rock movement. He started

Tempest after years of touring and recording on the folk circuit.

Newcomer and San Francisco native fiddler Lee Corbie-Wells comes to the band with a special passion for Celtic and Scandinavian music and Gaelic language traditions. A touring and performing child of a musical family, she plays fiery traditional fiddle tunes and is also known to keep a bit of blues and folk improvisation up her sleeve.

And straight from Bologna, Italy, Tempest welcomes the big, rich bass playing talent of Mirco Melone, who has a diverse background in rock, jazz and ethnic music and holds an advanced degree from Italy’s Classical Music Conservatory. Recently relocated to the Bay Area from Chicago, the band introduces Kevin Florian’s progressive rock guitar and lush

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