Karrnnel Sawitsky and Trent Freeman – one-half of The Fretless join us.
Saturday in the first hour.
Their album – GlassWing is brilliant. With 3 songs cowritten and sung by Madeleine Roger.
Classically trained, raised on rock, jazz, blues, folk and heritage roots, they take all those influences and combine them into a sound unlike any other
group.
They take 100 year old shanty’s and reshape the song without losing the original melody so it can last another 100 years.
In GlassWing, they write all their own tunes. Three co-written with Madeleine Roger.
There is such joy in hearing violins, violas and cellos driving the beat where normally the drums and bass would be.
Impressive my friends. Very impressive.
Have a listen to Pipe Dreams!
The Queen Nancy – named after a car and a make-believe BC Ferry.
Icarus – a Madeleine beauty
Or the lead track Lost Lake.
This marks a new chapter The Fretless. With Lights, sound and stage design created especially for this album, these songs and this tour.
Karrnnel Sawitsky and Trent Freeman – one-half of The Fretless join us.
Saturday in the first hour.
Their album – GlassWing is brilliant. With 3 songs cowritten and sung by Madeleine Roger.
Classically trained and raised on rock, jazz, blues, folk and heritage roots, they combine all those influences into a sound unlike any other group.
They take a 100-year-old shanty and reshape the song without losing the original melody so it can last another 100 years.
In GlassWing, they write all their tunes. Each brings joy!
There is such happiness in hearing violins, violas and cellos driving the beat where normally the drums and bass would be.
Impressive my friends. Very impressive.
Have a listen to Pipe Dreams!
The Queen Nancy – named after a car and a make-believe BC Ferry.
Icarus – a Madeleine beauty
Or the lead track Lost Lake.
This marks a new chapter The Fretless with lights, sound and stage design created especially for this album, these songs and this tour. Dates below.
Donor one asks for some songs but titles only such as
Get Rhythm
People get ready
I’ll take you there
Gone at last
And finally a name – any Sam Cooke song
Hour two donor – after moving from Quebec and Saskatchewan…I discovered CKUA when they moved to Fort Mac.
“on the radio, channel surfing in Alberta, I discovered CKUA and have never left. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing….or missing…that would be music that I had never heard before”
Eric Wright, a founding member of the Juno winning The Fretless, is the guest. Their latest album is called Open House.
The Fretless is Trent Freeman (Fiddle/Viola), Karrnnel Sawitsky (Fiddle/Viola), BenPlotnick(Fiddle/Viola), and Eric Wright (Cello).
Open House is a 10 song vocal collaboration album and the first project that The Fretless feature vocals on all the tracks and in such a prominent role. They teamed up with Dan Mangan for a spin on his single “Troubled Mind“. Up next was Celeigh Cardinal featured on a version of William Prince’s “Earthly Days“, Nuela Charles on a gorgeous rendition of “Stay“. And most recently The Bros. Landreth on a version of their song “Let It Lie” and 6 more artists.
Outreach and inspiring the next generation of string players is very much a part of The Fretless ’ethos. They continue to support numerous fiddle camps, masterclass’ and workshops around the world, not only as instructors but as mentors. Over the past few years, they have connected with notable organizations such as the Calgary Youth Orchestra and the Luxembourg Youth Orchestra, creating and performing full orchestral arrangements of Fretless tunes.
Eric says the Fretless are modern folk. To the ear, they sound like a rock band with violins, violas, and Eric on cello. They happily share their creative space with other artists.
Outreach and inspiring the next generation of string players is very much a part of The Fretless ’ethos. They continue to support numerous fiddle camps, masterclass’ and workshops around the world, not only as instructors but as mentors. Over the past few years, they have connected with notable organizations such as the Calgary Youth Orchestra and the Luxembourg Youth Orchestra, creating and performing full orchestral arrangements of Fretless tunes.
