DFM at the Northern Lights Festival
A full day of bassoons crashing a folk festival? CHECK! We start at noon at the instrument petting zoo. Then hit the workshop stage for “A Breakdown in the Reeds”. Our main act is 8pm on the cabaret stage!
A full day of bassoons crashing a folk festival? CHECK! We start at noon at the instrument petting zoo. Then hit the workshop stage for “A Breakdown in the Reeds”. Our main act is 8pm on the cabaret stage!
DFM received a shout out on CBC radio…Although Steve Kraus – The Northern Music Guy – only heard us from afar, he was intrigued… “I did not see them, but I heard them from the other side…I couldn’t figure out quite what it was…It was a very unique sound coming Read more…
You know you’re getting close to Sudbury when you see the SuperStack!
Das Fagott Mannschaft went on its first road trip to Sudbury to perform at the Northern Lights Festival Boréal on July 5th! We had a spectacular time: we met amazing musicians, heard fabulous music, and made many new friends! The festival featured many Canadian musicians, artisans and small local businesses.
As artists, we felt spoiled all weekend, we were fed with delicious food provided by the Motley Kitchen. We were watered with beer provided by Stack Brewery. And we got to mingle with other artists and local music producers all weekend. The weekend was busy, busy, busy…but even busier for our good friend’s Geoff McCausland who is a partner of Motley Kitchen as well as brewing small test batches at Stack brewery PLUS he was also performing with his band Murder Murder, a Sudbury-based band that sing Murder ballads…
Our weekend seemed a bit less frantic when compared with his as we actually had time to enjoy some of the other bands. (Like Melbourne Ska Orchestra, we caught their high energy, foot tapping show, then we were lucky enough to hang out with them at the artist residence!)
Catherine and Susan showing their DFM pride
Our performing weekend started out on the family stage’s instrument petting zoo, as we demonstrated the awesome power of the bassoon and contrabassoon beside some ethnic percussion instruments as well as a double bass played by festival Artistic Director Paul Loewenberg, owner of The Townehouse.
Later in the afternoon we got to got to jam with Sheesham & Lotus and friends on the workshop stage sponsored by the CBC. Our workshop was called “Breakdown in the Reeds” with a smattering of bassoons, fiddles, a double bass, a mandolin and some strange looking harmonicas and harmoniphoniums…you can bet it was quite a site to see…Even though us bassoons are not “jammers” and were mildly terrified at the thought…we tried our best and even played along for a couple of tunes…Which was quite fun. The workshop rounded off with a blue-grassy, reedy adaptation of Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit.
DFM received a lovely shout-out in the Sudbury Symphony Orchestra‘s Newsletter! We all have fond ties to Sudbury and were absolutely stoked to be playing in the 2014 Northern Lights Festival Boréal! (photos and videos coming soon!)
We’ve been rehearsing like crazy for our big shows. We played Relish Bar and Grill on June 30, 2014 which was a blast. We had the bar hopping and singing along to many of our tunes! We play the Northern Lights Festival on July 5, 2014. And I can hardly wait to Read more…
DFM officially has LOTS going on, so mark your calendars: Friday, May 30, 2014 – We will be performing as a guest at Ryan G. Hinds’ “Coffee Talk” at the Flying Beaver Pubaret. The monthly cabaret/chat show is a “trick or treat bag of comedy, music and drag.” Ryan G. Read more…