GRANA, by Scroggins & Rose

GRANA

by Scroggins & Rose

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Joe de Larios Love the interplay within the duo. Literate and infused with bluegrass energy Favorite track: Improvisations on Bill Monroe's Jerusalem Ridge.

beaser54 Makes me SMILE!!!!! Favorite track: Eagle's Nest.

William Skeens Absolutely mesmerizing combo. This album never gets old. Favorite track: Improvisations on Bill Monroe's Wheel Hoss.

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1.	Prelude: Goodbye Liza Jane 01:03		buy track
2.	Eagle's Nest 03:25	info	buy track
3.	Argonaut's Armada 02:56	info	buy track
4.	Fritz Road 04:01	info	buy track
5.	Improvisations on Bill Monroe's Wheel Hoss 03:49		buy track
6.	Improvisations on Elzik's Farewell 03:31		buy track
7.	Krakatoa 04:45	info	buy track
8.	Improvisations on Arkansas Traveler 02:31		buy track
9.	Frayed Knot 03:05	info	buy track
10.	Improvisations on Paganini's 24th Caprice 03:18		buy track
11.	Grana 03:17	info	buy track
12.	Improvisations on Cluck Ol' Hen 03:23		buy track
13.	Improvisations on Bill Monroe's Jerusalem Ridge 04:52		buy track
14.	Wyoming 06:50	info	buy track

about

Award-winning instrumentalists and composers Tristan Scroggins and Alisa Rose have created an album that explores both the dynamic capabilities of a string duet and the creative overlap between baroque and bluegrass improvisation. With vast experience and knowledge of both traditional folk music and classical styles they create new music that utilizes risky improvisation and innovative musical techniques that are captured in both the original and familiar tunes present on this recording. Their effort present a study of both active listening and performance skills as the listener is invited into and pulled to each others spur of the moment musical colors and ideas to create a ever changing exciting performance. Listeners will be rewarded with missed details after every following listening as this record adds to the ever growing lexicon of new acoustic music.

GRANA is a dynamic acoustic album exploring the potential of the acoustic duet within the framework of classical and folk improvisation.

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released May 23, 2017

All pieces performed by
Tristan Scroggins, mandolin
Alisa Rose, violin and baritone violin.

Recorded with portable recording equipment at an AirBnB with high ceilings in Kentfield, CA,
March 11, 12, and 13, 2016
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jason O'Connell

Cover Photo © Yelena Zhavoronkova
Back Cover Photo © Jason O'Connell
Package Design by Anna Singer
Copyright © 2016 Alisa Rose and Tristan Scroggins

Both the name and front cover of the album come from Yelena Zhavoronkova's series by the same title

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Scroggins & Rose San Francisco, California

Alisa Rose and Tristan Scroggins combine bluegrass and baroque style improvisation to add to the growing lexicon of new acoustic music. With breathtaking technical virtuosity and knowledge of both traditional folk music and classical styles they create music utilizing risky improvisation and innovative musical techniques. ... more

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Pandemic Buddy

Aug 2023
Reaper

Jul 2023
Curios

Jun 2020
Curios Living Room Edition

Jun 2020
GRANA

May 2017

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