Straddling quirky folk song and experimental sound collage, the long-running Western Massachusettes duo of fiddler, banjo player & singer Mia Friedman and clarinetist, wind player & sound artist Andy Allen (Guerilla Toss) present an album of observational songs with unusual perspectives and an anything goes approach to the music that surrounds each song; delightful.
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Mia Friedman-voice, violin, banjo
Andy Allen-bass clarinet, clarinet, flute, tenor saxophone, recorder, tapes, drum machine, effects
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Label: Tripticks Tapes
Catalog ID: TTT040
Squidco Product Code: 33737
Format: CASSETTE
Condition: New
Released: 2023
Country: USA
Packaging: Cassette
Recorded in 2020 in Wyben, Massachusetts.
"Very unique duo using voice/violin + woodwinds/tapes -- a messy collage of melodic song, angular arrangement, and analog electronics that somehow works. Featuring a former founding member of Guerilla Toss, they've stayed under the radar and have quietly been making daring and difficult to categorize music for a long time. A true gem among many Western Mass-based weirdos."-Tripticks Tapes
"Western Mass's Hollow Deck which include the partnership of multi-instrumentalists Mia Friedman and Andy Allen will bring their exciting and hard to categorize music to the Experimental Sound Studio for the first time. Come hear for yourself what Forced Exposure Magazine says "easily transcends any real or imaginary boundaries of what's possible to do with just four hands."-Tim Daisy/Option Curator
Artist Biographies
• Show Bio for Mia Friedman "Mia Friedman is a fiddler, singer and banjo player. She is largely influenced by American roots music and old-time Appalachian traditions, and blends this with contemporary music in her compositions. Her song "Across the Water" won the 2010 John Lennon Songwriting Contest in the folk category, and she was the 2006 New Hampshire Highland Games Scottish Fiddle Champion. Mia performs in Ari & Mia, a duo she has with her sister, Ariel Friedman. They have toured all over the United States, and have four CDs, two of which were ranked high on National folk radio charts. Mia also plays with Hollow Deck - a duo of tape collage, vocals, and woodwinds - and avant-garde rock band, Creative Healing. Mia graduated from New England Conservatory in 2012 where she studied with Anthony Coleman, Carla Kihlstedt, and Hankus Netsky. Locally she spent several years teaching strings at the Community Music School of Springfield and the Hartsbrook School. She has been co-directing the Fiddle Orchestra of Western Massachusetts since 2021." ^ Hide Bio for Mia Friedman • Show Bio for Andy Allen Andy Allen, aka Friendship Ceremonies, is a clarinetist and wind player, known for the groups Bushwhacked, Creative Healing, Guerilla Toss, Hollow Deck, and Gloyd. ^ Hide Bio for Andy Allen
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Track Listing:
SIDE A
1. Tallest Birch 5:37
2. Floored By The Absence 1:02
3. Swamp Concert 4:29
4. Over East 7:59
5. Potluck 2:36
SIDE B
1. Chlorine Dreams 3:33
2. The Lamp 4:03
3. Maple Frosted 3:29
4. Downstream 2:42
5. Which Canoe 3:43
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