Tempest

Tempest is a 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, Adolfo Lazo, Rob Wullenjohn, and Mark Showalter. 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, Adolfo Lazo, Kathy Buys, Gregory Jones, and Caith Threefires, with members from around the world: Lief from Oslo, Norway, Adolfo from Havana, Cuba, Gregory from Missouri, Kathy from San Francisco, California, and Caith from Boston, Massachusetts. In 2010, Temmpest 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.