Jed Marum

Jed's newest album will be available on Oct 20!
It will be available on-line at CDBaby , at I-Tunes and at all of the major MP3 Services.
We have posted several of the track in our JukeBox (above) and on the JukeBox at Lonestar Stout Myspace Profile.
The album was produced by Paul Mills . Here's the track-list and a few comments:
SANDS OF ABERDEEN
Jed Marum with Hugh Morrison and Mason Brown
1 Sands of Aberdeen 3:17 © Jed Marum, 2008
2 The Rock and the Tide 3:08 © Brian McNeill, 1998
3 The Way Your Earth Moves 3:36 © Jed Marum, 2008
4 Lovely Leah - Tune Set 2:27 © Hugh Morrison/Trad
5 Broom O'the Cowdenknowes 3:55 traditional
6 Uncle Joe 4:19 © Jed Marum, 2007
7 Willie Coleman - Tune Set 4:45 © Hugh Morrison/Trad
8 Flora, the Lily of the West 4:03 traditional
9 Down by the Glenside 3:42 traditional
10 The Belles of Ontario 2:57 © Brian McNeill, 1998
11 The Town I Loved So Well 5:26 © Phil Couter
12 The Star O'the County Down 2:57 traditional
13 Annie Laurie 3:38 traditional
About the Players:
Jed Marum; guitars, lead and harmony vocals
Hugh Morrison; button "box" accordion, back-up vocals
Mason Brown; pardessus viol, banjos, banjola, guitar, lead and harmony vocals
Pete Dawson; whistles, Irish flute, back-up vocals
Jaime Marum; mandolin and octave mandolin, back-up vocals
David Shaw; Upright bass, back-up vocals
Curly Boy Stubbs, guitars and mandolin
A Few Comments About the Instruments:
- Viola de Gamba
No that is not a violin you hear playing the fiddle parts on this album. It is the Pardessus Viol; a fretted, stringed instrument that is bowed, and more closely related to the upright bass or the guitar then the violin. Mason Brown uses it on the album in place of the violin to play the fiddle parts and to work in particular with the “box.”
The pardessus viol was developed in 17th-century France in order for viol players to play violin music. It is the same size and range as the violin, but has six strings tuned in fourths with a third, and has frets. Being a viol, it is played on the lap (a gamba).
- Box
Scottish exile Hugh Morrison plays button key accordion and jumps between his 3 row “Hohner Shand Morino” and his 2 row “Castagnari Tommy”.
The Shand Morino was made famous by the late Jimmy Shand & Hugh plays one of the only 300 of this model ever built.
The Castagnari is hugely popular among Irish Button Box players. They are B/C tuning for the 2 row & B/C/C 120 bass, for the 3 row Morino.
- Guitars, Banjos, etc
We used 6 and 12 string Guitars in standard, drop D and various modal tunings. The guitars were made by Larrivee and by Grit Laskin. Likewise we used multiple banjos from Deering and Goldtone, in standard G, C, and modal tunings. The Banjola is hybrid instrument with the wooden body of a mandola or octave mandolin and the neck and string configuration of a 5 string banjo. It is played like a banjo and provides a very pretty and delicate sound.
SANDS OF ABERDEEN
Here are some pictures taken at the SANDS OF ABERDEEN recording sessions in Dallas and in Toronto.
BRIEF BIO
Jed Marum's list of albums on Boston Road Records play regularly on Folk Bluegrass and Celtic radio programs around the world, and are likewise distributed widely on all the major MP3 services. He has recorded and performed with some of the finest performers in Celtic and acoustic music today. And he brings his music to festival and club and concert venues throughout the US with over 150 shows each year.
In a review of Jed Marum's Irish in the Civil War album, FIGHTING TIGERS OF IRELAND, Nickey Rossiter said, "Jed Marum has a confident knack of taking the history of Ireland and the United States of America, combining them with music and creating some mini epics. This CD, subtitled A U.S. Civil War Collection, does on a single CD a task similar to the great PBS television series on the war." Nicky Rossiter writes on local history and general interest for numerous newspapers, magazines and journals in Ireland and is host of Stories on Ireland's South East Radio.
Jed's music is rich but uncomplicated. His voice and lyrics carry the tale and the wisdom beneath unfolds gently over time. In a review of Jed's MILES FROM HOME album, said Catherine L. Tully of celticmp3s.com said, "The simplicity of the music is its magic, which weaves around you and casts a rather lovely spell." And "This is one CD you need to experience for yourself, because it really is that good. If you enjoy folk-styled music, this is at the top of its field."
Jed's original songs and recordings have been licensed for use in film, TV and by other recording artists. His music is available on-line at CDBaby.com and at all major MP3 Music services. See more at jedmarum.com
Endorsements:
Jed Marum plays Larrivee Guitars
Jed Marum plays Deering Banjos
and uses Newtone Master Class Strings .
Jed Marum EPK at Youtube
Fairfield Studios Concert for Louisiana PBS
Here're some photos from a concert at the Fairfield Studios Concert Series in Shreveport LA. The concert and an interview were recorded for Louisiana Public Broadcasting. We hpeto have some clips from that program available soon.
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ANNIE LAURIE
This is quick little video made as an experiment with a new video editor. It was meant to be left up for a short time but has generated so many hits, it has been left up as is. ANNIE LAURIE is a beautiful old Scottish folk song.