My Musical Styles
Copyright © 2005 Shlomo Pestcoe. All rights reserved.
Here is a partial list of some the different styles I play:
³ Fun folk favorites and original songs for kids and their grownups
³ Traditional fiddle and dance music: Southern
Appalachian; New York and New England;
Tohono O'odham (Papago Indian);
French-Canadian; Caribbean; British Isles; Scandinavian;
French Provincial; and
more
³ Jewish Klezmer and Yiddish song
³ Old-Time Country (Southern, Northern, Mid-Western and other ethnic/regional variants)
³ Early Blues and Hokum
³ Old-Style Louisiana Cajun and Black Creole
³ Tejano/Norteño Mexican
³ Pop novelty and "Hapa Hoale" Hawaiian from the early 1900s through '30s
³ Historic interpretation of period vernacular music, such as:
-- Early pop and
regional folk traditions of North America from the Colonial Period on
through the Jazz Age
-- "Play party"
and "ring
dance" game songs from European American, African American
and Caribbean
traditions
-- African American pre-blues fiddle and banjo social/dance music
-- Sea shanties, lumberjack, cowboy and other work/occupational songs
-- Songs and music from the
American Revolution, Civil War, the labor movement, the struggle
for civil
rights and other historic topical themes
In addition to the aforementioned which I perform, I also consult and offer presentations on many other traditional ethnic/ regional vernacular music forms from around the world. Please feel free to contact me at info@shlomomusic.com for more information.
Illustration Credits:
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En avant la musique! Paris, France, c.1905. (Collection of Shlomo Pestcoe)
