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blasmealabooking@gmail.com    

(612) 615-4461

Media:
Live Recording from Takin' Time
Live Video, FladCast
Nature Boy demo
Rockin' the Mother demo

Bio:
Kerri Joy- fiddle and vocals
Gordon Bratt- double bass and vocals
Olivia Quintanilla- cello and vocals
Todd Menton- bodhran, mandolin, harmonica, vocals
Patrick McCormick- bagpipes
Max Graham- guitar and vocals


Over the course of the summer of 2014, newcomer-to-the-cities Kerri Joy (of SisterTree) and local Newgrass superstar Max Graham (Kind Country) started tinkering with a selection of folk songs. Over two years the project evolved into its current state, bringing in Patrick McCormick (Wookiefoot) and Todd Menton (Boiled in Lead) with their deep roots in traditional Irish and folk music, Olivia Quintanilla (Useful Jenkins) and her classical and jazz sensibilities, and Gordon Bratt (Broken Spoke), whose natural ear for harmonies and sparkling stage presence rounded-out the ensemble perfectly. The combined talents of this all-star group, inspired by such diverse influences, produce a dazzling fusion of genres; a sound at once rooted in tradition and full of ecstatic innovation.

Blas Meala is a project focused on organic exploration, discovery and interpretation. Through the ebb and flow of seasons- love, loss, failure and triumph- we all seek the sweetness in life: a tiny taste of honey.

Set List: 

The Cloud - original (poem by Percy Shelley)

Rockin' the Mother - original

Peggy - traditional Scottish

Gypsy Moth - Hoyt Axton

Nature Boy/The Okarina - eden ahbez/Paul Kotapish

Stanzas for Music - original (poem by Lord Byron)

In My Prime - traditional

October Song - Incredible String Band
1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Richard Thompson

Savage Daughter - Karen Kahan ie. Wyndreth Berginsdottir

What Will We Do (Oh True Lovers) - traditional

Gulf Coast Highway - Nancy Griffith

Norwegian Wood - The Beatles
Buffalo Gals - traditional
Milk and Honey - Jackson C. Frank
Flyin' Shoes - Townes Van Zandt

Previous Sightings:

Fladcast, Live at Tuttles

Brant Kingman Studios

The Nicollet Cafe (now Reverie)

Takin' Time

Acadia Cafe