Posts Tagged ‘Hardangar fiddle’
Things I Did (Press resources for “Life Of.”)
Press page with rough bio is here Things I Did 2009-16 1. Sent Messages With Foxes 2013 2. Curated a Playlist for ECM 2017 3. Had Brain Scanned for Science 2012 4. Gave a Transplant …
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I like the physicality of playing 12-string. I don’t use a pick. If I’m drifting off to sleep at night and feel my fingertips throbbing I know I had a good day.
Read MoreÅ–Xpress Magazine Review
“a beautiful, soothing and utterly unique sound.”
Read MoreÅ–Rykodisc / Hannibal Bio
In 1976 I had a job in a record store in St. Paul. One of my co-workers was a guy named Morrey Nellis. He became director of intramural athletics at Macalester College where I used to go for a run every now and then. In 1990 or ’91 he gave me a tape of Hardingfele music saying, “Listen to this.” He got it from his wife who was director of the Hardingfele Society of America.
Read MoreÅ–Downbeat, August 1999
“Å (just say “ah”) successfully joins the hardingfele, a.k.a. hardanger fiddle, with Tibbetts’ distinctive, often beautiful constructions.”
Read MoreÅ–Amazon.com
“Å brims with haunting moods and textures that splinter like the spider-web cracks of an ice-covered lake”
Read MoreÅ–Billboard Magazine, 1999
“Å” conjures up an enveloping and imagistic soundscape.
Read MoreÅ–Musician Magazine
“The result is pan-cultural sonic magic that transcends the limitations of language.”
Read MoreÅ–Minneapolis Star-Tribune & Playboy
“repeating fiddle phrases evolve into fresh ideas, while Tibbetts’ guitar slithers off on sympathetic tangents, and gongs and other elements chip in their own wry commentary, creating an ebb and flow of stylish nuance like mist on the fjords”
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Knut Hamre and Steve Tibbetts. “Once again, Tibbetts has shown that the exposure of geographically isolated traditions doesn’t have to be exploitative or blandly commercial.” -Isthmus
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