I had a quick session last night with the Boston-based Folk Arts Quartet (Ivonne Hernandez, Liz Davis Maxfield, Jenna Moynihan, and Lea Kirstein). They arrived in Victoria from a tour in Saskatchewan, where Ivonne (in the purple tights) broke her foot dancing (we like to joke that it was in the mosh pit at the folk festival). Yesterday was her first day with a removable cast, so hiking around taking promo photos with crutches and a fiddle was a bit of an ordeal. Luckily we were speedy enough to catch some of the beautiful golden evening light and hit up one more location before the sun went down. The FAQ are performing a few times before heading back to Boston so check out their schedule to find out the details or have a listen to them here!

What a band! I recently posted on the Folk Arts Quartet and wanted to add just a few more photos of these innovative and talented musicians. I can’t get enough of their CD and it’s still on constant rotation as I edit.

I’m slowly but surely editing my way through the masses of work to be done. Up today, I’m tackling the edits of the Folk Arts Quartet, made up of amazing musicians Ivonne Hernandez, Hannah Read, Julie Metcalf, and Emma Beaton. My pal Ivonne Hernandez plays fiddle in this group and I stayed with her during my recent visit to Boston. The Folk Arts Quartet are four Berklee College of Music students that have come together to create a pretty unique and creative sound….often described as ‘Chambergrass’. They are extremely talented and I haven’t stopped playing their album since my return. Check out a video of the FAQ on YouTube to have a listen.

More to come later in the week…from top to bottom, Hannah, Ivonne, Julie and Emma.