Old-time

Covid Mashup • with Antti, Esko & Maija

Covid Mashup • with Antti, Esko & Maija

Here’s a Finnish/American musical mashup of traditional tunes from my final Otherlands collaboration of this first year. Lockdowns hit hard around the world while I was in Finland and the gigging landscape changed in a big way. Testing the waters with Antti Järvelä (guitar), Esko Järvelä (fiddle), and Maija Pokela (kantele, voice).

Schooled in Rhythm • "Garfield's Blackberry" • with Bangalore Amrit

Schooled in Rhythm • "Garfield's Blackberry" • with Bangalore Amrit

Amrit Khanjira, master of the khanjira, an Indian percussion instrument from the Carnatic (South Indian Classical) tradition gave me a lot to think about, and practice. I came away with great new rhythmic concepts, and we put the American old-time tune “Garfield’s Blackberry” through the paces…reinterpreting in 5 different time signatures.