This just showed up on the Public Radio Exchange website a couple months ago so I thought I’d share it here. It’s an interview and live performance I did back in October 2011:
KAXE’s Travis Ryder interviews Brian Miller about Minnesota Lumberjack Songs (Recorded Oct. 2011)
Hi,
Randy and I are excited for our upcoming shows in April and May. We’re working now to add more dates in August and on into the fall.
Some of our 2011 performances have landed on YouTube! Check ’em out:
Brian and Randy playing “How We Got Up to the Woods Last Year” for the annual gathering of the Forest History Association of Wisconsin at the Chestnut Center for the Arts, Marshfield, WI (September 2011, video by Storyteller Productions):
“Roll Drivers Roll” live at Crossings at Carnegie in Zumbrota, MN (November 2011):
Brian and Randy were joined by Two Tap Trio members Norah Rendell and Nathan Gourley at the CD Release concert for “Minnesota Lumberjack Songs” at Celtic Junction in St. Paul, MN (June 2011). Here they play “The Maid of the Logan Bough”:
Back in March 2011, Brian performed solo at the Wisconsin Historical Museum in Madison, WI for the one-of-a-kind “Irish Lumberjack Brunch” event. Here he sings “The Shanty-Boy’s Alphabet” :
Can’t wait to get back on the road with this music!
Brian
Hi everyone,
It’s still a work in progress but…. welcome to the new version of evergreentrad.com! Aside from the page of resources for my music students, this site is entirely devoted to my work with the music of early lumberjacks in the Midwest (a largely unexplored tradition with many links to Irish traditional music).
The performance side of the project has grown into a duo with the amazing Randy Gosa of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Randy and I are working on some exciting new material and bringing our show around the Midwest with tours scattered throughout 2012. Here you can keep up to date with our gig schedule and see photos of our adventures.
I intend to use the front page to post news about the project as Randy and I work toward a sequel to the CD “Minnesota Lumberjack Songs” and as my research in to the lives of musical Irish lumberjacks continues!
Brian