Hambo in the Barn--Andrea Hoag, Loretta Kelley, Charlie Pilzer

Hambo In The Barn is the recording that started the label Azalea City Recordings. Bassist, pianist and accordionist Charlie Pilzer joins with fiddlers Andrea Hoag and Loretta Kelley to create a sparkling and varied recording of Swedish couple dance music. The CD contains sixteen hambos (a dance in 3/4 time), two waltzes, a snoa and two schottisches. With the assistance of Frank Brown on guitar and Larry Robinson on mandola (bouzouki), Hambo In The Barn includes fast and slow, major and minor, solo and ensemble pieces suitable for dancing, tune learning or just listening.
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Track 20 5:08
Dur och moll / Skinnbracka med lucku / Horga Dur traditional

The hambo is a Swedish couple dance in 3/4 rhythm. We play a medley of three traditional tunes. The first two, Dur och moll (major and minor) and Skinnbracka med lucku are from the village of Boda in Dalarna, a region of Sweden rich in fiddle tunes. One of the best known hambos is Horgalåten. The legend of this tune involves a pact with the devil and a fiddler who couldn't stop playing until the dancers had literally danced their feet off. We end the medley with Horga dur, a major key variant, which may be related to Norwegian pols tunes as well as to the common Swedish Horgalåten

Musicians:
Andrea Hoag: fiddle
Loretta Kelley: fiddle
Charlie Pilzer: bass, 2-row accordion
Larry Robinson: bouzouki
Frank Brown: guitar
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HAMBO IN THE BARN
Andrea Hoag, Loretta Kelley, Charlie Pilzer
ACCD 9601
Produced by Charlie Pilzer
Recorded by Frank Brown at Runners Recording, Gaithersburg, MD
Mastered by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering, Springfield, VA