Zack Kline, Violin » Albums

A Thousand Points

admin — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:24:17 +0000

This is my second release and draws on the guitar tunes I’ve been writing and singing in the last couple of years. Download “Wheels are Turning” and “Cross the Sea” in their entirety. I think it’s good to mention that the phrase which is the title may have originated with Ghandi. I didn’t know about the associations with George Bush Sr. when I first decided on it.

TRACK LIST

1. Cross the Sea
2. Mr. Sun
3. Chicago
4. Wheels are Turning
5. City Song
6. Mystery
7. 24 Hours
8. Highway 1

DESIGN

Design and booklet printing by Liz Tjepkema. Visit her website.

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Piper’s Crow

admin — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:02:01 +0000

“Much of Piper’s Crow’s charm is derived from the sparkling interplay between the musicians, especially the exotic bagpipes and assorted wind instruments deftly wielded by MacKenzie and master piper Dick Hensold, while Zack Kline’s fiddle weaves devilishly amongst them and Karen Mueller helps drive the entire business on guitar and bouzouki. This is wonderful stuff that’s musically provocative while rarely failing to elicit a smile or an urge to bound about the room.”

–Minneapolis City Pages, January 20, 2006.

TRACK LIST (click to stream)

1. Maria Gow’s Molasses Biscuits/Walker Street/Maid of Argyll
2. The Kirk o’ Birnie Bouzle/Jenny’s Chickens
3. MacKenzie’s Misfortune
4. The Reel of Stumpie
5. My Cape Breton Home
6. Galician March/Muñeira
7. Evidence of Flora
8. Strings of Pearl/42nd Avenue – Free Download
9. Mormond Braes/The Butcher’s Jig
10. Niel Gow’s Lament for the Death of His Second Wife/All the Night
11. Thrush in the Straw/Gables Motel Jig/Highlander’s Jig
12. My Treasure, My Delight
13. The Fertile Fields of Peebles

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Fiddler’s World

admin — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:13:28 +0000

Welcome to Fiddler’s World. Original works form the core of the album, offset by arrangements of a couple of traditional tunes– the American Shenandoah and a medley of Celtic fiddle tunes. Building on his broad experience in the many styles of fiddling he knows and loves, Zack distills what he’s learned into something identifyable as his own. The title track with its innovative “slam hitting technique” has been featured on NPR’s Open Mic and Bowed Radio.

TRACK LIST (click to stream)

1. Fiddler’s World
2. Roots and Branches
3. Shenandoah – Free Download
4. The Wind that Shakes Paddy Taylor
5. Gypsum - Free Download
6. Hoeing
7. Witches on Horseback
8. Reprise

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DESIGN

This album features hand made covers designed by Liz Tjepkema. Visit her website.

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The Orange Mighty Trio EP

admin — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:00:19 +0000

Parts of this may remind you of 20th century music and at other times a myriad of fiddle styles will be evoked. Somewhere in between — that’s where you’ll find the “orange-ness.”

TRACK LIST (click to stream)

1. Billy in the Lowground
2. Prelude
3. It Depends on the Context
4. Energy Fields
5. Millennium

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PRESS FOR THE ORANGE MIGHTY TRIO EP:

“Combines mountainy roots music with urban jazz and hints of classical, careening between beautiful, bold and a bit of bombast.” — Chris Riemenschneider, Minneapolis Star Tribune

“Sometimes playful, sometimes dark, sometimes airy–always fascinating.” — Dwight Hobbes, Pulse of the Twin Cities

“Kline’s fiddle, which also graces the Celtic-folk outfit Piper’s Crow, leads the way, emulating Grappelli here, Heifetz there, Vassar Clements over there.” –Rick Mason, Minneapolis City Pages

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