BRAVE NEW FAVES - Fiddle Playlist 2022-04-09

BRAVE NEW FAVES - Fiddle Playlist 2022-04-09



Alasdair Fraser - Wooden Whale, Leaps & Bounds, Skye Barbecue off of Dawn Dance. 5:07 (1996)
https://alasdairfraser.bandcamp.com/track/wooden-whale-leaps-bounds-skye-barbecue
Scottish Fiddler. Alasdair Fraser is my favourite fiddler and this album is my second favourite album of all time.

The Chieftains - The Morning Dew off of Chieftains 4. 3:28 (1973)
Not on bandcamp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYT9h81kk5g
The definitive Irish sound. They're the sort of group that sound generic because everyone actually sounds like the Chieftains.

Ímar - Setanta off of Avalanche. 3:38 (2018)
Not on bandcamp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7Z7DpI4w_0
Bit of a celtic supergroup.

Natalie MacMaster - Three Reels off of Sketches. 3:33 (2019)
https://nataliemacmaster.bandcamp.com/track/three-reels
Cape Breton is known for its unique fiddle style and superstar folk dynasties. The *90s*, man, of both the 17- and 19- varieties.

Genticorum - Là-bas dans la prairie off of Avant l'orage. 4:18 (2018)
https://genticorum.bandcamp.com/track/l-bas
This tune has all of the quebecois trademarks: podorythmie, call and response vocals, accordians, and great fiddle harmonies.

La Bottine Souriante - A Bas Les Rideaux off of Cordial. 3:51 (2001)
Not on bandcamp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr0mhkmFMs0
Quebecois. Have been operating since the 70s. Their early work exemplifies the Quebecois fiddle sound, and their later work includes a lot of cool modern elements, like this tune.

Brittany Haas - Giardian Angel/Houston Road off of Haas Marshall Walsh. 3:21 (2016)
https://brittanyhaas.bandcamp.com/track/giardian-angel-houston-road

Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile - The Trappings (feat. Aoefe O'Donovan) off of Not Our First Goat Rodeo. 3:39 (2020)
Not on bandcamp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqKjbSenrhY
This group is *impossibly* stacked. Somewhere between bluegrass, classical, and appalachian old-time.

Oliver Schroer - A Song For All Seasons (The Prayerful Hymn) off of Hymns and Hers. 5:32 (2007)
https://borealisrecords.bandcamp.com/track/a-song-for-all-seasons
Incredibly talented Canadian fiddler (Ontario/BC).

Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas - Nathaniel Gow's Lament For The Death Of His Brother / The Gallowglass off of Highlander's Farewell. 5:43 (2011)
Not on bandcamp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3P2lDGOVes

To Play:

John Brown the Emancipator/After The Battle of Aughrim/Campbell's Farewell To Red Gap (medley)
Mountain Sidestep/Cumberland Gap/Ways of the world/Waiting for the federals (medley)
The Wounded Hussar aka Captain O'Kane


Homework for chat:
Casey Driessen & Taro Inoue - Little Cabin On The Hill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJDhMLnnGjg (ends at 7min mark, 2020)