Sweet Marie is a tune that's been making the rounds for more than 100 years. Most people seem to agree that it's derived from a song first recorded in 1893, but our version comes from the playing of Kentucky fiddler Bruce Greene

Sweet Marie

An old time fiddle tune from the playing of Joe Politte. It's often heard at full speed at contradances, but here we play it quite a bit slower and it has a very "triste" quality.

Grand Picnic

An old Northumbrian pipe tune. Technically it's a polka, but we like to play it at this relaxed tempo so we  can explore the interesting harmonies and rhythms.

Salmon Tails Up The River

Heere's a little improv we did on Errynn Marshall's lovely tune. We've heard it played much faster, but at this slower tempo it's rather dreamy and exposes interesting opportunities for harmony and rhythm.

Springfield

A traditional Irish polka played by Jody and Cindy on concertina and autoharp respectively. The key signature is G, but it's actually D modal, with C naturals in there, although I think our arrangement also has some C#'sl.

Niely Cleere's Polka

Cindy Harris (autoharp), Jody Kruskal (concertina), and Bill Balassi  (guitar) played this tune in concert at the Walnut Valley Festival in 2018.

Tom Kruskal's (tune by Emily Troll and Amelia Mason)

An original tune by Jody Kruskal, played by Cindy and Jody

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A Beauty

Cindy Harris (autoharp, Pittsburgh, PA) and Jody Kruskal (concertina, Brooklyn, NY) collaborating over JamKazam during the COVID-19 pandemic

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