Three Mile Stone is:
Marla Fibish: mandolin, mandola, accordion, vocals
Erin Shrader: fiddle, vocals
Richard Mandel: guitar, tenor banjo
Three Mile Stone, a San Francisco-based trio, plays traditional Irish music with lift, drive, and sparkle. Inventive tune arrangements, in which any instrument might take the lead or play backup, give way to poignant airs, traditional songs, or poems set to breathtaking melodies by Marla. Three Mile Stone has played together for years and is now finally releasing their debut CD, produced by John Doyle.
The core of their sound is all strings—fiddle, mandolin and guitar playing Irish dance music—jigs, reels, and all the good stuff. Erin and Marla’s bold styles are well matched on fiddle and mandolin; they are prodded and propelled by Richard’s driving guitar back-up. To toss it up, Richard will put down the guitar and pick up the tenor banjo, and Marla might hand the mandolin over to Erin and pick up the button accordion. They round it all out with some choice songs. Erin is likely to grace and surprise you with lovely a capella songs from her collection. Marla is likely to accompany her singing with the mandola.
All three members are veterans of the San-Francisco Bay Area Irish music scene, and have been been involved in many musical projects and recordings with well-known artists, including Jimmy Crowley, Radim Zenkl and Grey Larson.
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