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A Special Collaboration featuring
Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas (Scotland), Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill(Ireland) and Bruce Molsky (Appalachia) The early Scottish and Irish immigrants who filtered into southern Appalachia brought with them their culture, their stories, and their music. Their ballads, jigs, reels, and rowdy tunes served as a foundation of what we know as the unique musical heritage of the region. Highland, Heath and Holler celebrates and documents this remarkable cultural transference with musicians who are both steeped in their own traditions and far reaching in their artistic views. About the Artists Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas pair a master Scottish fiddler with a brilliant young cellist for a virtuoso musical partnership of award-winning and dazzling musicianship. Alasdair Fraser has long been regarded as the most important figure in traditional Scottish music as well as a charming and eloquent musical ambassador. His performances are colorful musical explosions of passion, wit, and rhythm. Natalie Haas is a Juilliard-trained cellist who began performing with Fraser at the age of 11 at his Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School. Since then she has gone on to perform and teach internationally, including with Mark O’Connor’s Appalachian Waltz Trio. Together Fraser and Hass recorded the CD, Fire and Grace, which was awarded the 2004 Scots Trad Album of the Year. Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill have been called the most impressive partnership in Irish instrumental music. Fiddler Martin Hayes has won the All-Ireland fiddle championship six times and was named Folk Instrumentalist of the Year in 1999 by the BBC Radio Awards. Guitarist Dennis Cahill has developed a unique and innovative accompaniment style and has performed with performers such as Liz Carroll and Eileen Ivers. Together Hayes and Cahill form a musical bond of uncommon lyricism and rich musicality. The depth and intimacy of their musical partnership makes listeners feel as though they were hearing one musician playing two instruments. Bruce Molsky is one of the most influential fiddlers of his generation, but he doesn’t stop there. He is also a terrific guitarist, banjoist, and singer. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune calls him “old time music’s answer to Ry Cooder . . . a musician with a voracious appetite for traditional music styles.” Musician Darol Anger calls him “the Rembrandt of Appalachian Fiddling.” He has performed internationally including concerts at Lincoln and Kennedy Centers and The Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Fiddlers 4—Bruce’s band (including Darol Anger, Michael Doucet, and Rushad Eggleston)—also tours internationally. His musical collaborators have included Natalie MacMaster, Mike Seeger, Bill Frisell, and both Alasdair Fraser and Martin Hayes. Bruce is also in constant demand as a banjo and fiddle teacher and holds workshops throughout the US. The performances of Highland, Heath and Holler are booked in cooperation with Folklore Productions, Mike Green Associates and TG2 Artist Representation. |
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