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| We called this set Celtic Insanity for a while, since it gets so fun and crazy; it's based on a traditional tune called Morrison's Jig that we funkified. Liz wrote the slow cello air that opens the set. |
CD: The Cat and the Fiddle
Label: Excel Distribution (Salt Lake City)
Credits: Arranged by Katie and Liz Davis |
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| This tune is a Turtle Island-esque celebration of the fiddle and cello. It won us a 2003 "Pearl Award" for best instrumental tune in the FCMA (Utah Grammys) Award Ceremony. |
CD: The Cat and the Fiddle
Label: Excel Distribution (SLC)
Credits: written and performed by Kate and Liz Davis |
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| This is an old American Hymn from the Mormon tradition, written about the mythical ideal city of God, that was once -- and will someday be again -- in the hills of western Missouri, in a place called Adam-ondi-Ahman. |
CD: The Cat and the Fiddle
Label: Excel Distribution (Salt Lake City)
Credits: Traditional Hymn, Arranged by FiddleSticks |
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| Andi created this haunting arrangement of a favorite 19th Century hymn; Andi's imaginative dulcimer, Rebecca's improvised melodies, and the string descant/obligato by Katie on fiddle and Liz on cello combine for a unique modal presentation of this hymn. |
CD: Time and Again
Label: FiddleSticks
Credits: Andi Pitcher, arranger |
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| The Butterfly (Irish trad.); Ski Do; Scots Reel (Scottish trad.); Butterfly Reprise; Road to Lisdoonvarna (Irish trad.)
Fiddle, guitar, cello, harp, bodhran, bass, drums
The Butterfly is a favorite slipjig which we have joined to two other traditional tunes. The Butterfly theme returns with a harp/fiddle duet featuring Kathryn on fiddle and Kathryn's mom, Kira, on the harp. The final tune, Road to Lisdoonvarna, breaks sharply with the contemplative Butterfly reprise for an energetic climax to the set. |
CD: Time and Again
Label: FiddleSticks
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| This familiar tune is a Scottish song with an Appalachian variant; we merge both versions here. |
CD: Playing Favorites
Label: FiddleSticks
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| The Star of County Down is an old Irish Tune that has been used in many songs and hymns, including the Mormon Hymn "If You Could Hie To Kolob." The set ends with "Rights of Man," a traditional tune given a jazz-fusion twist inspired by Eileen Ivers. |
CD: Playing Favorites
Label: FiddleSticks
Credits: Arrangement © 1999 FiddleSticks |
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| This Celtic set starts with a slow, plaintive air, which moves into three lively reels, Drowsy Maggie, Sam's Reel, and Becca's reel. |
CD: Playing Favorites
Label: FiddleSticks
Credits: Kathryn Davis/Traditional |
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| This old Irish song has an American descendant, Johnny Is Gone For A Soldier. |
CD: Playing Favorites
Label: FiddleSticks
Credits: Traditional |
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| Kathryn Davis, the fiddler in FiddleSticks, wrote this merry melody for our harper-friend Misha O'Hanlan in Washington DC several years ago when she was 13; it provides a driving counterpoint to a modal version of Joy to the World. |
CD: FiddleSticks Christmas Cold Fusion
Label: FiddleSticks
Credits: Kathryn Davis © 2000/Traditional English Carol |
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| This arrangement interweaves the various versions of the Manger Tune together with Amazing Grace, and finally ends off with a joyful jig called the Laird o' Cockpen. |
CD: Cold Fusion
Label: FiddleSticks
Credits: Traditional carols/American hymn/traditional Irish jig |
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| Our Brubeckesque 5/4 rendition of this venerable tune leads into the 18th century Scottish version of the Greensleeves melody, performed as a jig. The set ends with a reel called Green Garters, here given some serious fusion energy with a percussion collective and a pennywhistle with attitude.Guitar, bass, flute, congas, fiddle, bodhran, cello, pennywhistle, djembe, dumbek, tambourine, bonkersticks |
CD: Cold Fusion
Label: FiddleSticks
Credits: Traditional |
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