StoneCross
Saginaw, MI
MySpace.com/zigandsiusan
MySpace.com/stonecrossworldmusic
Siusan O’Rourke & Zig Zeitler (formerly known as Stonecross) are an authentic Celtic, World Music and Americana duo. Their music is well founded on strong vocals, heartfelt and timely stories, and soothing melodies and instrumentation. Together for nearly a decade, they have been performing original compositions and traditional Irish pieces at festivals, special performances and workshops throughout the Midwest, East Coast, and across the ocean.
Siusan O’Rourke plays guitar and is the lead vocalist of STONECROSS. She is a true alto and a second generation Irish American from Brooklyn, New York who was mentored by her family. Siusan chooses songs in both English and Gaelic, and is known for singing a tune that is 250 years old then following it with one that is contemporary but arranged in flavors of the past. O’Rourke’s own original songs also echo the traditional music she has loved all her life.
The instrumental landscape of STONECROSS is accomplished by the remarkably versatile musician and songwriter, Ziggie Zeitler. Zig's background is Blues and World Music, and he toured extensively and had a successful run with his Zydeco Cajun Band for many years. He has 16 CDs of his own and has written and arranged songs for several other artists. He has a wonderful open style to his leads on Bouzouki while peppering it with the rhythms of other World Music. Zeitler brings to STONECROSS crisp leads on the bouzouki, octave violin, fiddle and an occasional harmonica thrown in for the rebels of the crowd.