Featured Musicians
Punkinfiddle has signed a strong list of talented musicians:
Joyce Andersen - fiddler, singer, and songwriter, with Harvey Reid playing acoustic stringed instruments.
Brendan Carey Block - US National Junior Scottish Fiddle Champion and three-time New England Champion 2000-2001, accompanied on guitar by his dad, Rich.
Halali - this group of talented musicians will play and sing their way into your heart and soul, joined by Cara Frankowicz's exciting fiddle playing.
Brendan Carey Block
Eighteen-year old Brendan Carey Block, 2000-2001 US National Junior
Scottish Fiddle Champion and three-time New England Champion, has been
playing fiddle for over six years.
During the past five years Brendan has received very enthusiastic responses to his energetic performances at festivals and concerts.
Brendan has been an active member of the Strathspey and Reel Society of New Hampshire and was the Music Director for their Tartan Day 2000 Concert.
Brendan's father, Rich Block, accompanies him on guitar. Rich, who has been performing and recording since the early 1970s, was in the eclectic band Jacob's Reunion, was a founder of the popular New England group Bodaich, and recently spent a year as bassist for Robbie O'Connell.
For five summers Brendan received scholarships from the New Hampshire Highland Games and the Saint Andrews Society of New Hampshire enabling him to travel to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, to immerse himself in the driving style of his beloved traditional Cape Breton music. When in Cape Breton he also studies Cape Breton stepdancing and attends daily concerts and dances, soaking up every minute of music.
At home on a small sheep farm in Antrim, New Hampshire, Brendan listens to Cape Breton, Scottish, and Irish music continually, plays for contradances, and performs at a variety of area events.