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Kaila Flexer and Friends, Original Music Inspired by Far-Flung Fiddle Traditions by Kaila Flexer Kaila Flexer : Kaila Flexer and Friends, Original Music Inspired by Far-Flung Fiddle Traditions.
 Original compositions inspired by far-flung fiddle traditions.

Kaila Flexer is a violinist, composer and music educator. In addition to founding acoustic groups Third Ear and Next Village, which showcase her original compositions, Kaila has performed with violinist Shira Kammen, KITKA Women's Vocal Ensemble, violinist Hollis Ashby and the silent film band Club Foot Orchestra.

Kaila is half of the duo, Teslim (with multi-instrumentalist, Gari Hegedus), who have collaborated with Ross Daly, Kelly Thoma and Miles Jay, Hamed Nikpay and Tobias Roberson.

From the panoramic "Lucid Dreaming" to the Slinky "Bride's Knot", Flexer's first two CD's showcase her love of Balkan and Brazilian music, bluegrass, klezmer and jazz - she gathers inspiration from the gardens of the traditional and vernacular to sow new and expansive musical landscapes.

This is a musical gold mine: so many fiddle traditions are seamlessly drawn into a series of mysterious songs, with humor leaking from many corners. These musical short stories fly all over the globe, often coming to rest in some indeterminate but vivid urban ethnic enclave. The uncannily entwined folk styles spin out each tale like a hummingbird's life, full of unexpected turns, asides, and sudden direct flight.
Darol Anger, violinist

Deadly serious musicianship leavened with a buoyant, wink-and-a-nod spirit, Next Village is a spicy, protein-rich repast of regional tastes combined into a plucky fusion cuisine that's anything but the flavor-of-the-month.
James Rotondi, musician/journalist

All songs by Kaila Flexer except the following:
Trapeze Secrets by Flexer and Jovino Santos Neto
Tune of Choice by Flexer and Mike Marshall

Musicians on these tracks:
Kaila Flexer, violin
Nikolai Prisakar - accordion
Joel Davel - marimba and percussion
Cindy Browne - double bass
Julian Smedley - violin, octave violin
Mike Marshall - mandolin
Matt Eakle - flutes and apple juice jug
Rob Ickes - dobro
Tom Miller - percussion
Aaron Johnston - drums and percussion
Brian Rice - percussion
Jovino Santos Neto - piano
Andy Narell - steel pan

Songs:

1. Novo Cetvorno Tune Choice
2. Yossel
3. Bride's Knot Clothes Crisis
4. Gator Love
5. Lucid Dreaming
6. Full Moon Tango
7. Lisa's Lullaby
8. Preconceived Notions
9. Extrapolate Backwards
10. Squirrel Sits In
11. Shepherd's Dream
12. Feijoada
13. Mrs Van Loon's Afternoon Tea
14. January 27
15. Trapeze Secrets

Listen to: the entire album.

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Release date: 04/13/2017
Kaila Flexer lives in California USA

Tagged as: World, Folk, Instrumental, Folk, Violin

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