Shadowfax | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Genres | |
Years active | 1972–1995 |
Labels | Passport/ABC Windham Hill Capitol Private Music Earthbeat! Sonic Images |
Past members | See "Members" |
Shadowfax was a new-age/electronic musical group formed in Chicago in the early 1970s and best known for their albums Shadowfax and Folksongs for a Nuclear Village . In 1989, they won the Grammy for Best New Age Performance for Folksongs for a Nuclear Village. [1] In 1993, they were nominated for the Grammy for Esperanto .
The group formed in 1972 [2] and disbanded after 1995 when lyricon player and leader Chuck Greenberg died of a heart attack. Having lost their signature sound, Shadowfax's members went on to other projects.
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