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“The Canadian band is pushing traditional music to a new place, and on a serious mission to find and convert fans unfamiliar with ‘progressive’ traditional music.” Mother Church Pew posts video of the opening cut from the new live album by JunoⓇ Awards-winners, The Fretless. Live at The Artfarm was recorded in front of a handful-sized audience, seated just feet from the band, with no overdubs.
Thanks out to Folk Radio UK for sharing the second video from Live At The Artfarm (out 4/6) by The Fretless. The album, recorded in a barn in upstate New York in front of a handful-sized audience seated only a few feet from the players, is the follow-up to the band's 2016 Juno® Awards win. Trent Freeman of The Fretless says, "This one is all original. Melody written by Ben (Plotnick), arranged by the band. The least traditional on the record. We wanted to feature a tune by Ben on the album, and he came back with this monster of a piece."
Watch The Fretless "effectively deconstruct and reform traditional string compositions and stylings" in a performance shot in front of a handful-sized audience seated only a few feet from the players. Thanks out to Jonathan Frahm at PopMatters for this write-up about the upcoming Live From The Artfarm (April 6th), the follow-up to the band's 2016 Juno®-winning Bird's Nest.
Juno™ award-winning Canadian traditional folk group The Fretless will follow up its 2016 "Best Instrumental Album of The Year" with an intimate live album Live From The Artfarm on April 6th.
The band's Trent Freeman chatted with Victoria, British Columbia's Times-Columnist last October about the project.
From the Times-Columnist: The band has already embarked on its next journey: a live album recorded in July before a studio audience in New York state, on a farm near the Berkshire mountain range.
"The recording was made live off the floor, in a barn, with the group sitting under three microphones. The concert was recorded straight to tape, with no overdubs," Freeman said."