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Tin Hat Trio - Book of Silk (2004) {Ropeadope–Rykodisc RCD16051}
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Jazz / Chamber Jazz / Jazz Folk / Jazz Blues / Creative Music / Classical

Following in the pattern of their previous releases, on Tin Hat Trio's fourth album, Book of Silk, the trio of violin, accordion, and guitar traipse through haunted saloon doors and across rainy Italian piazzas. Skirting the line between jazz, acoustic music, and contemporary composition, Tin Hat Trio's earthy sonic explorations seem like something from the turn of the century, but they leave it unclear as to which century they are referring.

Tin Hat Trio - The Rodeo Eroded (2002) {Ropeadope–Rykodisc RCD 16016}
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© 2002 Ropeadope / Rykodisc | RCD 16016
Jazz / Chamber Jazz / Jazz Folk / Jazz Blues / Creative Music / Classical

San Francisco's nearly un-catagorizable Tin Hat Trio deliver another set of improvisational accordion-fueled Eastern European spaghetti western epics on their third album, The Rodeo Eroded. Mixing a Tom Waits-esque broken carnival feel and quietly sweet melodies, the trio waltzes their way through 15 tracks, occasionally augmenting their standard guitar-accordion-violin lineup with tuba, harmonica, celeste, banjo, and any number of instruments.