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℗2011
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1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in
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The Goat Rodeo Sessions is an ambitious and groundbreaking project that brings together four string virtuosos: world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, fiddler Stuart Duncan, bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolinist Chris Thile. While each artist is a prominent figure in his own music sphere, they have come together as a unified ensemble on a most remarkable and organic cross-genre project. The music, including two tracks with female vocalist Aoife O'Donovan, feels both new and familiar; it's composed and improvised, uptown and down home, funky and pastoral and above all, uniquely American
Program notes by Alan Light and lyrics ([16] p. : ports.) inserted in container
Produced by Steven Epstein ; Executive producer: Ruth E. DeSarno
Yo-Yo Ma, violoncello ; Stuart Duncan, fiddle (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8-11), mandolin (track 3), banjo (tracks 5 and 7) ; Edgar Meyer, bass (tracks 1-5, 7-8, 10-11), gamba (track 5), piano (tracks 6 and 9) ; Chris Thile, mandolin (tracks 1, 2, 5-11), guitar (track 3), fiddle (track 4), gamba (track 5), vocals (track 5 and 9) ; Aoife O'Donovan, vocals (tracks 5 and 9)
Recorded June 12-15 and Aug. 8-12, 2011, the Barn, Lenox, Mass