MP3 Hotpoint Stringband - The Road to Burhania

Old-time/Celtic traditional and original tunes, from a much-in-demand contradance band. Killer clawhammer banjo, funky fiddle, you-won't believe-it's-not-overdubbed percussion, and lots more.

12 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Traditional Folk, WORLD: Celtic



Details:
Hotpoint is first and foremost a dance band, characterized by their own brand of sizzlingly hot contradance tunes, high-energy squares, and string swing.

Playing an eclectic mix of high-energy original and traditional old-time and Celtic fiddle tunes, Hotpoint is known for their ability to maintain a deep groove at any tempo. The core of the band is the driving fiddle and clawhammer banjo of Mark and Hilarie Burhans, who have been playing music together for 28 years. Add to this the solid piano of Marlene Shostak and incomparable percussion (doumbek, djembe, kanjira, bones, shakers -- you name it!) of Mark Hellenberg, firmly grounded by Joe Crum on bass and didgeridoo, and you have a band whose legendary energy has made them a favorite at contradance weekends across the country. Some of these include:

Northern CA Dance Awakening  Cincinnati Pigtown Fling  LEAF (Lake Eden
Arts Festival)  River Rendezvous  Pittsburgh Fall Dance Weekend Â
Charlotte, NC Gypsy Meltdown  Montana Bear Hug  American Fall Dance
Weekend at Buffalo Gap  Nashville's Music City Masquerade  Michigan
Looking Glass Weekend  Missouri Solefest  Owen Sound (Canada) Weekend  and many more.