Nickel Creek; Sufjan Stevens; Iron & Wine; Death Cab for Cutie; Karen Tweed & Ian Carr; The Mammals; Liz Carroll & John Doyle; Mark Knopfler; Tin Hat Trio; Lunasa; Kate Rusby; Gillian Welch; Ranarim; The Weepies; Solas; Turtle Island String Quartet
Andrew and Noah VanNorstrand have been bringing their brand of high-energy alternative folk music to concert halls, festival stages and dance floors across North America for nearly a decade. Both boys are prolific composers and multi-instrumentalists; playing nearly twenty different string and percussion instruments between the two of them! Their music if a finely crafted blend of genres including Celtic, Appalachian, Swing, Old-time Country and Bluegrass with equal emphasis on both daring improvisation and intricate arrangements. In addition to their well-known instrumental chops they have recently added a whole new dimension to their repertoire with their skillful songwriting and tight harmony vocals. They often appear as a duo but they have also toured extensively for many years as The Great Bear Trio with their mother Kim on piano and occasionally perform with Jay Ungar & Molly Mason as well as the psychedelic contra-rock group Giant Robot Dance. Now the boys are expanding their sound with a new band of their own. Joining Andrew and Noah are Rachel Bell on accordion and wooden flute, Kevin Dorsey on bass and special guest Kailyn Wright singing harmony vocals.
you know, every time I come to this page, I love it even more. You guys are awesome. I love certain tree in particular. Hope to meet you guys sometime soon. Will you be at Neffa? - Eric M
Ah-ha! It just dawned on me who Lee Elliott is - met him at an Urban Campfires concert a while back, and it turns out we grew up in the same town in Texas. OK, so now I know who to thank for pointing you guys in my direction. (o: JoLynn
thanks for adding me You both were brilliant at Old songs My Aunt and I really enjoyed you. And after you preformed we both realized that you were from the Great Bear Trio from when we saw you in 2004 But you two were amoung our favorites, along with April Verch and Chuck and Albert I'm going to attempt to learn a few of your songs on my fiddle also Hope to see you at old songs again
sounds great, guys! looks like some of your influences are some of our friends... drop a line if you're gonna be in nyc anytime--we'd love to catch a show!
Hi gentlemen! Thanks for the myspace request. I'm sorry that we didn't get to work together this year. But I may need you for a recording this year! I'll be in touch.
I beg to differ with owen. myspace was never cool, unless you like Rupert Murdoch, but hell, we're all here in this land of hypocricy. ...and thanks for the add! Hope to see you out here soon.
