Documented to tape, video without overdubs in an
upstate New York barn, Canadian band’s “Live From The Artfarm” captures its intensity.
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The Fretless (L-R): Eric
Wright, Karrnnel Sawitsky, Trent Freeman, Ben Plotnick. Photo credit: Scott Ramsay.
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See the live performance of “Holton Alan Moore’s” by The Fretless at Folk Radio UK or watch and listen at the links below!
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About The Fretless
The Fretless is the Canadian fiddle foursome playing an essential
part in the emerging movement mainstreaming traditional Irish folk music.
Starting with its debut album in 2012, the band has
steadily pushed further into the public eye, winning Instrumental Album of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards and Instrumental Group of the Year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards. Its 2014 tune “Waving To Ryan” has topped a
million Spotify plays, and in 2016, The Fretless took home a Juno®
award for Instrumental Album of The Year
for its most recent full-length Bird’s Nest.
Through its deconstruction and transformation of the
usual rhythmic, harmonic and structured arrangements of fiddle styles around
the world, The Fretless is pushing
traditional music to a new place, and has now issued itself an atypical
challenge in the mission to find and convert fans unfamiliar with “progressive”
traditional music.
With its latest recordings, instead of attempting to
make a more “accessible” follow-up to Bird’s Nest, The Fretless is taking advantage of the recent recognition by
releasing an instrumental album of tunes representing the player’s traditional
roots. Recorded live in a barn in upstate New York before a handful-sized
audience assembled only a few feet away from the players, Live From The Artfarm
(April 6th) is the raw
result of this performance.
Live
From The Artfarm is a joyous
recording that shows off why traditional folk music is finding an audience
among the non-traditional, and also why The
Fretless is leading the charge. Among the album’s “sets” – the term used in
traditional Irish music for groups of three or more tunes arranged and played
together – are three new originals by
The Fretless.
The album’s total of ten tunes were also beautifully filmed before multiple
cameras, and singles from Live From The Artfarm will be
circulated that way in order for the uninitiated to fully experience the
boundless electricity of the evening.
“We’ve made a record of our favorite pub tunes, but
transformed them in our world of arrangement and intricacy,” says fiddle and
viola player, Trent Freeman. “We
are hoping to bring the current pub crowd audience to us and we are hoping to
bring a new crowd to the pub, too. We want everyone involved and there’s no
better way than to have you in the room with us.”
It’s a give and take that makes the audience the fifth
member of the band towards the end of the new album. As the enthusiastic
response from the crowd grows, the band responds in kind.
“Making this record was a test in getting out of the
mindset of recording and into the mindset of performing,” says The Fretless cellist, Eric Wright. “To capture the energy of
a concert, we had to play it like a concert. With Live From The Artfarm,
we’re so excited to share the best part of The Fretless, which is seeing us live!”
The Fretless
already has shows throughout North America booked into the fall, with more
being added all the time. For those who can’t make it out, Live
From The Artfarm serves as a document of what The Fretless can do in front of any crowd, big or small.
Live
From The Artfarm, the fourth
album by The Fretless, arrives
on April 6th, 2018. Members
of The Fretless are available for
interviews. Contact Josh Bloom
at Fanatic for more information.
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The Fretless – Live
03/22/2018: Judique, NS, Canada @ Celtic Music
Interpretive Center
03/23/2018: Lunenburg, NS, Canada @ LAMP
03/24/2018: Florenceville-Bristol, NB Canada @ The
Carleton North Theater
03/25/2018: Halifax, NS, Canada @ The Music Room
05/09/2018: Road Eastsound, WA @ Orcas Center
05/11/2018: Seattle, WA @ Ballard Homestead
05/12/2018: Tualatin, OR @ Winona Grange
05/13/2018: Salem, OR @ Hayloft Concert Series
05/15/2018: St. Helena, MT @ The Myrna Loy Center
06/22/2018: Mayne Island, BC, Canada @ Campbell Bay
Music Festival
07/06/2018: Penticton, BC, Canada @ The Dream Cafe
07/07/2018: Harrison Hot Springs, BC, Canada @
Harrison Festival
07/13/2018: Courtenay, BC, Canada @ Vancouver Island
Music Fest
07/14/2018: Courtenay, BC, Canada @ Vancouver Island
Music Fest
07/15/2018: Courtenay, BC, Canada @ Vancouver Island
Music Fest
07/27/2018: Ottawa, ON, Canada @ ChamberFest
09/28/2018: Bethlehem, PA @ Celtic Classic
10/06/2018: Westminster, MD @ Carroll Arts Center
10/12/2018: West Vancouver, BC, Canada @ West
Vancouver Memorial Library
10/13/2018: Kitsilano, BC, Canada @ St. James Hall
10/18/2018: Mount Vernon, WA @ Celtic Arts Foundation
10/19/2018: Olympia, WA @ Traditions Cafe
10/20/2018: Seattle, WA @ Folklore Society
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See
the live performance of “Jenny Bear”
by The Fretless at PopMatters
or watch and listen at the links below!
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[LISTEN]: https://thefretless.lnk.to/JennyBear
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The Fretless
Live
From The Artfarm
April 6th, 2018
Track Listing:
01. MacLeod’s Farewell/Palmer’s Gate (Live)
02. Maggie’s Set (Live)
03. The Killavil Fancy (Live)
05. Bixie’s (Live)
07. Miss Thornton’s/Climate Change’s Reel (Live)
08. The Templehouse/Holy Land (Live)
09. Dawning of the Day (Live)
10. Star Monster (Live)
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The Fretless Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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