Freshet

[Scott Tichenor]

I did a search of the entire board and found no mention of this group. Guitarist John Miller who is based in Seattle sent me this CD yesterday. He plays with this group and the recording is from 2004. The mandolin player is Petri Hakala and this stuff is mind blowing. Beautiful music, great compositions and remarkable playing. Anyone heard of them? Highly recommended. See freshet.net. Jazzy, European, etc. Hakala is a real monster player. Big chops, great ideas...

[Paul Kotapish]

I'm looking forward to hearing this one, Scott. Any recording with any one of those four wonderful musicians is worth hearing. I've been playing music with Ruthie on and off for three decades, and I think she's one of the best fiddlers we have. John Miller is also a treasure on the guitar--solo or in a group. Petri Hakala is one of the true masters of the mandolin. I've enjoyed hearing him in many contexts over the years, and this looks like a great new combo for him. And Tapani Varris is a monster bass player and virtuoso jawharpist. His solo harp album is amazing.

Thanks for the tip.

[Mteresko]

Any chance of posting a cut in the MP3 area?

[Spruce]

Check this out...

[Spruce]

Ignore the above post, and instead have a listen to this...

My nomination for the "most underrated band featuring mandolin" of all time...
Just amazing stuff....

[Rob Fowler]

Ignore the above post, and instead have a listen to this...

My nomination for the "most underrated band featuring mandolin" of all time...
Just amazing stuff....

Wow! This is some amazing stuff. Petri Hakala is pretty amazing and sounds a bit like Mike Marshall with his real deep, percussive, tone. What a great group. I got to see John Miller once down here in NWCali perform with John Reischman in very small room with only like 30 people. That was the first show that I heard a Loar, I think..which I didn't know at the time.

Is this your program, Spruce?

[Spruce]

Is this your program, Spruce?

Yep, that's me...
The band should release that recording as a legit release--it's that good...

[MandoSquirrel]

I did a search of the entire board and found no mention of this group. Guitarist John Miller who is based in Seattle sent me this CD yesterday. He plays with this group and the recording is from 2004. The mandolin player is Petri Hakala and this stuff is mind blowing. Beautiful music, great compositions and remarkable playing. Anyone heard of them? Highly recommended. See freshet.net. Jazzy, European, etc. Hakala is a real monster player. Big chops, great ideas...

For me, that link brings up a page that looks like this:

金正日氏の巨大銅像建立進む

銅像建立は金総書記を偶像化する動きの一環で、新指導者の金正恩氏への権威付けにも利用されるとみられる。 市民の間でも話題になっており、4月の除幕式は『強盛大国』の宣言を祝う上でも重要なイベントになるようだ 」と話している。北朝鮮・平壌中心部の万寿台の丘にある故金日成主席の銅像の隣に、昨年12月に死去した金 正日労働党総書記の巨大銅像を設置する作業が始まったことが分かった。　

And Google doesn't translate it as anything relevant to this thread.

[Spruce]

For me, that link brings up a page that looks like this:
And Google doesn't translate it as anything relevant to this thread.

Uhhh, that link (and this thread) are 7 years old....

Info about the band and their recording can be found here....

[JEStanek]

Spruce, that Podcast was excellent. Thanks for sharing it.

Jamie

[Spruce]

Thanks Jamie...

There's a tune on there called "Purple Sea" that is simply one of finest pieces of music ever committed to tape...
Just kills me every time I hear it...

Love to see these folks get together for another round...

[Will Patton]

I love this CD and all these players. I get to play with Ruthie from time to time and she always knocks it out of the park. We've been playing the Homenaje a me Pueblo, the 1st track from this CD in our shows of late - got sheet music if anyone wants to try it...
best, Will