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Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas perform this Sunday in Red Hook

by Lynn Woods
April 07, 2011 11:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend | print
This Sunday, April 10, Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas will perform traditional Scottish music at St. Paul’s Parish Hall, the century-old stone church located in the heart of Red Hook. The kilt-clad Fraser has been called “the Michael Jordan of Scottish fiddling” by the San Francisco Examiner and is regarded as Scotland’s premier fiddler, according to Nancy Austin, whose company, Studio Red Hook, is producing the event. Even if you’ve never heard of him, you’ve probably heard Fraser’s music: He contributed to the soundtrack of The Last of the Mohicans and the blockbuster film The Titanic (I’m guessing in the steerage scene).

Fraser and Haas, an American and graduate of Juilliard, tour the world playing their infectious sounds. Their last album, Fire and Grace, was released to critical acclaim, receiving the Scottish equivalent of a Grammy. Copies of that CD as well as their latest album will doubtless be for sale at the venue.

This will be one of two concerts that Studio Red Hook, which also manages artists, plans to put on this year, noted Austin. Last year she brought Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill to St. Paul’s – a gig that has since been followed up by a performance at the White House. The two will be returning to Red Hook next March, so you don’t have to be a Beltway insider to enjoy an up-close-and-personal concert of the driving dance melodies and toe-tapping rhythms of these top performers. This Sunday’s concert is being sponsored by WKZE and Feather Ridge Farm.

Tickets for this April 10 concert are $30 general admission. Doors open at 6 o’clock, and the show begins at 7. Saint Paul’s Parish Hall is located at the intersection of Fisk Street and South Broadway in Red Hook. For more information and reservations, log onto http://bit.ly/dWIReR or call (845) 802-6515.

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