Thursday 15th August 2024
Location: Cleere’s Theatre
Hardanger fiddle virtuoso Cleek Schrey made his Festival debut a decade ago as part of Ghost Trio, the innovative band he formed with uilleann piper Ivan Goff and sean nós singer Iarla Ó Lionaird.
This year he returns in the company of longstanding collaborators Joseph Decosimo and Luke Richardson, two of the most compelling interpreters of traditional music around, and together they explore the boundaries between Irish traditional music and Appalachian Old-Time folk.
In April 2021, the three gathered at a cabin in Tennessee to explore their collective repertoire of Old-Time fiddle and banjo tunes, gleaned from visits with older players, field recordings, and vintage 78s. In between roaming the surrounding limestone bluffs, hunting morels, and foraging ramps, they nestled into their music and recorded themselves in the cabin-turned-studio. Working with fiddle, hardanger d’amore (a fiddle with sympathetic strings), banjos, and a 19th-century pump organ, the trio captured both the sonic details of their instruments and a generous musical interplay rooted in a dozen years of collaboration. Their debut album, Beehive Cathedral, presents resonant, thoughtful, and expansive explorations of Appalachian and American music. The results showcase deep study and enveloping, exhilarating performances.
Please note: this is a standing show.
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