Described by SF Weekly as a “collision of Django Reinhardt and David Grisman,” Taarka is the new acoustic “supergroup” (Flagstaff Live) “presenting masterfully deep americana string band music!” Led by the husband-and-wife team of David Pelta-Tiller (mandolin, tenor guitar, vocals) and Enion Pelta-Tiller (five-string violin, vocals) Taarka fills out its unique sound with impeccable guitarist Ross Martin and bass powerhouse Sam Grisman on their upcoming release “Making Track Home.”

David, a versatile picker raised in Virginia on a steady diet of bluegrass, Celtic, classical and gypsyjazz, and Enion Pelta-Tiller, an award-winning classically-trained violinist who can switch seamlessly between Bartk and bebop (not to mention Gypsy jazz, punk, rock, bluegrass) began their journey together in 2001. After meeting at a Brooklyn Browngrass gig, the two began a Gypsy jazz busker act in the New York City subway before hitting the road as Taarka.

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Our label catalog alone contains more than 1,600 releases on Bear Family. Some are multi CD sets with well-researched comprehensive coffee-table size books, some of them weighing several pounds. 

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Roots music veteran BUDDY WOODWARD is an award winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, side-man and studio musician. He was a founding member of seminal 90's alt.country whiz kids THE GHOST ROCKETS, and NYC honky-tonkers BUDDY WOODWARD & THE NITRO EXPRESS ("as explosive - and polished - a hard honky-tonk outfit as you'll find around New York" -- Barry Mazor, The Village Voice), was a featured performer on Greg Garing's Alphabet City Opry, as well as having played with John Starling, Steve Earle, Rosie Flores, Jim Lauderdale, The Coal Porters, Laura Cantrell, Bill Keith, Beat Rodeo, Sid Griffin, Smalltown Parade, The Jet Set, and The Chelsea Mountain Jamboree, among many others.

Buddy co-founded THE DIXIE BEE-LINERS, known throughout the United States and beyond for their shatteringly beautiful original material (written or co-written by Buddy) and scorching onstage chemistry. Combining blues and folk-rock influences with bluegrass and old-time mountain music, this award-winning ensemble creates a sound which is "steeped in tradition, but with tones and rhythms that are very 21st century" (No Depression).

As a voice actor, Woodward has extensive credits on dozens of animated cartoons, including Pokemon, and a starring role in the U.S. version of the hit Japanese show Ping-Pong Club, which gained him well-deserved praise for his comic timing and improvisational finesse.

As a stage actor, Woodward has appeared in many productions at The Barter State Theater of Virginia, and is a proud member of Actor's Equity.

Buddy proudly uses and endorses the following: D'Addario strings & Planet Waves, Fishman Transducers, Inc., Recording King guitars and banjos, The Loar mandolins, Gold Tone Instruments, JangleBox effects, VHT amplification, Alclair In-Ear monitors, Ratliff Mandolins, Blue Chip picks, Emerson Power Bridge, Tech 21 effects, and Kel Audio microphones.

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