Biography
*****Stewed Roots wins 2009 'One Fret Less' Award and a spot in the Ottawa Folk Festival****
"Some of the best songwriting I've heard in years" Brian Bowers (Autoharp Living Legend!)
Ranked on the Galexie Folk/Roots Chart for FOUR consecutive months!
Now ranked #4 on the Galaxie Folk/Roots Chart!
Chart Chat: Unassuming Indies Impress
...Out of Toronto, Stewed Roots' In the Middle of This ( www.stewedroots.com)..."songs like "I Don't Think About Him Much," "Pretension Rag," and "The Fisher and Me" offer simple but affecting homespun tales -- memorable story songs that you readily want to rehear."
The Galaxie Folk/Roots Channel’s most-played, high-rotation album releases for May 2009:
Canadian:
1. Bruce Cockburn --- Slice of Life: Live Solo --- (True North/Linus)
2. Brian Vardigans --- Springhill --- ( www.brianvardigans.com)
3. The United Steel Workers of Montreal --- Three on the Tree (weework)
4. Stewed Roots --- In the Middle of This --- ( www.stewedroots.com)
5. Romi Mayes --- Achin in Yer Bones --- ( www.romimayes.com)
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Ranked #9 on the Galaxie Folk/Roots chart for April 2009
We are delighted!!
After jamming together for years and years and playing in other bands, Neva and Jeff decided to perform as a duo, and Stewed Roots was born. With Neva on accordion and Jeff on vocals and guitar, Stewed Roots is a natural vehicle for fine original material , foot-stompin' old time country, traditional folk music, and anything else that the Muses send along...
Neva Tesolin started classical piano training at the age of 7, and at 16 she began working as a solo pianist and teacher in the Niagara Region. Jamming and playing in bands taught her jazz and blues, and during her classical training at Brock University she earned many music awards. On piano accordion she’s versatile in folk, blues, cajun, country and celtic music. This eclectic range of influences and experiences is at the heart of her classical suites, songs, and instrumentals. Neva currently records and is a side player on piano and accordion, in Niagara and Toronto
Jeff (Jennifer) Hale has been writing and playing music for a long, long time.She joined her first band in high school and has been performing ever since. Lead vocals, harmony vocals, a cappella, rhythm guitar, folk, blues, bluegrass, country, rock, roots, swing... Jeff lives in Toronto and performs there, and in Niagara. Recent Recordings include: Stewed Roots - In the Middle of This (2008) 'Blue Canoe Lullaby' featured on Canoesongs Volume 1 (Portage Productions) (2004); BroadBand (2002); Women in Music- Live at the Black Sea Hall (2000) ....Jeff plays a 1964 00018 Martin Guitar....
Instrumentation
Jeff (Jennifer) Hale - vocals, guitar
Neva Tesolin - vocals, keyboard, accordion, concertina, banjo, octave mandolin
Discography
Stewed Roots "In the Middle of This" 2008
Produced by Paul Mills, with Jeff on lead vocals and guitar, Neva on piano, accordion,octave mandolin and vocals, featuring the fantastic work of guest musicians : Al Cross - drums, Bob Hewus - acoustic bass, Don Reed - fiddle, violins; Jessie Tesolin - cello; Rick Whitelaw - slide and blues guitar; Curly Boy Stubbs- guitar, mandolin, banjo, hand percussion, harmony vocals.
Available at CDbaby
http://cdbaby.com/cd/stewedroots
Jeff and Neva are featured in the independently produced cds"BroadBand"(2002) and "Women in Music - Live at the Black Sea Hall"(2000)
Jeff has a tune 'Blue Canoe Lullaby' on Portage Productions' amazing compilation cd "Canoesongs Volume 1"(2004) , and also appears with the fabulous Glenridge Boys on their cd 'Garden City Suite'
Links
| http://www.stewedroots.com |