Format Details: Lp
Release Date: 10 January 2020
Label: Padiddle Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 877746002571
Release Date: 27 March 2020
Label: Padiddle Records
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 877746002588
Description
A band comprised of leading figures in acoustic music today:
Brittany Haas - fiddle (David Rawlings, Crooked Still, Live From Here Radio Show) | Paul Kowert - bass (Punch Brothers) | Jordan Tice - guitar (Jordan Tice and Horse County) | Dominick Leslie - mandolin (Phoebe Hunt and The Gatherers). Beautiful sound and playing will appeal to lovers of jazz, classical, and bluegrass alike. On their second record, 'Formations,' these four luminaries have created another refreshing and beautiful album that stands apart from anything like it in music today. Flush with orchestral sweeps and sparse vigils, with strains of the American South and the North Atlantic, this cosmopolitan sound is not what you'd expect from a string band. Released just over a year after their debut 'Unless,' 'Formations' illustrates the telepathic lucidity that an additional year of performing and creating has provided this ensemble. There are more conversational trades, improvisations, sonic shifts and general spontaneity. It's playful and dramatic, containing beautiful, winding melodies; moments of humor, surprise, and elation; and a different world--with its own characters--in each number. The music on 'Formations' proves that despite these musicians' ability to contribute to many musical situations, Hawktail is a rare gem of a project that only comes along once in a generation: a vehicle of expression exponentially greater than the sum of its parts.
Description
-A band comprised of leading figures in acoustic music today:
Brittany Haas - fiddle (David Rawlings, Crooked Still, Live From Here Radio Show)
Paul Kowert - bass (Punch Brothers)
Jordan Tice - guitar (Jordan Tice and Horse County)
Dominick Leslie - mandolin (Phoebe Hunt and The Gatherers)
-Beautiful sound and playing will appeal to lovers of jazz, classical, and bluegrass alike
On their second record, 'Formations,' these four luminaries have created another refreshing and beautiful album that stands apart from anything like it in music today. Flush with orchestral sweeps and sparse vigils, with strains of the American South and the North Atlantic, this cosmopolitan sound is not what you'd expect from a string band. Released just over a year after their debut 'Unless,' 'Formations' illustrates the telepathic lucidity that an additional year of performing and creating has provided this ensemble. There are more conversational trades, improvisations, sonic shifts and general spontaneity. It's playful and dramatic, containing beautiful, winding melodies; moments of humor, surprise, and elation; and a different world--with its own characters--in each number. The music on 'Formations' proves that despite these musicians' ability to contribute to many musical situations, Hawktail is a rare gem of a project that only comes along once in a generation: a vehicle of expression exponentially greater than the sum of its parts.
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Natalie and Brittany Haas
Sami Braman
Jordan Tice
Hawktail
Hawktail
Hawktail
