Daybreak (folk)

DayBreak is a folk band, playing tradtional (folk) music in and round the Lehigh Valley in eastern Pennsylvania, United States.

DayBreak - Traditional Music for a New Day

The musicians of DayBreak have been harmonizing together since 1988. Since 1989 they have been performing and recording in and around Lehigh and Bucks Counties of Pennsylvania. They apply their acoustic instruments and voices to Celtic jigs, reels, hornpipes and ballads; American folk tunes and songs, folk hymns, original pieces, and seasonal songs.

DayBreak includes:

  • Cliff Cole playing the hammered dulcimer, guitar, and percussion
  • Anna Lisa Yoder on the violin, viola, mandolin and bouzouki
  • Rob Yoder on concertina, guitar, bodhrán, harp and mountain dulcimer
  • Trudy Yoder on cello, guitar, bodhrán and mountain dulcimer
  • Emily Rose Cole on tin whistle
  • Lydia Yoder on violin, mandolin, djembe and bodhrán
  • Seth Yoder on hammered dulcimer, piano and oboe

They all lend their voices to a growing repertoire of songs.

Recordings

Album

Year

Notes

Dawn

1989

Unity

1991

Autumn Calling

1994

An Evening of Christmas Music

2002

Little Steps

2004

LOST CAVE

2005

Recorded inside Lost River Caverns