{"id":707,"date":"2010-01-30T14:16:12","date_gmt":"2010-01-30T12:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=707"},"modified":"2017-03-15T14:27:01","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T12:27:01","slug":"bearfoot-alaska-bluegrass-oldtime-americana-great-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=707","title":{"rendered":"Bearfoot &#8211; Alaska &#8211; Bluegrass, Oldtime, Americana &#8211; Great Sound!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I first heard <strong>Bearfoot<\/strong> in an internet radio transmission of a concert at the 2008 <strong>Merlefest<\/strong>. I have recently listened again to the recording of this concert and wanted to collect some videos and information about Bearfoot for this blog.<\/p>\n<p>The current band members of Bearfoot are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kate Hamre &#8211; acoustic bass,<\/li>\n<li>Odessa Jorgensen &#8211; fiddle,<\/li>\n<li>Mike Mickelson &#8211; guitar,<\/li>\n<li>Jason Norris &#8211; mandolin,<\/li>\n<li>Angela Oudean &#8211; fiddle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The sound of Bearfoot is dominated by the twin fiddles of <strong>Odessa Jorgenson<\/strong> and <strong>Angela Oudean<\/strong> and the harmony singing of the three women in the band. Some songs are also sung by guitarist <strong>Mike Mickelson<\/strong> and mandolinist <strong>Jason Norris<\/strong>, the male part of the band.<\/p>\n<p>There are some fantastic sounding a capella songs, you can hear typical bluegrass songs like <strong>Sally Goodin<\/strong> or <strong>Molly and the Tenbrooks<\/strong>, oldtime and original songs, blues, a very interesting mixture of styles and sounds that I like very much.<\/p>\n<p>The band was founded as a band to promote the results of fiddle camps held in Alaska by Mick&#8217;s mother. They have become a full time professional band some time ago and have produced several CDs.<\/p>\n<p>The following interview is a good occasion to learn more about Bearfoot and its members:<\/p>\n<h2>Bearfoot Interview<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bearfoot Interview\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Alf6x6k_u5s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>There are many videos of <strong>Bearfoot<\/strong> available at youtube, the most popular songs are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Molasses<\/li>\n<li>Caroline<\/li>\n<li>Good in the Kitchen<\/li>\n<li>My Bucket got a hole in it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I have collected the videos in the following playlist, I tried to place the videos I like most at the beginning.<\/p>\n<h2>Playlist Bearfoot<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bearfoot\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLB3E959420C745F8A\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>I would like to add one special song here in this blog, a song sung by Annalisa Tornfeldt who was the lead singer and fiddle player before Odessa Jorgenson. This song is one of my favorites in the Bearfoot repertoir.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a bluesy piece about a woman waiting on a train track, which has a nice arrangement and gets a lot of energy in the middle of the song, including a powerfull mandolin solo by Jason Norris.<\/p>\n<h2>Bearfoot AC&amp;T 4\/23\/2008 &#8211; 2<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>Bearfoot, Alaskan bluegrass band, performs at Ashland Coffee and Tea, Ashland, VA on 4\/23\/2008<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bearfoot AC&amp;T 4\/23\/2008 - 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Omi_Eiu4BnE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Enjoy Bearfoot!<\/p>\n<h2>Links<\/h2>\n<p>Bearfoot at myspace: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/bearfootband\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/bearfootband<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Homepage with some songs of the current CD <strong>Doors and Windows<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bearfootband.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.bearfootband.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interview &#8220;Bearfoot lead singer Odessa Jorgenson on the band&#8217;s new album&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/folkmusic.about.com\/od\/artistsaj\/a\/BearfootQA.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/folkmusic.about.com\/od\/artistsaj\/a\/BearfootQA.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Annalisa Tornfelt at myspace: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/annalisatornfelt\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/annalisatornfelt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Amazon Tip (Partnerlink)<\/p>\n<p>Doors and Windows &#8211; Bearfoot<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=mandoisland00-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B0026G9DZ4&amp;asins=B0026G9DZ4&amp;linkId=2153b5c5dbbc7e358240792f5fe4e96c&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I first heard Bearfoot in an internet radio transmission of a concert at the 2008 Merlefest. I have recently listened again to the recording of this concert and wanted to collect some videos and information about Bearfoot for this blog. The current band members of Bearfoot are: Kate Hamre &#8211; acoustic bass, Odessa Jorgensen &#8211; 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