Midwinter Spring
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Manufacturer: Frost & Fire
This debut album from Vermont-based band Frost and Fire, features a blend of new and traditional Celtic music. Music for contra dances and waltzes, songs by Robert Burns and Stephen Foster, and a host of tunes by Viveka, Peter, Hollis, and Aaron—many of them never previously recorded.
The music ranges from stately and elegant to wild and energetic, with a variety of texture and instrumentation.
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Aaron Marcus: piano, concertina, banjo, foot percussion, backing vocals
Hollis Easter: flute, Scottish border pipes, whistle, guitar, lead vocals
Peter Macfarlane: fiddle, low whistle, backing vocals
Viveka Fox: fiddle, bodhran, djembe
- Anemone / Down the Broom / Macklimoyle’s
Contra dance reels - Caald Nights o’ Winter / Scalloway Lasses / Glen Where the Deer Is
Three wee reels from Scotland - Gentle Annie
A classic from the American tradition by Stephen Foster. - Tendrils / Snake Mountain Gathering I / Tendrils
Three tunes by Peter: a slinky jig, a driving reel, and then a rollicking reel-ified version of Tendrils. - Miss Jasmine Walker
Sweet waltz by Hollis. - Wyoming / Liz and Adam’s
Aaron wrote Wyoming after a year spent as a field botanist there. - Glenuig Rant / Trip to Reigate / John Keith Laing
Driving reels by Peter with a rocking pipe tune at the end. - Bobbing for Brandywines / Road to Adamant / Marche à Julia
Contra dancers love to hoot and stomp their feet to this set of reels. - Ae Fond Kiss
The classic Robert Burns song of wistful farewell. - Tabitha’s Rambles / All Hallows’ Eve
Two tunes by Hollis, one for his kitten’s explorations, the other for a spooky Halloween. - Ravencroft
Aaron’s funky 10/8 tune honoring friends who lent us their home, Ravencroft, for our earliest rehearsals. - My Darling So Far Away
Aaron wrote this song of remembrance for loved ones we wish were closer. - Rebecca and Irvin’s / Bobcat Strut
Sweet and flowing march meets groovy struttin’ tune in a set inspired by English Country Dance. - Nuptial Knot / Deep Freeze
A grand old Scottish fiddle tune meets a fiery new reel by Viveka in this rousing closing set.
Samples of the tracks can be heard on their website
Frost & Fire