Natalie Haas

And we chat about why and how this record kind of organically grew out of his slow, meditative daily practice schedule and how these tunes sort of emerged from that.

How he picked a bunch of musicians to play with, including Brittany and Natalie Haas, Dennis Crouch, Alison DeGroote, some great players on this.

How...

Part of the Beethoven Symphony kind of inspired his approach to this.

I'm the author of the book, Best Practice, Inspiration and Ideas for Traditional Musicians.

And today I'm talking to cellist Natalie Haas.

I think every cellist who plays folk music, especially Celtic music, has been influenced and inspired by Natalie.

In fact, I don't even think we would have this term folk cellist if it weren't for Natalie Haas.

She grew up in California playing a lot with her sister, Brittany Haas, and by her early teens, she was touring with Scottish master fiddler, Alistair Fraser.

And since that time, she's played with pretty much every well-known name in American and European roots or folk music.