The Creaking Tree String Quartet is a Canadian progressive all-instrumental bluegrass and acoustic roots band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Creaking Tree String Quartet | |
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| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | bluegrass music |
| Years active | 2004–2011 |
| Members | John Showman Andrew Collins Brad Keller Brian Kobayakawa |
In 2004 the Creaking Trees produced their debut album, The Creaking Trees, [1] and it was promptly nominated for a Juno Award.[2]
In February 2005, they performed at Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto in a combined concert with Beyond the Pale, blending bluegrass and klezmer music.[1] That year their second album, Side Two, won a Canadian Folk Music Award and an Indie Acoustic Project award.[3]
In 2007 the band performed at the Calgary Folk Music Festival.[4] Their third album, The Sound Track, was released and won two Canadian Folk Music Awards[5] and a Juno nomination.[3]
In 2008 the Trees performed at the fifth annual Toronto CityFest.[6] They set out on a tour of the US and western Canada, including a performance at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival.[5][2]
By 2010 they had recorded and released their fourth album, Sundogs.[7] Bryan Acker of HeroHill wrote, "it's how these seasoned TO players forge jazz, bluegrass, bebop, folk and traditional sounds into their own sound that makes the record so impressive."[8]
Members of the Creaking Tree Quartet include John Showman on fiddle, Andrew Collins on mandolin,[9] Brad Keller on guitar and Brian Kobayakawa on bass.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b Quill, Greg, "Beyond the Pale, Creaking Trees build on common ground". Toronto Star, 10 February 2005
- ^ a b Creaking Tree String Quartet coming to Joe's, Comox Valley Echo, 4 July 2008
- ^ a b "Serendipity Princess". Barrie Examiner, 9 July 2009
- ^ "Calgary Folk Festival Artist Archive". Archived from the original on 2013-04-14. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
- ^ a b Creaking Tree String Quartet[permanent dead link], Vancouver Folk Festival web site, May 2008
- ^ "Celebrate the Riverboat", Toronto Star, 26 June 2008
- ^ Creaking Tree String Quartet - Sundogs, review in NOW Magazine, 18 November 2010
- ^ Acker, Bryan, Reviews:: The Creaking Tree String Quartet Sundogs Archived 2011-07-05 at the Wayback Machine, HeroHill, 2 March 2011
- ^ "Foggy Hogtown Boys ready for debut disc", Toronto Star, 15 January 2004
- ^ Littler, William, "Many strings attached", Toronto Star, 18 July 2004