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Slightly Askew

About Me

A Fairbanks, Alaska teenage folk band! Our band was started in January of 2004, because of the one trip we look forward to every year, the Alaska Folk Festival in Juneau, Alaska. In the past years we had gone down to Juneau in a huge group led by our instructor, Susie Hallinan. Susie couldn't come to Juneau in 2004, so we decided to go on our own. The five of us, then, Kyla, 14, Jody, 15, Collin, 17, Katie, 17, and Aurora, 14, decided to create a band, simply for the amazing experience of the Folk Fest. Once we came up with an [awesome] name, we signed up for a slot in Juneau, and crossed our fingers. Aurora's brother, Ryan, 16, joined with us to add some great bodhran rhythm and other percussion. When the letter from Juneau came, we were all ecstatic, since it was the start of some great music that will (hopefully) last a long time! Since then, we have added another member to our band, Kari, 17, who completes our band with her keyboard, guitar, and vocal skills.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 17/03/2005
Band Website: http://slightlyaskew.tk
Band Members: Slightly Askew is:

Aurora: Fiddle/vox
Ryan: Bass/vox
Jody: Fiddle/guitar/vox
Kari: Keyboard/vox
Kyla: Fiddle/guitar
Katie: Fiddle/vox
Collin: Fiddle/vox

Influences: Alison Krauss, Barrage, Bearfoot Bluegrass, Nickel Creek, virtually all music and every sound.
Sounds Like: It has been said that we have the name that we have because of the type of music that we play, and it's true. Come to one of our shows and you could hear some bluegrass, Celtic fiddle, Beatles, or even some rock. However, we are a band with fiddles, and we somehow make even the most out-of-genre songs a lot better by adding some "fiddley" elements.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

"New" Music!!!

Hi all,Although we have been on "hiatus" for a little over a year now, we just got around to putting up some of our tunes from last year. Two of which are orig...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:53:00 GMT

New Sound Clip - Old Dangerfield

We just added a new clip, Old Dangerfield, to our playlist. This tune was recorded live at the 2006 Fairbanks Folk Festival here in Alaska, so it is not exactly professional, but we really like this s...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Jun 2006 15:02:00 GMT

FINALLY RECORDING!!

We finally started recording yesterday, and it went VERY well! We are going to try to have this CD out in August or so! Thanks to everyone who takes interest in us, that is the one of the main reasons...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

New Sound Clips!!!

Sound clips above are from 4/16/2005, 31st Alaska Folk Festival Inside My Mind by Katie Sousa Jody-guitar Collin-fiddle Aurora-fiddle Kyla-guitar Kari-keyboard/high vocals Katie-main vocals ...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

31st Alaska Folk Festival

We just came back from the folk fest and it was a blast as usual! We will have sound clips from that up as soon as possible, as well as some new pics!
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

About the Sound Clips

The sound clip(s) are live from the last Alaska Folk Fest, so they are not of the greatest quality, and we are most definitly better now, as we have been a band for more than a year now! If you would ...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT