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The Moving Violations have a playful energy that transcends borders of countries and encourages spontaneity and improvisation. Driving double fiddle harmonies, strong rhythm, affectionate abandon and occasional silliness prevails. Original compositions as well as Celtic, Eastern European, Swedish, Klezmer, and Classical are all fair game for The Moving Violations.
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"The Moving Violations presents another side of
contra music, with a fusion approach that adds their arrangements of
dance tunes from Scandanavia and Eastern Europe to contra's
Anglo-Celtic framework, all played with affectionate abandon. Their
smoothly layered sound is as diverse as their repertoire, as twin
fiddles blend with various mixtures of piano, accordion, guitar,
mandolin, banjo, bass, and percussion."
--Tom Nelligan, Dirty Linen magazine "This wonderfully talented quintet of players . . . revolutionized the
New England dance scene by playing traditional tunes in strange and
wonderful ways." -- T.D. Sing Out magazine
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