Trillium

Personnel

Mim Eichmann: hammered dulcimer, vocals
Ed Hall: guitar, banjo, vocals
Jonathan De Souza: fiddle, mandolin, whistles, vocals
Doug Lofstrom: bass, vocals

Influences

anything Irish! Bill Monroe, Hank Williams, Eva Cassidy, Altan, revolutionary and civil war music, Chet Atkins, Allison Kraus, Bela Fleck, Johnny Mercer, George Gershwin, Beatles, film music, honky tonk music, classical music, country music, gospel music ...

What to Expect

Typical Gig Duration: 30 - 120 minutes

In many ways, Trillium is a folk group which appeals to people who think that they really don't like folk music ... as well as those who do! Our extensive, eclectic repertoire ranges from Celtic to bluegrass to ragtime to swing, moving easily from one genre to the next, taking our audience along with us. Most of our tunes are trad/anon or public domain, both instrumentals and vocals, some cover tunes, some singer/songwriter, but all of our arrangements reflect our collective creative energy and the extraordinary playing styles of four very accomplished musicians.

We've recorded three cds: "Over the Waterfall" (2006), "The Moody Leprechaun (2007) and "Crossing the Stream" (2009), many tracks from which have been played on folk and Celtic radio programs throughout the U.S. and Canada. We've also been broadcast live on NPR stations on many occasions as well.

Set/Song/Sequence List:
1. Over the Waterfall/Blackberry Blossom
2. Bonaparte Crossing the Rocky Mountains/Star of Munster
3. Big Rock Candy Mountain/Dixie
4. Black & White Rag
5. Young Ladies in Town/Jefferson & Liberty/Crossing the Stream
6. Soldier’s Joy/Star-Spangled Banner
7. Tennessee Waltz
8. The Moody Leprechaun
9. Jenny Lind Polka/Swedish Polka
10. A Hundred Years from Now
11. Fargo/Ewe w/ the Crooked Horn/Fargo
12. Pardon My Southern Accent
13. The Night Paddy Murphy Died
14. I'll Fly Away

II
15. Cold Frosty Morning/Full-Rigged Ship
16. Sweet Georgia Brown
17. Staten Island/Red-Haired Boy/Liberty
18. Ragtime Annie/Beaumont Rag
19. Sally in the Garden/Swallowtail Jig/O’Keefe’s Slide/O those Britches Full of Stitches/John Ryan’s Polka
20. Settin’ the Woods on Fire/Southern Flavor
21. When You Look into My Eyes
22. Rights of Man/Harvest Home/Boys of Bluehill
23. Miss Fogarty's Christmas Cake
24. Tiger Rag

St. Anne’s Reel/Fisher’s Hornpipe

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