Put the record on, drop the needle, and hear the dancing. 🎻👣
Dancing Fiddler is my 14-track collection of old-time tunes and songs where my buck dancing becomes part of the music itself. For this project, I experimented with shoes, dance surfaces, microphones, rhythms, and steps until I found a way for my feet to add their own percussive voice alongside the fiddle, banjo, guitar, and bass.
The secret combination turned out to be a little unexpected: gritty concrete floors and a pair of foam-soled sandals! Sliding across the concrete created a soft, wispy rhythm—somewhere between a mandolin chop and brushes on a snare drum. You'll have to listen for yourself. 😊
The album features Ketch Secor, Dom Flemons, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Cristina Vane, Brenna MacMillan, Victor Furtado, Frank Evans, Tyler Andal, and Evan Winsor.
This black vinyl LP comes in the full-size Dancing Fiddler jacket and includes a beautiful 9" × 9" double-sided insert created especially for the vinyl edition.
The insert includes:
Complete song lyrics
Album notes and the story behind Dancing Fiddler
Full musician and production credits
Photography and artwork designed to accompany the album
Side A
Cindy
Little Liza Jane
Lazy John
Black Eyed Susie
Little Sadie
Drunkard's Hiccups
Buffalo Gals
Side B
8. Groundhog
9. Little Rabbit
10. Cluck Old Hen
11. Down in the Willow Garden
12. Hangman's Reel
13. Crawdad Song
14. Sail Away Ladies
Dancing Fiddler was made possible by 388 Kickstarter backers who supported this project in 2024. I'm mighty grateful to everyone who helped me make this record.
The album is dedicated to my dance mentor, Thomas Maupin, who helped deepen my understanding that a buck dancer is a musician—and our feet are our instruments.
So pour yourself something good, put the record on, open up the insert, and listen awhile.
I hope you don't just hear the fiddle. I hope you hear the dancing, too.
Put the record on, drop the needle, and hear the dancing. 🎻👣
Dancing Fiddler is my 14-track collection of old-time tunes and songs where my buck dancing becomes part of the music itself. For this project, I experimented with shoes, dance surfaces, microphones, rhythms, and steps until I found a way for my feet to add their own percussive voice alongside the fiddle, banjo, guitar, and bass.
The secret combination turned out to be a little unexpected: gritty concrete floors and a pair of foam-soled sandals! Sliding across the concrete created a soft, wispy rhythm—somewhere between a mandolin chop and brushes on a snare drum. You'll have to listen for yourself. 😊
The album features Ketch Secor, Dom Flemons, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Cristina Vane, Brenna MacMillan, Victor Furtado, Frank Evans, Tyler Andal, and Evan Winsor.
This black vinyl LP comes in the full-size Dancing Fiddler jacket and includes a beautiful 9" × 9" double-sided insert created especially for the vinyl edition.
The insert includes:
Complete song lyrics
Album notes and the story behind Dancing Fiddler
Full musician and production credits
Photography and artwork designed to accompany the album
Side A
Cindy
Little Liza Jane
Lazy John
Black Eyed Susie
Little Sadie
Drunkard's Hiccups
Buffalo Gals
Side B
8. Groundhog
9. Little Rabbit
10. Cluck Old Hen
11. Down in the Willow Garden
12. Hangman's Reel
13. Crawdad Song
14. Sail Away Ladies
Dancing Fiddler was made possible by 388 Kickstarter backers who supported this project in 2024. I'm mighty grateful to everyone who helped me make this record.
The album is dedicated to my dance mentor, Thomas Maupin, who helped deepen my understanding that a buck dancer is a musician—and our feet are our instruments.
So pour yourself something good, put the record on, open up the insert, and listen awhile.
I hope you don't just hear the fiddle. I hope you hear the dancing, too.