Impromptu Sessions No. 1: Brittany Haas, by Brittany Haas w/ Paul Kowert & Mike Gaisbacher

Impromptu Sessions No. 1: Brittany Haas

by Brittany Haas w/ Paul Kowert & Mike Gaisbacher

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gramorb Tracks 6, 10 and the liner notes give an error message that their names are too long to extract and copy (on a Windows PC).

oldjembo Oh good, I thought, another Brittany Haas album. One of my favourite fiddle players. A little dismayed to read it was a banjo album, but no need for concern. Wonderful listening and Paul and Mike fill in with great bowing and beautiful playing to underpin the sound. Joyful. I love old time songs. Favorite track: Shove the Pig's Foot a Little Bit Further into the Fire.

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1.	Lost Girl 02:54	buy track
2.	Pleasures of a Single Life 02:33	buy track
3.	Sugar in the Coffee 02:23	buy track
4.	Cookhouse Joe 02:00	buy track
5.	Georgia Belle 02:29	buy track
6.	Shove the Pig's Foot a Little Bit Further into the Fire 05:31	buy track
7.	Ninety Degrees 02:43	buy track
8.	Old Granny Blair 02:55	buy track
9.	Jenny Get Around 02:39	buy track
10.	Last Chance/Sandy River Belle 02:27	buy track
11.	Seneca Square Dance 04:49	buy track

about

This record came out of a jam one night that felt nice. I got excited and wanted to capture it, so I called Critter and had him come over for dinner and then set up mics in the dining room of Mike’s empty new house. We moved a couple mattresses in around us and tracked for three nights.

These tunes are ones I’ve loved for a long time, and it felt freeing to play them on the banjo. The two basses made the old melodies seem wide open and I think Paul and Mike’s personalities shine through. Hope you have fun listening, like we did playing.

Tom’s cover art is based on the mo’ai statues made by the Rapa Nui people on Easter Island. The juxtaposition of these monolithic figures with the instruments on the recording - banjo from West Africa and double bass from Europe - brings together different corners of the world into an imagined history of shared music.

credits

released March 18, 2022

Banjo: Brittany Haas
Basses: Mike Gaisbacher & Paul Kowert

Produced by Brittany Haas and Lauren Rioux
Recording gear set up by Chris “Critter” Eldridge
Mixed and mastered by Dave Sinko
Art by Tom Rozum
Photography by Chris Eldridge
Design by Loren Witcher

All music traditional except “Ninety Degrees” by Brad Leftwich (Gordon Rush Music, BMI)

Made possible by the 2020 Whippoorwill Arts Artist Award.

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Brittany Haas Nashville, Tennessee

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Apr 26

Towne Crier Cafe

Beacon, NY
May 6

Green Note

Camden, UK
May 7

Carberry's

Norwich, UK

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