All-Star Talent 2012:
Bands:
★ Floorplay
★ Gypsy Caravan
★ La Banane Enchantée
★ The Noteboys
★ On The Fly
★ Sassafras Stomp
★ Techno: dJ Improper
Callers:
★ Jean Gibson-Gorrindo
★ Michael Hamilton
★ Valerie Helbert
★ Rachel Shapiro
★ Susan Taylor
★ Mary Wesley
Bands:
★ Floorplay
★ Gypsy Caravan
★ La Banane Enchantée
★ The Noteboys
★ On The Fly
★ Sassafras Stomp
★ Techno: dJ Improper
Callers:
★ Jean Gibson-Gorrindo
★ Michael Hamilton
★ Valerie Helbert
★ Rachel Shapiro
★ Susan Taylor
★ Mary Wesley
Photo: rabphotography.com
Sassafras Stomp
Hometown: western Montana & mid-coast Maine
Lineup:
Johanne Davis
(fiddle, voice)
Adam Nordell
(guitar, feet, voice)
Contact: adam.nordell@gmail.com
Hometown: western Montana & mid-coast Maine
Lineup:
Johanne Davis
(fiddle, voice)
Adam Nordell
(guitar, feet, voice)
Contact: adam.nordell@gmail.com
Profile:
Sassafras Stomp is a high-energy, dance-band duo with one foot in mid-coast Maine and one foot in western Montana. Weaving together diverse fiddle traditions with a strong rhythmic sensibility, fiddler Johanna Davis and guitarist Adam Nordell build a rich, dynamic contradance sound marked by driving foot percussion and sweet harmony vocals.
Davis and Nordell's collaboration began during a month-long musical residency in a tiny Montana town a stone's throw away from the continental divide. After a debut performance at Seattle's Northwest Folklife Festival, the duo established themselves as a regular band at dances across Montana. In 2010, they relocated to Davis' home-state of Maine to start an organic farm and participate in the New England contradance community. They have since performed for a widening circle of dances, concerts and festivals across the northern tier of the country - Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, Illinois, Montana, as well as southern Canada.
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Sassafras Stomp is a high-energy, dance-band duo with one foot in mid-coast Maine and one foot in western Montana. Weaving together diverse fiddle traditions with a strong rhythmic sensibility, fiddler Johanna Davis and guitarist Adam Nordell build a rich, dynamic contradance sound marked by driving foot percussion and sweet harmony vocals.
Davis and Nordell's collaboration began during a month-long musical residency in a tiny Montana town a stone's throw away from the continental divide. After a debut performance at Seattle's Northwest Folklife Festival, the duo established themselves as a regular band at dances across Montana. In 2010, they relocated to Davis' home-state of Maine to start an organic farm and participate in the New England contradance community. They have since performed for a widening circle of dances, concerts and festivals across the northern tier of the country - Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, Illinois, Montana, as well as southern Canada.
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