Recalling the songsters of the early 20th century, songwriter and music maker Brad Fielder presents a program of original and traditional material. Inspired by old time, country blues, ragtime, and bluegrass, the songs are brought to life on acoustic guitar, banjo and resonator guitar. The occasional melodic augmentation is realized on kazoo, harmonica, or mouth horn.
It is the music of the people, for the people--folksy, country, and bluesy.
Sometimes accompanied by one to three players, the instrumentation is rounded out by bass, fiddle, tuba, and percussion.
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"Fielder’s playing is musical and nuanced, with gorgeous tone and subtle timing and sonority you have to hear in person to appreciate."
Woodyfest 2018: Brad Fielder & RT Valine
Chris J. Zähller, Mercury Photo Bureau
Top 20 EPs of 2018: 20-11 (Jarvix's Big 50)
Evan Jarvicks, Make Oklahoma Weirder
"From its very inception, folk music like the kind Brad plays has been a way for common people to express their dissatisfaction with their leaders...and to unite each other in that dissatisfaction. With 'Vernacular Songs', Brad welds himself in as a link in that honorable chain."
brad fielder - vernacular songs
J Moss, The Modern Folk Music of America