Darol Anger Fiddler

11/10 Folk House, Bristol https://eartrumpetmusic.co.uk/#e155189 12/10 Rhydycroesau Village Hall jockt66@gmail.com 14/10 Ropetackle Arts Centre https://ropetacklecentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873687087 15/10 Chats Palace Arts Centre, Hackney https://www.hackneyfolk.club/events/bruce-molsky-darol-anger 16/10 Private House Concert, Oxford 17/10 Barnoldswick Music and Arts Centre https://www.barnoldswickmusicandartscentre.com/bruce-molsky-and-darol-anger-at-barnoldswick 19/10 The Greystones, Sheffield https://www.wegottickets.com/event/696730 20/10 Bardsea Malt Kiln Village Hall http://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/114275 21/10 Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh https://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/event/bruce-molsky-darol-anger 22/10 Howe Beer Project Ltd, Cupar https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bruce-molsky-and-darol-anger-tickets-1988984861262 23/10 Alnwick Playhouse https://alnwickplayhouse.co.uk/event/bruce-molsky-and-darol-anger

Bruce & Darol bring their unique style to the UK.

Darol, Barbara Higbie, Alex DeGrassi, Michael Manring, Will Ackerman, Fred Simon and a raft of additional players re-create the mood of the early 80s, when the Windham Hill record label swept onto the scene.

Mr Sun and a few friends re-re-create their radical version of Duke Ellington's radical vision of Tchaikovsky's radical Nutcracker Suite. "a mixture of genius and playfulness...sure to be a classic." - Atwood Magazine

Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite contains some of the most beloved and familiar melodies in the Western world. Mr Sun (Darol Anger, fiddle; Joe K. Walsh, mandolin; Grant Gordy, guitar; and Aidan O’Donnell, bass) has seized upon the inspiration of Duke Ellington’s brilliant, sly, & urbane re-interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s Suite as an opportunity to salute and re-invent this wildly multi-faceted work anew through the lens of the American String Band.

Mr Sun and a few friends re-re-create their radical version of Duke Ellington's radical vision of Tchaikovsky's radical Nutcracker Suite.

Mr Sun Plays Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite
In March of 2023, Darol Anger, Joe K. Walsh, Grant Gordy, and Aidan O’Donnell went into the recording studio to transmogrify the legendary Ellington/Strayhorn Nutcracker Suite into the Acoustic String Band, as Mr Sun.  Their studio of choice, in North Adams, Massachusetts, was a state-of-the art recording facility built by the Mass/MOCA Art Museum.  The recording engineer was the equally legendary David Sinko, who has recorded many of the most important and innovative acoustic string bands of the last 40 years.   Tchaikovsky’s extraordinary Nutcracker Suite contains some of the most beloved and familiar melodies in the Western world. Mr Sun has seized upon the inspiration of Duke Ellington’s brilliant, sly, & urbane re-interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s Suite as an opportunity to salute and re-invent this wildly multi-faceted work anew, through the lens of the American String Band, a musical format which now encompasses many styles and is presently engaged in a marathon upheaval of innovation and expansion. On Mr Sun's new recording, the pieces of the Suite range from close interpretations of Billy Strayhorn’s original charts to intense extrapolations based on the spirit of the material. Mr Sun premiered the work at the Freshgrass Festival at Mass/MOCA in September of 2023, concurrent with the release of the recording. The Project has been generously underwritten by the Freshgrass Foundation.

Mr Sun Plays Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite
In March of 2023, Darol Anger, Joe K. Walsh, Grant Gordy, and Aidan O’Donnell went into the recording studio to transmogrify the legendary Ellington/Strayhorn Nutcracker Suite into the Acoustic String Band, as Mr Sun.  Their studio of choice, in North Adams, Massachusetts, was a state-of-the art recording facility built by the Mass/MOCA Art Museum.  The recording engineer was the equally legendary David Sinko, who has recorded many of the most important and innovative acoustic string bands of the last 40 years.   Tchaikovsky’s extraordinary Nutcracker Suite contains some of the most beloved and familiar melodies in the Western world. Mr Sun has seized upon the inspiration of Duke Ellington’s brilliant, sly, & urbane re-interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s Suite as an opportunity to salute and re-invent this wildly multi-faceted work anew, through the lens of the American String Band, a musical format which now encompasses many styles and is presently engaged in a marathon upheaval of innovation and expansion. On Mr Sun's new recording, the pieces of the Suite range from close interpretations of Billy Strayhorn’s original charts to intense extrapolations based on the spirit of the material. Mr Sun premiered the work at the Freshgrass Festival at Mass/MOCA in September of 2023, concurrent with the release of the recording. The Project has been generously underwritten by the Freshgrass Foundation.