Bacon Avenue
Bacon Avenue play dance music that is crispy, salty, and satisfying. This fiddle, mandolin and guitar combo has scoured the Irish and New England traditions, and raided several others, for great contra dance tunes. Collectively, they've brought their musicianship and wit to dances across and even beyond the USA.
Fiddler Edward Wallace is known for his driving dance fiddle playing drawing on a variety of traditions, with The Cosmic Otters, Agnostic Fiddle Insurgency and La Banane Enchantee. Every contra dance musician wants Glen Loper's mandolin and banjo playing keeping them company, thus Glen has played seemingly every dance in New England, and toured widely with Riptide. Bethany Waickman's creative, unwavering guitar work has seen her tour with Lissa Schneckenburger, Fódhla, and many others.
Edward, Glen, and Bethany have many favourite things, but Bacon is pretty high on the list.
Rachel Shapiro Wallace has been calling for the past 7 years all over the United States. Rachel has toured throughout New England, the West Coast, and the Midwest. Rachel was a featured caller at the first Catapult dance weekend. She has called at Swing into Summer at Pinewoods, Youth Dance Weekend, Michigan Fall Dance Heritage Weekend, and the Terpsichore family week. Having just moved to Edinburgh, Rachel has already been booked at the Paris Contra Dance and IVFDF 2017. Learn more at Rachel's website www.rachelcallscontras.com.
