Paso Fino

Diana Andersen and Shane Lamphier are the backbone of Paso Fino, 'the five piece acoustic duo' that calls the fertile musical ground of Ithaca, NY their home. Bringing together soundscapes of South America and East Genoa, NY, Paso Fino's music is a swirling mix of Latin, folk, blues, rock, and whatever else it drinks in from the surrounding waters?

Shane got his start as a teenager playing mandolin in the Bubba George String Band with friends Jeb Puryear (Donna the Buffalo), Jordan Puryear, and Richie Stearns (also of The Horse Flies). You can still catch them opening the Fingerlakes GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance in Trumansburg, NY every year! From there, they all went on to help form Donna the Buffalo. Shane was the original drummer for the band, where he recorded and toured for 7 years. He can also be found on Donna the Buffalo lead singer Tara Nevins' Mule to Ride, playing electric guitar.

Paso Fino's I-Town Records debut, Should've Bought a Pony, garnered a bevy of solid airplay across the country at college, community, and AAA stations that report to CMJ and FMQB, such as WNCW, WUMB, and WFHB. The band also hit #25 on the Folk Music Chart in the Roots Music Report.

Since then, Paso Fino has been playing around the Northeast, with Kristin Sharkey on harmony vocals, Nick Papador, Levy Lorenzo and Jim Armstrong on percussion. Jim Armstrong has recorded and toured with Five Horse Johnson (Smallstone) and The Robert Hohner Percussion Ensemble (DMP Albany). He's the author of "Vodou Drumset: Traditional Afro-Haitian Rhythms Applied to Drums" (Carl Fischer, 2002). Paso Fino performs annually at the GrassRoots festival in Trumansburg, NY where they shared the stage with Los Lobos, Jim Lauderdale, and The Johnny Dowd Band, among others.

Paso Fino's much-anticipated second album, Into the Cactus Plain, Hones the knife's edge balance between clarity and complexity of sound, intensely rhythmic, with evocative lyrics, soulful guitar work, and powerful voices, this album will take you on a journey to plumb the depths of your heart's desire.

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