Travelling Folk

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Travelling Folk: The Fretless in Session & Jack Badcock

The Fretless in Session & Jack Badcock

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Canadian band The Fretless join Anna in session & Jack Badcock talks about his solo album.

Canadian folk string quartet The Fretless join Anna in session and Jack Badcock talks about his solo album.

A supergroup of celebrated solo artists, The Fretless dares to expand the idea of what a string music quartet can be — transforming fiddle tunes and folk melodies into intricate, beautiful, high-energy arrangements that have quickly gained a dedicated following and accolades from around the world. Within what appears to be a simple and classical construct — two fiddles, a viola, and a cello — The Fretless are pushing traditional music to new heights, producing a completely fresh approach to folk music. The band stop into the studio in Aberdeen for a few tunes amid a string of Scottish dates with singer Madeleine Roger, a folk singer-songwriter from Winnipeg.

Plus Dallahan frontman and founding member Jack Badcock joins Anna live on the eve of the release of his debut solo album, fulfilling a long-held ambition and putting his diverse and arresting songwriting skills centre stage.

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