Traditional New Mexico and traditional Australian. Dave Gittus: button accordion; Ian White: banjo; Julie Gittus: fiddle
Waltz de Cadena is a New Mexico tune Dave and Julie learnt from a recording by the Jenny Vincent Trio. New Mexico has a parallel history with Australia with19th century gold discoveries enticing waves of new settlers from Europe and the British Isles, resulting in a musical heritage strikingly similar to our own.
Maurie Gervasoni from Yandoit, Victoria, played the second tune on his piano accordion at Dave & Julie's kitchen table amidst his stories of weekly dances held at the Yandoit Hall. Julie asked Maurie if the waltz had a name: Maurie replied: 'It's got a name alright ... but I don't know what it is!' We've since referred to it as Maurie's tune to differentiate it from the two Gervasoni waltzes we'd learnt from Maurie years before.
Adapting their calculated standards into a raw, live setting, the radical UK folk duo rework six highlights from their spellbindincatalogue. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 7, 2022
Traditional folk music and field recordings meld into fascinating long-form sound collages on the new LP from Shovel Dance Collective. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 6, 2022
Singer-songwriter Henry Parker puts his own spin on the classic sounds of '60s and '70s British folk on this wilderness-inspired new LP. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 9, 2021