Tin Hat Trio
Record clerks must have a devil of time deciding where to file the Tin Hat Trio. Jazz? Folk? Rock? Classical? One could even argue country, since Willie Nelson is a guest vocalist on the band's latest CD, "The Rodeo Eroded." Until there's a category for "chamber avant Americana instrumental," it's gonna stay a toss-up, since these clever, conservatory-trained, rock-aware musicians -- guitarist Mark Orton, violinist Carla Kihlstedt and accordionist Rob Burger -- refuse to draw any lines in the sand between genres.
TIN HAT TRIO NEWS SECTION IS HERE!
Tin Hat Trio
Tin Hat Trio Wire
SF Chronicle Article - AUG 08, 2004
Stern Grove SF 2004
Tin Hat Quarter - Albany Jazz review