Crossing The Divide

Charles Nichols is a contemporary American composer, violinist, and computer music researcher. This is an album of his superb works for string quartet. The Beo String Quartet delights in playing works that push the boundaries.

Award-winning Austin, Texas-based Hot Club of Cowtown may be the world’s most globe-trotting, effervescent string trio, who’s joyful sound blends the traditional Western swing of the American southwest with European hot jazz influences of the same era. The Hot Club of Cowtown, celebrating its 21st year in 2019, writes its own material and also reinterprets everything from hoedowns to American songbook standards in its own, original style.