"This CD is BY FAR one of the most incredible releases I have heard in years. Only 2 of you? OK, you both have 6 arms right?"
- IRFT radio
"Subtle and energetic at the same time...One can only gasp in admiration."
- Sing Out! Magazine
"...their music isn't so pedantic as to merely be about virtuosity or arresting prowess.
Certainly, they impress, but they don't 'flaunt,' and this is what makes their playing so captivatingly gorgeous"
- Jazzmando
"You were both so incredible!!! Our friends agreed this was, without question, the best Living Traditions show this year!!! We are so happy for you that you can be doing what you love, and we can be the beneficiaries of it!!!" - (Fan)
"Evocative...Bracingly original and warmly familiar."
- The Stockton Record
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Jamie and Ashley's Duo Album
"Zephyr in the Confetti Factory"
"This is a rich and inviting album! The music is original and unusual, the chemistry between the two is captivating and the performances are virtuoso..." (Fan)
Jamie's Debut Album "Shades of Green"
"A lively, atmospheric, romantic, whimsical, and truly awe-inspiring collection of songs from a master fiddler. I could listen to this all day, and sometimes do." (Fan)
The fateful meeting in 2005 of two widely known Celtic performers produced a frenzy of creative inspiration resulting in a colorful, exciting, and completely unique approach to roots-based progressive acoustic string music.
The partnership began in a jam session in the wee-hours of the morning at the National Old Time Fiddle contest in Weiser, Idaho. Jamie and Ashley connected instantly on both musical and personal levels and have fueled each other’s creativity ever since.
Today, violinist Jamie Laval and mandolinist Ashley Broder form a stunning instrumental duo rendering traditional Irish, Scottish, Bretagne, Cape Breton and Quebecois tunes with hints of classical refinement and ethnic music from around the world. They tour full time throughout the U.S. and Scotland, performing at esteemed venues. Their mix of intense passion and tenderness together with coy, playful interaction has become their trademark.
Booking:
Kathy Feran 805-405-4413 shows2go2@yahoo.com
Jamie Laval and Ashley Broder's Friend Space (Top 8)
We’re really excited to have you performing at the 2008 Northwest Folklife Festival! You’re scheduled on 5/24/08 on the Fisher Green Stage at 5:15 PM. For more details, check out www. nwfolklife. org.
Hey Ashley and Jamie, Hope you guys are doing well. I can see you're busy! Ashley, I just received the spring issue of Mandolin Magazine. Congrats on the cover and article! Cheers, Paul
SO excited to see you guys at NW Folklife again this year, and especially to attend the workshop! (I play fiddle and mandolin, so I'm pretty much in heaven regardless which of you will be teaching. ) Happy spring!
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I'm going to be in Asheville this coming weekend, I'm so disappointed you don't have anything scheduled....sigh. But I did recommend you to one of my friends yesterday.
Howdy Friends, Hellblinki performs on Sunday Feb 3rd. at Joli Rouge 130 College St. Asheville, NC 28801 with Zombie Bazooka Patrol (real zombies) and the South French Broads... Hope to see you there, Yours, A-
Hey y'all, All the best to ye in Twenty Oh Eight! Gotta get ye back over the mtns. to Knoxville sometime soon, for a few tunes. Chad, Rick, Matt and Jason Four Leaf Peat
It's pretty intense, but tons of fun! Yeah we should hang out a bit at Duke if you have some time when you are here. Otherwise, we can chill at wintergrass. See you soon!
hey guys! I don't know if you remember me from the mandolin symposium, but I am that Duke student who sat in on a few of your classes. I just realized that you guys were playing at duke on the 25th, so I will definitely see you then! I will also be at wintergrass with my good friends crooked still, so I will get two doses of you before this winter is over. See you soon!
I went to high school with Ashley's mom. I saw you guys in West Seattle a couple of years ago and I'm planning on making it down to Wintergrass next month. See you there.
Hey, there! Hope y'all are having fun out there, pick'n 'n' sawin'... Send me an email, so's I can forward some pipe music.... Happy holidays! Wintergrass, maybe....
