The Fretless (with Special Guest The Gilbert Town Fiddlers)

About The Fretless:

Four ferocious players, masterful composition, and a genre-bending sound — Juno award-winning The Fretless is a Canadian quartet that has firmly taken its place on the map to a progressive form of “trad”.

A supergroup of celebrated solo artists, The Fretless has been creating a singular and signature sound that dares to expand the idea of what a string music quartet can be — transforming fiddle tunes and folk melodies into intricate, beautiful, high-energy arrangements that have quickly gained a dedicated following and accolades from around the world. Within what appears to be a simple and classical construct — two fiddles, a viola, and a cello — The Fretless has created a sound that is distinctly rich, multi-layered, and uniquely percussive. This tonal quality is pushing traditional music to new heights, producing a completely fresh approach to Folk music.

About Gilbert Town Fiddlers

Drawing upon folk traditions and cutting-edge playing, the Gilbert Town Fiddlers are a group of high school students from around Gilbert, Arizona, who love to perform for audiences of all ages. Founded in August 2012, their synergy of youthfulness and enthusiasm lends itself to a variety of genres, but especially folk music like Old-Time, Bluegrass, Irish, and Scottish fiddling–and even some pop tunes, too! As part of their unique sound, the students in Gilbert Town Fiddlers develop the creative, collaborative skills necessary to make all of their own arrangements for performance, making them (to their knowledge) the only high school fiddle group in the country where the students themselves create their own music.