The Fretless
| The Fretless | |
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| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
| Genres | Folk |
| Years active | 2011–Present |
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The Fretless are a Canadian folk music group,[1] most noted for winning the Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2017.[2] The group consists of violinists Trent Freeman, Karrnnel Sawitsky and Ben Plotnick, and cellist Eric Wright.[1]
The group released its debut album Waterbound in 2012, and received Canadian Folk Music Awards for Instrumental Group of the Year and Ensemble of the Year at the 8th Canadian Folk Music Awards.[3] Their self-titled second album, released in 2014, again won the CFMA for Ensemble of the Year.[4]
Their third album, Bird's Nest, was released in 2016.
References
- 1 2 "Folk group the Fretless feeling ‘super lucky’". Victoria Times-Colonist, October 19, 2017.
- ↑ "Here Is the Full List of 2017 Juno Winners". Exclaim!, April 2, 2017.
- ↑ "PRIX DE MUSIQUE FOLK CANADIENNE: MES AÏEUX, SAGAPOOL ET HENRI GODON RÉCOMPENSÉS". Voir, November 21, 2013.
- ↑ "Stretching the boundaries of the fiddle". Sudbury Star, September 10, 2015.
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