Ergo Canto
is a folk music duo composed of Paul Beck and
Leslie Bryant.
They perform a wide variety of original songs, covers,
and traditional folk material.
In addition to vocals, you may hear six and twelve string
guitars, fiddle, flute, mandolin, harmonica, and who
knows what all else!
Paul Beck recently took early retirement from a
high tech career to focus on music, woodworking, and
crossword puzzles. He plays guitars, mandolin, cittern, and
banjo.
Leslie Bryant teaches in the
Boston school system. She plays fiddle, flute,
pennywhistle, and percussion.
Visit Ergo Canto's MySpace page at
http://myspace.com/ergocanto
Oh, by the way ... as to our name ... originally we were going
to call ourselves Les Paul, but found out some other dude had
already taken that monikier. Next best seemed to be an obscure
Latin phrase that probably makes people think we sing madrigals
(so far, no!). Seriously, if you're familiar with Rene
Descarte's famous quotation "Cogito, ergo sum" (I think,
therefore I am) you might see how Ergo Canto ("Therefore
we sing") would fit us.