Flying Shoes Radio Hour

Episode 10 - Cedar Stanistreet & Amy Englesberg

Episode Summary

This episode features pianist and accordionist Amy Englesberg and fiddler Cedar Stanistreet. You'll hear about their early influences, how Cedar and Amy each became a dance musician, kind of the path they traveled, when they started playing together as a band, and also their thoughts on the tunes that they'll play and on playing for dances in general, and a few other tidbits here and there. You'll also hear tunes from the Irish music repertoire, a couple of classic New England chestnut tunes, and some originals, too. Enjoy!

Episode Notes

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Cedar’s website:

Amy’s website:

Two of Amy’s other bands:

Some other topics they mentioned:

Tunes:

  1. The Mountain Ranger (trad) / Dominion Reel (trad)
  2. The Hag with the Money (trad) / The Red Curtain (Cedar Stanistreet)
  3. Cloudshine (Amy Englesberg)
  4. Lucy Farr’s (trad) / Garrett Barry’s (trad)
  5. Twice as Long (Amy Englesberg) / Flannel Dreams (Amy Englesberg)