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37-699: Originally from Palenville in the Catskill Mountains , the Felice Brothers got their start playing in the New York City ’s 42nd Street and Union Square subway stations while living in Brooklyn. Their 2006 self-released debut album Through These Reins and Gone made Radio Woodstock WDST 's top 25 albums of the year. They released 2007’s Tonight at the Arizona on Loose then self-released Adventures of

74-604: A bowed string instrument of the Byzantine Empire and ancestor of most European bowed instruments. Lira spread widely westward to Europe; in the 11th and 12th centuries European writers use the terms fiddle and lira interchangeably when referring to bowed instruments. West African fiddlers have accompanied singing and dancing with one-string gourd fiddles since the twelfth century , and many black musicians in America learned on similar homemade fiddles before switching over to

111-504: A three-stringed variant of the viola —known as the kontra —and by double bass , with cimbalom and clarinet being less standard yet still common additions to a band. In Hungary, a three-stringed viola variant with a flat bridge, called the kontra or háromhúros brácsa makes up part of a traditional rhythm section in Hungarian folk music. The flat bridge lets the musician play three-string chords. A three-stringed double bass variant

148-510: A traveling dice player, fiddle player Greg Farley, and drummer David Estabrook. At other times, they have featured a horn section in the band, composed of local Hudson Valley musicians. Ian is the main vocalist and plays the guitar and piano. James contributes vocals and plays the accordion, organ, and piano. Christmas plays the bass guitar. Dave Turbeville played the drums from 2009 to 2012, performing on Celebration, Florida, Poughkeepsie Princess, Mixtape, and God Bless You, Amigo. Simone Felice

185-433: A variety of shapes and sizes. Another family of instruments that contributed to the development of the modern fiddle are the viols , which are held between the legs and played vertically, and have fretted fingerboards. In performance, a solo fiddler, or one or two with a group of other instrumentalists, is the norm, though twin fiddling is represented in some North American, Scandinavian, Scottish and Irish styles. Following

222-428: Is also open to improvisation and embellishment with ornamentation at the player's discretion, in contrast to orchestral performances, which adhere to the composer's notes to reproduce a work faithfully. It is less common for a classically trained violinist to play folk music, but today, many fiddlers (e.g., Alasdair Fraser , Brittany Haas , and Alison Krauss ) have classical training. The first recorded reference to

259-456: Is also used. To a greater extent than classical violin playing, fiddle playing is characterized by a huge variety of ethnic or folk music traditions, each of which has its own distinctive sound. American fiddling , a broad category including traditional and modern styles Fiddling remains popular in Canada , and the various homegrown styles of Canadian fiddling are seen as an important part of

296-1079: The Dave Matthews Band at four concerts in Canada and the US, starting at the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto on June 1, 2010. They also appeared at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco on October 3. In late September and early October the band reunited for four shows with Conor Oberst. All the shows were in California. They appeared at the End of the Road Festival , Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset, England in September. The Felice Brothers released

333-578: The Hudson River School of painting during the 19th century. Thomas Cole , Frederic Church , and other notable painters stayed and worked in Palenville during the height of the movement. The famous painting Kindred Spirits depicts Cole and William Cullen Bryant near Kaaterskill Falls , just uphill from the town. The famous Catskill Mountain House was also located just outside Palenville. Palenville

370-760: The Bond Street Theater group. Mary Pickford made several movies in Palenville. Robert Goss of the group "Dripping Goss" (American Gothic Records) had a single that sold well in Europe in the 1990s, some of which were recorded at the Turning Mill Studio in Palenville. The Terrance Gallery and the Pine Orchard festivals have closed, but the Palenville Library and the Woodbine Inn are still open. Palenville

407-453: The CDP was $ 18,848. 7.4% of the population were living below the poverty line , none of which were under eighteens, over 64, or families. Fiddle A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument , most often a violin . It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including classical music . Although in many cases violins and fiddles are essentially synonymous,

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444-477: The CDP. The population density was 337.2 inhabitants per square mile (130.2/km ). There were 551 housing units at an average density of 165.9 per square mile (64.1/km ). The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.16% White , 0.45% African American , 0.27% Native American , 1.07% Asian , 0.27% from other races , and 1.79% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.23% of the population. There were 433 households, out of which 30.5% had children under

481-784: The Dave Rawlings Machine for a nine-city package tour called The Big Surprise Tour, after the lead track from the Yonder Is the Clock album. Kicking off on August 4, 2009 at the Casino Ballroom in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire , the tour travelled around the eastern United States before wrapping up at the World's Fair Park in Knoxville, Tennessee , on August 14, 2009. The Felice Brothers opened for

518-548: The Duke & King in 2010. Simone released a self-titled album in 2012, followed that up with an album titled Strangers in 2014, and then released his third album titled The Projector in 2018. The band is briefly featured playing their song "Cumberland Gap" in the film "Song One". Palenville, New York Palenville is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Greene County , New York , United States. The population

555-556: The European violin . As early as the mid-1600s, black fiddlers ("exquisite performers on three-stringed fiddles") were playing for both black and white dancers at street celebrations in the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam (New York City), and by 1690 slave fiddlers were routinely providing the music at plantation balls in Virginia. The etymology of fiddle is uncertain: it probably derives from

592-525: The Felice Brothers Vol. 1. James Felice said, "We put one record out on an English label [ Loose ], and we've released all the other stuff ourselves [on their label New York Pro].” In 2007 the Felice Brothers played at Levon Helm 's Midnight Ramble in Woodstock, New York and toured with Bright Eyes . On January 7, it was announced The Felice Brothers had signed a record deal with Team Love Records in

629-473: The Latin fidula , which is the early word for violin , or it may be natively Germanic. The name appears to be related to Icelandic Fiðla and also Old English fiðele . A native Germanic ancestor of fiddle might even be the ancestor of the early Romance form of violin . In medieval times, fiddle also referred to a predecessor of today's violin. Like the violin, it tended to have four strings, but came in

666-891: The US. They toured the United States extensively during the spring (February through mid-April) to promote their new album. The Brothers played at Mountain Jam at Hunter Mountain again this year. They also played at the 2008 Clearwater Festival , Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tennessee , the Philadelphia Folk Festival in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania , All Points West Music and Arts Festival at Liberty State Park in Jersey City , and Outside lands music and arts festival in San Francisco ,

703-419: The age of 18 living with them, 52.0% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.5% were non-families. 25.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.94. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 25.5% under

740-459: The age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.7 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $ 40,833, and the median income for a family was $ 51,250. Males had a median income of $ 32,353 versus $ 23,542 for females. The per capita income for

777-658: The beat) could push their instrument harder than could a violinist. Various fiddle traditions have differing values. In the very late 20th century, a few artists successfully reconstructed the Scottish tradition of violin and "big fiddle", or cello. Notable recorded examples include Iain Fraser and Christine Hanson, Amelia Kaminski and Christine Hanson's Bonnie Lasses, Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas ' Fire and Grace, and Tim Macdonald and Jeremy Ward's The Wilds . Hungarian, Slovenian, and Romanian fiddle players are often accompanied by

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814-638: The bowed lira was in the 9th century by the Persian geographer Ibn Khurradadhbih (d. 911); in his lexicographical discussion of instruments he cited the lira (lūrā) as a typical instrument of the Byzantines and equivalent to the rabāb played in the Islamic Empires. The medieval fiddle emerged in 10th-century Europe, deriving from the Byzantine lira ( Ancient Greek : λύρα , Latin : lira , English: lyre ),

851-517: The deep tones of gut or synthetic core strings, fiddlers often use steel strings. The fiddle is part of many traditional ( folk ) styles, which are typically aural traditions —taught " by ear " rather than via written music. Fiddling is the act of playing the fiddle, and fiddlers are musicians who play it. Among musical styles, fiddling tends to produce rhythms that focus on dancing, with associated quick note changes, whereas classical music tends to contain more vibrato and sustained notes. Fiddling

888-471: The end of the 19th century; and Terrance J. DePietro, an abstract painter , who was early on influenced by the Hudson River School, maintained residence and a studio from the latter part of the 20th century into the 21st. He brought artists from Quebec , Canada, including Nicole Lemelin and Remi LaRoche. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,120 people, 433 households, and 287 families residing in

925-710: The folk revivals of the second half of the 20th century, it became common for less formal situations to find large groups of fiddlers playing together—see for example the Calgary Fiddlers, Swedish Spelmanslag folk-musician clubs, and the worldwide phenomenon of Irish sessions . Orchestral violins, on the other hand, are commonly grouped in sections, or "chairs" . These contrasting traditions may be vestiges of historical performance settings: large concert halls where violins were played required more instruments, before electronic amplification, than did more intimate dance halls and houses that fiddlers played in. The difference

962-578: The latter two festivals being inaugural events. In August, the band performed at the legendary Newport Folk Festival . Due to torrential rains, high winds, and lightning storms, power was cut to the entire Newport, Rhode Island area. As the stage the band was performing on had no generators, the band played unplugged. They performed for over an hour with such songs as "Frankie's Gun!" and a sing-a-long to " This Land Is Your Land ". The Felice Brothers joined Old Crow Medicine Show , Justin Townes Earle and

999-541: The privately owned and funded Terrance Gallery exhibited more than 1,200 American artists, in a call to revisit the historic gathering place of the 19th-century painters. The Pine Orchard, located on 60 acres (240,000 m ) along the Manorville Road, through fundraising and grants refurbished a chapel into a theater and hosted opera, plays, musicians, writers and artists. Shakespeare and the Circus arts were presented there by

1036-412: The single "Ponzi" on March 29. It was the first single from their newest album "Celebration, Florida" which released on May 10 on Fat Possum (USA) and May 23 on Loose in Europe. The Felice Brothers released a collection of songs on July 18 entitled "God Bless You, Amigo". It is a mixture of previously unreleased original songs and covers of classic folk songs. Shortly thereafter drummer Dave Turbeville

1073-406: The style of the music played may determine specific construction differences between fiddles and classical violins. For example, fiddles may optionally be set up with a bridge with a flatter arch to reduce the range of bow-arm motion needed for techniques such as the double shuffle, a form of bariolage involving rapid alternation between pairs of adjacent strings. To produce a "brighter" tone than

1110-569: The summer months, and the Long Path runs through the town. Palenville takes its name from the Palen family, who built and operated tanneries throughout the Catskills starting the 1820s. The tannery era was short. When the local supply of hemlock bark was exhausted, the tannery closed, leaving Palenville to reinvent itself. With many waterfalls and natural vistas nearby, Palenville was an important center of

1147-477: Was 1,002 at the 2020 census. Palenville is in the southwestern part of the town of Catskill , located at the junction of Routes 23A and 32A. It lies at the foot of Kaaterskill Clove , at the base of the Catskill Mountains . Kaaterskill Creek , exiting the Clove, runs through the town, and was spanned by a swinging footbridge , destroyed during Tropical Storm Irene . The creek provides a number of swimming holes in

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1184-497: Was featured on the Endless Thread podcast. Other noted artists who frequented Palenville and the Clove included Winslow Homer , Asher B. Durand , Thomas Addison Richards , John Frederick Kensett and Sanford R. Gifford . Landscape painters of the 20th century included Albert Handel, Barry Hopkins, Athena Billias, Michelle Moran and Patti Ferrara. George H. Hall, who was a genre painter , took up residence in Palenville towards

1221-424: Was likely compounded by the different sounds expected of violin music and fiddle music. Historically, the majority of fiddle music was dance music, while violin music had either grown out of dance music or was something else entirely. Violin music came to value a smoothness that fiddling, with its dance-driven clear beat, did not always follow. In situations that required greater volume, a fiddler (as long as they kept

1258-593: Was one of the Catskills' vacation resorts, hosting nearly two dozen small and medium-sized boarding houses and many hotels at the turn of the century. Palenville, Kaaterskill Creek, and Kaaterskill Clove have been subjects for several painters, including those listed above. Late in the 20th century an art gallery opened on Palenville's Main Street, and the Pine Orchard Summer Festival was founded. Opening in 1980 and hosting its first national juried show in 1981,

1295-442: Was replaced by drummer David Estabrook. On December 30, 2013, Dell launched their commercial called "Beginnings". It was made by Y&R, New York advertising agency, and features a cover of The Drifters' hit "This Magic Moment" performed by The Felice Brothers. The band has two main members, Ian and James Felice. Former members include their brother Simone Felice, their friend Josh "Christmas Clapton" Rawson, frequently described as

1332-616: Was the drummer as well as a vocalist and a guitarist. Simone is also an author, having released books entitled Goodbye Amelia , Hail Mary, Full of Holes and Black Jesus . Simone Felice left the Felice Brothers in 2009. He now leads his own band - The Duke & the King (named after the duo of con-artists in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ) with Robert "Chicken" Burke. They released their debut album - Nothing Gold Can Stay on Loose / Ramseur Records August 4, 2009, followed by Long Live

1369-492: Was the fictional home of Rip Van Winkle (the subject of a short story by Washington Irving ). Palenville historically was described as the "First Art Colony in America" Dr. Roland Van Zandt, in The Catskill Mountain House . With the coming of the twentieth century, the large boarding houses of the mountain top started to close, but Palenville and the surroundings were often visited by city dwellers. Palenville

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