Tempest (band)

Tempest
Celtic Folk-Rock Band
Background information
Origin	Oakland, California
Genres	Celtic rock, folk, progressive rock
Years active	1988–present
Labels	Magna Carta, Firebird Arts & Music
Website	www.tempestmusic.com
Members	Lief Sorbye Adolfo Lazo Kathy Buys Josh Fossgreen
Past members	Brian Fox Michael Mullen James Crocker Damien Gonzalez Rob Wullenjohn Jay Nania Mark Showalter Ian Butler Jon Berger Dave Parnell John Land Todd Evans Jim "Hurricane" Hurley Sue Draheim Mark Skowronek Ronan Carroll Darren Cassidy Ariane Cap Caith Threefires Vince Lucchesi

Tempest is an American Celtic rock band from the San Francisco Bay Area, based in Oakland, California. They fuse together the traditional Celtic music with Norwegian and European folk, American folk, and progressive rock.

The band formed in 1988 with Lief Sorbye (mandolin, vocals), Adolfo Lazo (drums), Rob Wullenjohn (guitar), and Mark Showalter (bass). The band has seen a changing cast of musicians, with Lief and Adolfo remaining as founding members since the band's beginning.

The current lineup consists of Lief Sorbye (mandolin, vocals), Adolfo Lazo (percussion), Kathy Buys (fiddle), and Josh Fosgreen (bass), with members from around the world: Lief from Oslo, Norway, Adolfo from Havana, Cuba, Kathy from San Francisco, California, and Josh from Santa Rosa, CA. In 2010, Tempest released Another Dawn - it was Tempest's 11th full-length studio album. In 2006, Tempest released their 10th full-length studio album, entitled The Double-Cross. In 2007, the band released a live CD, entitled Lief's Birthday Bash. The Birthday Bash CD was recorded on the evening of 23 March 2007 at Ashkenaz Dance Community Center in Berkeley, and features tracks including a number of musicians that Lief has played with over the years: both past Tempest members and some members of Golden Bough as well. Much of the recent live CD is actually acoustic. Tracks from Tempest recordings may be sampled on the discography page of the official Tempest website.