SNOWGLOBE stringband by Snowglobe Stringband
The Snowglobe Stringband was born in July 2021 at the Ossipee Valley Music Festival in Hiram, Maine, when a group of friends were thrilled to discover that they could not stop playing tunes together. With Isa Burke and Dan Klingsberg on fiddles, Matt Arcara on banjo, and Ethan Hawkins on guitar, an alchemic groove emerged under the pine trees. Dan Bui joined in on bass and the vibe got even better. A small crowd gathered around them, but no one broke in to disturb the balance of the tunes. They kept playing for hours. When a nearby Mike Fogel said something along the lines of "man, you guys are like this perfect little impenetrable old-time snowglobe," a band was born. This album was recorded in Portland, Maine, over two and a half days in December 2022.
Tracklist
| 1. | Getting Upstairs | 3:07 |
| 2. | Cousin Sally Brown | 3:02 |
| 3. | Bound to Have a Little Fun | 4:08 |
| 4. | Flowers of Edinburgh | 3:43 |
| 5. | Amaro Sour | 4:27 |
| 6. | Five Miles of Ellum Wood | 3:24 |
| 7. | Rebel Raid | 2:01 |
| 8. | Piney Mountains | 4:48 |
| 9. | Redican's | 3:48 |
| 10. | Who's Been Feeding You Corn | 2:22 |
| 11. | Belle of Lexington | 3:26 |
| 12. | Whole Bunch of Keys | 1:40 |
| 13. | Goodbye Columbus | 2:31 |
| 14. | Getting Up in the Cool | 2:20 |
| 15. | Payday | 3:11 |
| 16. | High Up on Tug | 6:23 |
Credits
SNOWGLOBE STRINGBAND IS
Isa Burke: fiddle (right side), harmony vocal
Dan Klingsberg: fiddle (left side), lead vocal (15), harmony vocal (7), bass (7)
Matt Arcara: banjo
Ethan Hawkins: guitar, lead vocal (7), harmony vocal (15)
WITH
Dan Bui: Bass
All tunes traditional except Amaro Sour (Ethan Hawkins), Piney Mountains (Craig Johnson), Redican’s (our interpretation of Jason Cade’s oldtime reworking of a tune composed by early 20th century Irish-American fiddler Larry Redican), and Goodbye Columbus (Gus Tritsch).
Recorded at Saint Mary's Studio
Engineered by Dan Bui with assistance from Ethan Setiawan
Mixed and mastered by Dan Bui
Album cover design by Isa Burke
Album cover photo by Matt Arcara
Band photo by Dylan Ladds
FIDDLE TUNINGS (for the nerds)
Getting Upstairs: GDGD
Cousin Sally Brown: AEAE
Bound to Have a Little Fun: GDAE
Flowers of Edinburgh: GDAE
Amaro Sour: AEAE
Five Miles of Ellum Wood: FCFC
Rebel Raid: GDAE
Piney Mountains: AEAE
Redican's: AEAE
Who's Been Feeding You Corn: GDAE
Belle of Lexington: GCGD
Whole Bunch of Keys: AEAE
Goodbye Columbus: EDAE
Getting Up in the Cool: EDAE
Payday: AEAE
High Up on Tug: FDAE
TRAD TUNE SOURCES
Getting Upstairs: Clyde Davenport via Jon Bekoff
Cousin Sally Brown: Marcus Martin (hat tip to Gus Tritsch for suggesting that Isa play this tune in AEAE rather than standard tuning)
Bound to Have A Little Fun: Gusty Wallace/Bruce Greene
Five Miles of Ellum Wood: Bruce Greene
Rebel Raid: William Stepp via Bruce Molsky, usually in G but we played it in F
Who's Been Feeding You Corn: Narmour & Smith
Belle of Lexington: Emmett Lundy
Whole Bunch of Keys: Tommy Jarrell
Getting Up in the Cool: Eck Robertson
Payday: Mississippi John Hurt
High Up on Tug: Edden Hammons, usually in G but we played it in F
