Nashville Country Dancers
Holding Weekly Contra & English Country Dances
Holding Weekly Contra & English Country Dances
One of the most in demand upright bass and five-string banjo
players on the US contradance circuit, Stuart Kenney’s regional
musical interests extend from Southwest Louisiana to Acadia.
Stuart cut his Cajun teeth with the legendary, late Dewey Balfa,
and played with him for many of his northeast appearances. His
interest in Québécois music formed through the fiddling of Lisa
Ornstein, and performances by La Bottine Souriante. The
inclusion of French-Canadian music into the living tradition of
New England contradance music caught his attention early on.
In 1999 Stuart’s path crossed with Sabin Jacques and Rachel
Aucoin at Augusta Heritage Traditional Dance and Music week.
At that point Stuart invited them to play for contradances in
Greenfield, MA and they’ve been playing together ever since.
A tight musical bond was formed. Later these three formed this
group, Raz-de-marée/Tidal Wave.
Stuart is a founding member of many great bands including
AIRDANCE, Greenfield Dance Band, The Sevens, Tidal Wave,
and Undertoe. He spent 14 years touring with the legendary
contradance band Wild Asparagus. He has played on National
Public Radio’s All Things Considered (The Sevens), and NPR’s
A Prairie Home Companion (Airdance). Stuart has appeared at
American Folk Festival, ME (National Council for Traditional
Arts), Ashokan (NY) Fiddle and Dance workshops with Jay
Unger and Molly Mason, Augusta (WV), Alaska Traditional Folk
Dance Society, City Stages (AL), Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
(NY), Fiddle Tunes (WA), Hawaii and St. Croix Dance
Vacations, Philadelphia Folk Festival (PA), Sidmouth Folk
Festival (UK), and countless others. Stuart is a much-in-
demand studio musician as well with over fifty recordings to his
credit.
Stuart’s most recent project, Undertoe, is a musical
collaboration with accordionist Karen Tweed (Yorkshire,
England), John Dipper (London), and Marko Packard (US). He
has composed many original pieces of music featured in their
first recording Walking Down Angell Road.
Although Stuart's music has brought him coast to coast and
beyond, his musical home is at the Guiding Star Grange in
Greenfield, MA, where he plays for and hosts the TopHill Music
and Dance Series.
http://www.stuartkenney.com/
players on the US contradance circuit, Stuart Kenney’s regional
musical interests extend from Southwest Louisiana to Acadia.
Stuart cut his Cajun teeth with the legendary, late Dewey Balfa,
and played with him for many of his northeast appearances. His
interest in Québécois music formed through the fiddling of Lisa
Ornstein, and performances by La Bottine Souriante. The
inclusion of French-Canadian music into the living tradition of
New England contradance music caught his attention early on.
In 1999 Stuart’s path crossed with Sabin Jacques and Rachel
Aucoin at Augusta Heritage Traditional Dance and Music week.
At that point Stuart invited them to play for contradances in
Greenfield, MA and they’ve been playing together ever since.
A tight musical bond was formed. Later these three formed this
group, Raz-de-marée/Tidal Wave.
Stuart is a founding member of many great bands including
AIRDANCE, Greenfield Dance Band, The Sevens, Tidal Wave,
and Undertoe. He spent 14 years touring with the legendary
contradance band Wild Asparagus. He has played on National
Public Radio’s All Things Considered (The Sevens), and NPR’s
A Prairie Home Companion (Airdance). Stuart has appeared at
American Folk Festival, ME (National Council for Traditional
Arts), Ashokan (NY) Fiddle and Dance workshops with Jay
Unger and Molly Mason, Augusta (WV), Alaska Traditional Folk
Dance Society, City Stages (AL), Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
(NY), Fiddle Tunes (WA), Hawaii and St. Croix Dance
Vacations, Philadelphia Folk Festival (PA), Sidmouth Folk
Festival (UK), and countless others. Stuart is a much-in-
demand studio musician as well with over fifty recordings to his
credit.
Stuart’s most recent project, Undertoe, is a musical
collaboration with accordionist Karen Tweed (Yorkshire,
England), John Dipper (London), and Marko Packard (US). He
has composed many original pieces of music featured in their
first recording Walking Down Angell Road.
Although Stuart's music has brought him coast to coast and
beyond, his musical home is at the Guiding Star Grange in
Greenfield, MA, where he plays for and hosts the TopHill Music
and Dance Series.
http://www.stuartkenney.com/
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