CALEB NICKERSON
CLARENDON
Aug. 3, 2019
On Saturday evening, the Little Red Wagon Winery’s summer concert series continued, with a performance from a much-vaunted trio of performers playing under a familiar name.
Billed as a continuation of . . .
Under the Pines, a nod to the annual festival that took place in Bristol for the past seven years, the group comprised of champion fiddler Louis Schryer, accordion player Timi Turmel and pianist Erin Leahy has been together for about two years. Schryer explained that he contacted Under the Pines organizer Phillip Holmes for permission to use the name of the festival, since Holmes announced a hiatus following last summer’s show.
“When [winery owner] Jenn [Dale] called to do something, and she wanted to do it the month of July, I double checked with Phillip Holmes, just to make sure,” he said. “After talking to Phil, we said we would affiliate Under the Pines and tonight’s event so if they ever want to bring that back again, we can tap into some of his clientele.”
The group is currently working on an album that is due out this fall, and Leahy said that despite their common background, musically, they each bring different elements to the table.
“Celtic is the root of our music in this trio,” she said. “Each of us comes from that foundation so that is really the root but because we’ve had influences, you know, a little bit of Quebecois influence here … Irish, classical, swing, ragtime, jazz … we sort of bring those colours to the Celtic music that we’re making.”
Schryer was pleased with how well the trio performs together.
“There’s some interesting chemistry that happens between the three of us,” he said.
