KEN WALDMAN: Music Party

Ken Waldman

Music Party

© 2003 Nomadic Press Audio Division (783707599625)

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Alaskan Fiddling Poet Music; Old-time fiddle, banjo, guitar, and poetry; at the end--a-CD-within-a-CD with an eleven-piece band tearing it up on five cuts, making it a real music party.

tracks

1 Chinese Breakdown
2 Puff Adder's Stepdance/Dusty Miller/John Sharp's
3 Light Tonight
4 Sherman's Farewell
5 Staten Island Hornpipe
6 Texas Gals
7 Forked Deer
8 Under the Moon
9 Greasy String
10 McKinley March
11 Big Scioty
12 Fiddlesticks
13 Bobtail Mule
14 Ebenezer
15 Pig Ankle Rag
16 Instrument Auction
17 Tom and Sally's Waltz
18 Safe Harbor Reel
19 Black-Eyed Susie
20 Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
21 Sandy Boys
22 Elzic's Farewell

notes

"Poet and fiddler, or, if you please, fiddler and poet Ken Waldman combines a lyric heart with a good old fiddle shuffle. His writing is singular and superbly crafted, and his playing strikes to the heart of the tune. Kudos to him for putting both poetry and traditional music in front of new audiences."

---------Joe Newberry, Durham, N.C.


"Leave it to Ken Waldman, Alaska's Fiddling Poet, to dispel the notion that all Alaskan fiddling poet music sounds alike. His third offering is the most diverse yet . . . Though the music never loses its Appalachian identity--especially with renditions of "Forked Deer" and "Greasy String"--Waldman's words are what seal the deal. They're often vivid and profound, such as the last line from "Fiddler," which concludes with, "Fiddler, all he had to do was be." The last five tracks (including the hidden track) feature over 22 minutes of scintillating, old-time dance music with the mayhemic Music Party Band. As evidenced here, Waldman is poised to become America's fiddling poet. Crown him--now."

---------Dan Willging, Dirty Linen Magazine, June/July '03

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  • Music Party is on MY A+ list
    author: William Smith - Nashville, Tennessee

    I first heard the cut Sandy Boys on HOBER internet radio, I liked it so much that I came here straight away and ordered it. I have now listened to the whole CD and I am Very glad that I bought it. I intend to pass it around to some of my friends here in the Music City.

  • Maybe the best musically of Ken's three great CDs.
    author: Jeff Edgin

    Please complete the following survey: 1) I love old-time music, especially played at top levels with that classic drive (Y) (N) 2) I enjoy poetry and storytelling, especially when it's inventive AND accessible (Y) (N) 3) I have been to Alaska (Y) (N) If you answered "yes" to any of the questions, buy the CD. If you answered "yes" to two of the questions, this CD will quickly claw its way to a coveted "Top Ten" spot in your personal CD collection. If you answered "yes" to all three, "Fuhgettaboutit !!"

  • Ken has done it again, with style!
    author: Rik James

    Ken Waldman has done it again with MUSIC PARTY! The album's title itself says a good bit about how you feel soon after the CD starts spinning in the hopper -- folks sitting around, pickin', having a good time, playing music together, then more folks arrive, start to feel good, like to be gettin' up and movin' around a bit. Like many a music party. No amps, no subwoofers. The real stuff! Ken's poems set album this album apart as they describe real feelings about experiences and feelings that the music inspires. Love of old-time music and friends, the themes I pick up from his words. Ken's fiddling, as well as the fine banjo, and sometimes guitar rhythm and bass -- all played in the true old-time style, with high energy and relaxed precision. Anyone who's not been to a fiddle camp or fiddle festival, but always thought they'd like to, can hear the spirit of one on in this recording, like that you'll find at a festival or a really good house jam session. My radio listeners continue to love Ken's earlier recordings, and now, I'm sure they'll call me up and say, "Hey, Rik, play some more of that MUSIC PARTY!" (Rik James, "Americana Backroads," KGLT-FM, Bozeman, MT).

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