There’s nothing like the sound of a fresh spring when you’re thirsty. Bruce Molsky, a magician on the fiddle and banjo is not unaccustomed to time signatures as peculiar as parallel universes to a Newtonian. 44/16. 11/16. He played for a few minutes in a wicker chair that often makes the recordings twitch, warming up, listening to the room.
Within 5 minutes he’d found the harmonics in the corners tucked between the cupboard and the roll of seamless paper that transforms a room to make breakfast into something resembling a studio. I’d never heard someone play fiddle and sing so effortlessly simultaneously. The bass notes of his voice resonating through the body of his violin.
This medley begins with a song that so far is the only recording, which he plans to record for his new album.
Thanks to an e-mail from the lovely Laurelyn Dossett, Bruce Molsky found his way into the kitchen. He recently played at the Triad Stage’s Upstage Cabaret room on S. Elm Street. For those of you who missed the performance, here’s a brief glimpse of a fabulous fiddler from Brooklyn, New York.
Bruce has played all over the United States and Europe, and played on a musical series in the United Kingdom for the BBC.
Thank you Bruce.
March 7, 2009 at 12:43 pm
I’m glad you got a chance to meet and hear Bruce Molsky. He’s been a fixture at many of the fiddler’s conventions and traditional music camps I’ve been to over the years. He brings an intensity to the older music that few of his generation can. He’s not only a great fiddler and singer, but he’s equally adept at old-time banjo and older guitar styles.
It’s been my privilege to sit in on some jam seesions with him from time to time over the years. Once again, I’m glad you got him in the kitchen. (I’m sure he will be an enthusiastic afdvocate for the Monkeywhale.)
March 7, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Thank you Wayne. I had a lot of fun listening to Bruce. A complete joy.
March 24, 2009 at 10:01 am
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