Tandem, the country band at
Cancun Cantina in Hanover, MD this week, has been coming there for a couple of years. A few months ago they added a new female fiddle player who's really taken them up a notch.
You Gotta Have A Fiddle In The BandNot only should every country band be required to have a fiddle, but though Tandem's newest band member is a petite lady she has a "big" voice.
The first time I heard her sing, my attention was riveted even though I'd stepped out of the main bar. She was belting out Ashton Shepherd's
Takin' Off This Pain and if anything, her rendition was better than the original because she's got a much more straightforward but still powerful delivery.
(read more at
http://chesapeakeag.blogspot.com/2009/01/tandem-country-band.html)