The audience is in for an evening of fine fiddling on Feb. 12 at Carlin Hall.
Winners of the 2012 Western Canadian Music Award for Instrumental Album of the Year and the 2012 Canadian Folk Music Awards for Instrumental Group and Ensemble of the Year, Canadian indie string quartet, The Fretless, follows up its attention-getting debut album with a genre-defying sophomore effort that marries the 20-something musicians’ love of early Canadian and Irish fiddle tunes with their passion for classical music, global roots and contemporary pop.
The players – one a decorated Canadian fiddle champion, one an honours Berklee grad, and two who are both of the above – perform everything from a Radiohead cover to a set of original reels with breathtaking virtuosity and a gripping sense of emotional nuance.
If their Waterbound wasn’t enough to turn heads with its stunning blend of folk music warmth and flawless classical technique, two years of performing together have fused the players into a mature and cohesive unit, resulting in compositions and arrangements that are even more diverse, more technically sophisticated and more emotionally complex than those on the first collection.
The “wordly” album was written and arranged everywhere from PEI to Germany as the band toured North America and Europe responding to the demand created by their debut album, Waterbound.
Tickets at $15 are available at Acorn Music in Salmon Arm or at the door.
