Besemer Concert Hall: 11417 Red Dog Road, Nevada City, CA 95959

Don’t miss this brand new collaboration between Colin Cotter, Sumaia Jackson, Tristan Clarridge, and Anna Colliton featuring original songs and tunes set alongside music from the Celtic & American folk traditions! These stellar musicians will take you on quite a journey as they shift from blazing fiddle tunes to beautiful slow songs, sing silky vocal harmony, pull off tightly arranged pieces, and let loose with improvised solos and spontaneously crafted arrangements - all the while sharing the joy of organic interplay between musicians openly expressing in the moment.

Colin Cotter: vocals, guitar

MAC; A Thousand Years at Sea; Adrianna Ciccone; Ryan McKasson
http://colincotter.com/

Colin Cotter is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and creative-at-large who has played gigs from coast to coast in the USA, toured internationally in Canada, Ireland, and Spain, and teaches regularly at some of the top folk music camps in the country. He has released several albums with bands he co-founded, MAC and A Thousand Years at Sea. Always looking to color outside the lines while still making music that rings true, the main musical endeavors Colin is working on include an edgy, electro-acoustic adventure with fiddler / violist Ryan McKasson called Old Growth Graveyard, duos with fiddlers Sumaia Jackson and Adrianna Ciccone, and one-off collaborations with artists from a wide range of genres.

Sumaia Jackson: 5-string fiddle, harmony vocals

Jayme Stone’s Folklife; Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards; Real Vocal String Quartet
https://www.sumaiajacksonmusic.com/

With driving groove and a smooth, open sound, fiddler and tunestress Sumaia Jackson is a quintessential modern West Coast fiddler who effortlessly weaves together Celtic, Old-Time, Bluegrass, and Swing traditions. After graduating from Berklee College of Music in the American Roots Music department on a full scholarship, Jackson toured the globe with Jayme Stone’s Folklife and Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards, playing places such as the Kennedy Center, Library of Congress, Celtic Connections, Planet Bluegrass, and the Edmonton Folk Festival. A former member of the Real Vocal String Quartet, she plays in duos with award-winning Canadian fiddler, Adrianna Ciccone and Colin Cotter. Jackson released her debut record, Möbius Trip, in 2019.

Tristan Clarridge: cello, harmony vocals

5-time Grand National Fiddle Champion; Crooked Still; The Bee Eaters; Darol Anger’s The Republic of Strings; Mike Marshall; Bruce Molsky; Natalie MacMaster; Hanneke Cassel
http://beeeaters.com/

Multi-instrumentalist, 5-time Grand National Fiddle Champion, and pioneering cellist, Tristan Clarridge creatively synthesizes traditional folk influences with rhythmic vocabulary from jazz, rock and pop music, and is leading a revolution among adventurous young cellists throughout the USA and beyond. He has toured the world as the cellist with folk-grass sensation Crooked Still, chambergrass trio The Bee Eaters, and Darol Anger’s seminal group The Republic of Strings, and performed with Mike Marshall, Bruce Molsky, Cape Breton fiddle star Natalie MacMaster, and Oregon’s own Hanneke Cassel. Raised in a tipi in the mountains of northern California, music was always an important part of Tristan’s life.

Anna Colliton: bodhrán

Cherish the Ladies; Eileen Ivers; Comas; the Paul McKenna Band; Come From Away (Broadway)
https://annacollitonmusic.com/

Anna Colliton’s lively, inventive playing has made her one of America’s leading exponents of the bodhrán. She has shared the stage with Cherish the Ladies, Eileen Ivers, Comas, the Paul McKenna Band, and many more. Following her 2013-2017 Walt Disney World residency where she performed daily, she was a sub for the bodhrán chair with the original company of the Broadway hit “Come From Away” in New York City. She performs and teaches at top festivals like Catskills Irish Arts Week, Swannanoa Gathering Celtic Week, O’Flaherty Irish Music Retreat, CCE MAD Week, and Augusta Celtic Week. Anna is dedicated to advancing the bodhrán tradition, masterfully incorporating both “the old” and “the new” into her expression on the instrument.