Album Notes

Yeltzi
Snow in August
A twisted, gypsy bluegrass ode to cold and winter

Snow has fallen in few places before Labor Day. Yeltzi comes from one of them.

Snow in August is the debut album as Yeltzi by the Duluth songwriting duo of Sara Softich and Jason Wussow. It's the first recording to fully capture the twisted, gypsy bluegrass sound that's evolved from years of combining their individual styles on stages throughout the country.

The album's thirteen, fiddle-driven songs are partially inspired by the pair's recent tours across the Northern Great Plains and Southwest. But the collection dwells most on scenes of cold and winter from their hometown. (Yup, it actually snowed in August in Duluth in 1949.)


Early Praise for Snow in August:

“[Snow in August] has an infectious energy... It’s both sweet and tart, and is alluring but with a certain amount of emotional detachment that gives it (like some Minnesotans) a kind of stoic quality.”
--Duluth News Tribune

“Ambition is the name of the game with Sara Softich and Jason Wussow’s first project under the Yeltzi flag, Snow in August... one of the most instantly appealing records to come out of the Twin Ports.”
--Duluth Budgeteer News


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