WBBM radio had a nice piece on our own Paul Wargaski today. They took a tour of his studio, and spoke with Paul about his craft:

“Honestly, I’m a young violin maker,” he said, “or young for a violin maker.”

Wargaski says he learns something with every violin – or viola or cello or double bass – he makes.

“Learn stuff, forget stuff,” he said.

Read more, and listen to the piece here:

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/04/30/musician-hones-craft-of-violin-making-in-wicker-park/

Our fourth CD, Please Punch Richard for Me, has been added to Pandora. If you have a Tangleweed radio station set up, you can hear selections from the new disc.

Alternatively, you can go to Pandora.com, and type ‘Tangleweed’ into the search box. You’ll get a station with us, Split Lip Rayfield, The Hackensaw Boys, and a bunch of other like-minded neo-traditionalists.

We are pleased to announce that Tangleweed’s most newest release, Please Punch Richard for Me, is now available for download on iTunes and eMusic.

If, like so many people, you enjoy repurchasing your entire music collection when your hard drive crashes, your prayers have been answered. Download away!

Please Punch Richard for Me on iTunes

Please Punch Richard for Me on eMusic

This is the second of our encores with our friends in Shotgun Party at the Old Town School last month. We each play the raggy fiddle tune “Draggin’ the Bow”, but we each do it it slightly different ways. This loose rendition attempts to merge the two.

This is the first of two encore tunes Tangleweed played with Shotgun Party at the Old Town School of Folk Music, the old time chestnut ‘All Night Long’, with some goofy instrument thrown in the mix. Quality entertainment.

Our friend Mindy Fisher created a fun animation for our interpretation of the old Folk chestnut, Fox on the Town. It debuted Friday night at our CD release show at The Old Town School of Folk Music, and is now available on the interwebs for your viewing pleasure.

You can read more about Mindy’s creative processes at her blog, ornaglyphology.wordpress.com.

You can buy a copy of the new Tangleweed CD, Please Punch Richard for Me, by visiting our merch page, or CDBaby, or by clicking the ‘Buy’ button below.

Our brand-new CD, Please Punch Richard for Me, is now available from CDBaby as a CD or digital download. You can hear a preview of every track on the disk.

If you’d rather buy the CD straight from us, you can grab it from our Merch page, or by clicking the Google Checkout button below.

Here’s another sneak peek at our forthcoming CD, Please Punch Richard for Me. We’ll be celebrating with a CD release show at The Old Town School of Folk Music this Friday, July 29th.

In the mean time, you can enjoy this ditty from the CD. It’s a medley of original and trad tunes mashed together into something we call the Logan Square Dance, in honor of our home neighborhood in Chicago. You can download the tune as an MP3, or use the little Flash dealie below to stream it.

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There are more MP3 downloads on our Music page.