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Thursday, OcTOber 21, 2021 • The buLLeTIN GO! MaGaZINe • PAGE 3 ALL THINGS MUSIC LIVE MUSIC FOR THE WEEK p.4 bendbulletin.com/golisten Globally inspired folk-classical duo: Alasdair Fraser, Natalie Haas return to Bend BY BEN SALMON • For The bulletin F or more than two decades, Scottish fiddle legend Alasdair Fraser has been making music with mega-talented California cellist Natalie Haas. And for almost as long, the duo has been traveling to Bend to perform for locals who prefer their instrumental music to be elegant and danceable at the same time, hand- crafted but globally influenced and at once both deeply rooted in tradition and relentlessly progressive. Taken off the road by the COVID-19 pandemic for the past two years, Fraser said he has missed his an- nual visits to Central Oregon. “I developed my own internal hermit lifestyle, which was interesting,” he said in a phone interview. “But when it comes to doing what we do, which is an intense love affair with music and community … well, it feels very good to be back out and coming up to Or- egon. With a new album of globetrotting folk-meets-clas- sical tunes called “Syzygy” out, Fraser and Haas will return to town Monday night for a show at the Tower Theatre. Before he headed this way, Fraser took some time to answer a few questions from GO! Magazine. This interview has been edited slightly for space and clarity. Q: a: Your new album came out late last year. Was it al- ready in progress at the start of the pandemic or did you record it entirely during the pandemic? We went into the studio in January of 2020 and we got a bunch of stuff done. And then COVID gave us the time to just work on it and develop it and get BEER ST P THE BEST STOP FOR CRAFT BEER If You Go What: alasdair Fraser & Natalie haas When: 7:30 p.m. Monday Where: Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall st., bend Cost: $25-$45 plus fees Contact: towertheatre.org or 541-317-0700. to know the music and decide what we were going to do with it. And they, yeah, we released it in December but it was kind of a hollow feeling because we never toured it. So now, it kind of gives us new fuel and it’s a fresh look at what we do after 22 years on the road together. How important is new fuel and a fresh look at this Q: Well, point in your all’s collaboration? Natalie and I kind of have an agreement to a: keep pushing forward. You know, we keep testing each other with new ideas, and questioning the tradi- tional forms. It’s always been a part of traditional mu- submitted photo Continued on next page No Bad Hair Days Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas return to Bend Monday. NEW STUDENT SPECIAL All Access Pass In Studio • Live Stream • On Demand 29 /MO $ (reg. $110/mo) WEEKLY SPECIAL mention this ad to get 2 OFF $ CROWLERS 2498 S HWY 97 SUITE C • REDMOND We off er a large range of hair services including men’s, women’s & children’s hair cuts, color services, perms, hair extensions & more! HAIR•NAILS•SKIN•BROWS 405 NE 3RD ST. 541-385-8060 YOGA TO CALM THE NERVOUS SYSTEM Namaspa.com/GO Reset, rebalance and renew with gentle fl ow and restorative yoga. RIEDEL STEMWARE MASTER TASTING CLASS Saturday, October 23 from 2 to 4pm A one of a kind experience, come learn how stemware changes how we taste wine. $ 99 Includes stemware to take home! Reserve your spot at 541-410-1470 or www.Gooddropwineshoppe.com 141 NW MINNESOTA AVENUE, BEND
