The Angstones | |
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Origin | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Genres | folk, Jazz |
Years active | 1990–1998 |
Labels | Canal Records |
Past members |
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The Angstones were a Canadian band based in Ottawa, Ontario. Their music combined European and American folk music with humorous lyrics and jazz rhythms. [1] The lineup consisted of Peter Kiesewalter on reeds and accordion, [2] Kurt Walther on guitar, Rob Frayne on sax, John Geggie [3] on bass, and Ian Mackie on drums. [1] Members of this band also performed with Fat Man Waving and Chelsea Bridge. [4]
The Angstones released their first recording, Kommen Een Der Karz, in 1992. [5] In 1993 the band performed at the Ottawa Jazz Festival. [6]
The next year they released their second recording, When Ahab Met Moishe; the album was nominated for the Juno Award for Best Global Album at the Juno Awards of 1996. [7]
In 1995, they released The Hills are Alive, a spoof of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music. [1] That year the band performed at the Winnipeg Folk Festival [8] and the Vancouver Folk Music Festival. [9]
In 1997 the band performed at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, [10] and in 1999 at the Ottawa Folk Festival. [11] Also in 1999, they released their final album Bytown...It's My Town. [12]
In 1999, Kiesewalter became resident House Composer at ABC ( American Broadcasting Company). In 2004, in New York, he founded the Brooklyn Rundfunk Orkestrata which, in 2011, and with the blessing of the Rodgers and Hammerstein organization, created a touring production of The Hills are Alive, and produced an accompanying CD. [13] [14]
Frayne formed the 15-member project Dream Band and co-founded Ottawa's JazzWorks. [15] Mackie went into the film industry. Walther pursued his career as an artist. Geggie became a Professor of Music; as of 2022, he teaches double bass at the Crane School of Music and the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Québec.
The Angstones | |
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Origin | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Genres | folk, Jazz |
Years active | 1990–1998 |
Labels | Canal Records |
Past members |
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The Angstones were a Canadian band based in Ottawa, Ontario. Their music combined European and American folk music with humorous lyrics and jazz rhythms. [1] The lineup consisted of Peter Kiesewalter on reeds and accordion, [2] Kurt Walther on guitar, Rob Frayne on sax, John Geggie [3] on bass, and Ian Mackie on drums. [1] Members of this band also performed with Fat Man Waving and Chelsea Bridge. [4]
The Angstones released their first recording, Kommen Een Der Karz, in 1992. [5] In 1993 the band performed at the Ottawa Jazz Festival. [6]
The next year they released their second recording, When Ahab Met Moishe; the album was nominated for the Juno Award for Best Global Album at the Juno Awards of 1996. [7]
In 1995, they released The Hills are Alive, a spoof of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music. [1] That year the band performed at the Winnipeg Folk Festival [8] and the Vancouver Folk Music Festival. [9]
In 1997 the band performed at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, [10] and in 1999 at the Ottawa Folk Festival. [11] Also in 1999, they released their final album Bytown...It's My Town. [12]
In 1999, Kiesewalter became resident House Composer at ABC ( American Broadcasting Company). In 2004, in New York, he founded the Brooklyn Rundfunk Orkestrata which, in 2011, and with the blessing of the Rodgers and Hammerstein organization, created a touring production of The Hills are Alive, and produced an accompanying CD. [13] [14]
Frayne formed the 15-member project Dream Band and co-founded Ottawa's JazzWorks. [15] Mackie went into the film industry. Walther pursued his career as an artist. Geggie became a Professor of Music; as of 2022, he teaches double bass at the Crane School of Music and the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Québec.