"Fascinating stuff!" - Frank Hennessy, BBC Radio Wales
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NPR’s Twin Cities’ Tiny Desk Concert Winner, 2018
“Folk Music with a hefty touch of whimsy.” ~ Bob Boilen (NPR)
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to harness an energy—to tell a story—to remember a time—to lift our emotions
wielding banjo, guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, and their voices—This is what fellow pynins do
Fellow Pynins is an award winning contemporary folk duo with a keen and bucolic sense of vocal harmony and song craft. The live performance is a whimsically emotional escapade through the chasms of our, yes, feelings.. Dashed with spontaneous and clever banter, mirth and woe, you will probably cry and quite possibly laugh, a lot. Wielding claw-hammer banjo, Irish bouzouki, mandolin, and acoustic guitar the duo sings predominantly original music as well as reworked traditional ballads gathered from their travels.
"Spellbinding" - Country Music People
FELLOW PYNINS FIRST ALBUM, HUNTER & THE HUNTED WAS RECORDED LIVE IN ASHLAND, OREGON IN AN EARTHEN STUDIO IN MARCH 2016. IT IS COMPRISED OF 10 ORIGINAL SONGS, WITH OLD TIMEY CLAWHAMMER, TENDER FINGER PICKING GUITAR, Mandolin, BOUZOUKI AND GENTLE VOCAL HARMONIES.
"OUTSTANDING HARMONY SINGING ON A RECORDING FULL OF LOVE" - FROOTS MAGAZINE
"Fellow Pynins will transport you into their haunting and beguiling world of love tales and spine-tingling harmonies... They will have you traveling far and wide to hear them again."
~ LISA DUNN, BBC
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FELLOW PYNINS WORKSHOPS
Offering workshops is one of our favorite ways to connect with the community as we travel and tour. We can hold workshops in songwriting or harmony singing.
The interactive Songwriting Workshop focuses on inspiration for composition, how to build a local community of songwriters circles, and building the courage to share your songs. We open the workshop for people to share their original songs and to receive support and feedback from the rest of the group. Our main intention is to build confidence and encourage the community to hold periodical songwriters gatherings.
Our Harmony Singing workshop is an all inclusive, hands on singing experience. We teach easy to learn rounds, and short songs from many vocal traditions around the world. Empowering beginners to open their voice and learn harmonies, engaging more experienced singers to learn advanced rhythms and harmonies whilst creating an on the spot choir is our main agenda!
Past Workshops:
Wintergrass Festival, High Sierra Music Festival, Singing Alive, Plants enchant, California World Festival, and many public home workshops.