Meadowlark Bio

With flutes and pennywhistles, guitars, mandolin, violin and world percussion, Meadowlark strives to create an uplifting, instrumental voyage inspired by the beauty of natural places. Riding between worlds, these seasoned story-weavers draw listeners in to experience the places and times that served as inspiration for their unique compositions: A hovering hawk takes flight through string-tapping on Rick Cyge’s prized Lowden guitar; ocean surf resonates in the warm and mellow tones of Lynn Trombetta’s flute. Along the way, Meadowlark seems to change character in "chameleon-like" fashion from song to song, melding influences as diverse as Celtic, African, and Mediterranean in their original compositions.

Guitarist Cyge’s folk roots run deep and his "harp-like" fingerstyle guitar work wraps around the music. His New England folk beginnings as a singer/composer/guitarist were enhanced by his being founder of Wood & Strings Music Center, a hub of concerts, music instruction and fine instruments in the Boston scene. In 1989 his travels brought him to the deserts of Arizona, where he makes his home with wife and partner, Trombetta, an Arizona native.

Trombetta’s musical career was nourished in the magnificent canyons of Sedona, Arizona where she spent her childhood summers, playing her flute from high and allowing the sounds to waft down through Oak Creek. She is also a visual artist and published author.

Meadowlark’s Discography includes eight releases that have garnered reviews in international magazines and international airplay. Two have charted in the New Age Voice Top 100 Radio Play List. Their "Fire on the Mountain" benefit CD, underwritten by Salt River Project was released to raise funds for "Trees for the Rim", a reforestation project for areas damaged in the 2002 Rodeo-Chedeski fire. Cyge’s original compositions, performed by Meadowlark, have been used for films including a film by Audubon Arizona for the Audubon Nature Center, Salt River Preserve.