Creaking Tree String Quartet

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Creaking Tree String Quartet
Origin Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres bluegrass music
Years active2004 (2004)–2011
MembersJohn Showman
Andrew Collins
Brad Keller
Brian Kobayakawa

The Creaking Tree String Quartet is a Canadian progressive all-instrumental bluegrass and acoustic roots band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Quill, Greg, "Beyond the Pale, Creaking Trees build on common ground". Toronto Star , 10 February 2005
  2. 1 2 Creaking Tree String Quartet coming to Joe's, Comox Valley Echo, 4 July 2008
  3. 1 2 "Serendipity Princess". Barrie Examiner , 9 July 2009
  4. "Calgary Folk Festival Artist Archive". Archived from the original on 2013-04-14. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
  5. 1 2 Creaking Tree String Quartet [ permanent dead link ], Vancouver Folk Festival web site, May 2008
  6. "Celebrate the Riverboat", Toronto Star, 26 June 2008
  7. Creaking Tree String Quartet - Sundogs, review in NOW Magazine, 18 November 2010
  8. Acker, Bryan, Reviews:: The Creaking Tree String Quartet Sundogs Archived 2011-07-05 at the Wayback Machine , HeroHill, 2 March 2011
  9. "Foggy Hogtown Boys ready for debut disc", Toronto Star, 15 January 2004
  10. Littler, William, "Many strings attached", Toronto Star, 18 July 2004