TradCafe Productions

03/04/2024

This month's episode features Finnish fiddle powerhouse Esko Järvelä! Listen in as he talks about his musical adventures from playing for traditional folk dancing to touring festival stages with bands like F***g, Baltic Crossing and Tsuumi Sound System!

Finnish fiddle powerhouse and founding member of the band F***g, Esko Järvelä shares his journey from growing up in one of the most musical families in Finland to touring the world with F***g, JPP, Baltic Crossing and Tsuumi Sound System. Along the way he explores the relationship between m

05/03/2024

Season 8 kicks off today with a crossover podcast featuring Cameron DeWhitt of Get Up in the Cool! Neil and Cameron met up last fall and traded off being guests and hosts of a joint episode of TradCafe and Get Up In The Cool. Check it out below or wherever you get your podcasts!

In November 2023 Neil sat down with Cameron DeWhitt in Portland, Oregon to tape a crossover episode of TradCafe and Get Up In The Cool. Cameron is one of the top clawhammer banjo players in Old-Time music today who plays with Tall Poppy String Band and hosts the Get Up In The Cool podcast, which has

27/05/2023

It's kind of like a TradCafe episode with Neil in the hotseat! Neil's interview and performance starts about an hour into the program:

Anna launches the Young Trad competition for 2024 and pianist Neil Pearlman is in session.

24/04/2023

Live performance of the Gaelic melody "'S I Mo Cheist An Gille Donn", or "The Brown Haired Lad is My Darling". Recorded at Simpson Street Studios, where Neil's solo piano album Refractions was also recorded, featuring a beautiful CX7 grand by Yamaha Pianos. The album is out on all platforms May 5th and an alternate take of this tune appears on the album. Recorded and filmed by Ian Stephenson.

02/12/2022

PÄRBO. Riobó & Pintos Duet collaborate with Neil Pearlman on a rendition of Anxo's original tune "Broccoli Detox". This video and recording came together in Galicia during the European heat wave the summer of 2022. Filmed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Diego at Beabesada Estudios for the TradCafe video series.
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14/11/2022

Pre-orders are now live for TradCafe Records' first full length release, Neil Pearlman's solo piano album! Check it out and share it with your friends:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/neilpearlman/neil-pearlmans-solo-piano-record

A fully solo piano album built around interpretations and improvisations on Scottish Gaelic melodies.

23/09/2022

Episode 67 features the amazing Caitlin Warbelow! You may know her as the co-founder of Tune Supply, or as part of the band for Come From Away on Broadway. Listen in to hear her brilliant fiddling and some wonderful stories and insights from her unique musical journey.

Fiddler, organizer, teacher and co-founder of Tune Supply-- you never know what Caitlin Warbelow will be up to next! In this episode Caitlin shares her unique musical journey growing up in Alaska before moving to New York. She talks about her relationship to music as a means of survival and shares s

02/09/2022

"Scrape the Page" featuring Colin Cotter and Neil Pearlman. Recorded at Castaway 7 Studios in Ventura, CA. Song written by Colin Cotter and video by Sonja Kelly. Support this video series: https://www.patreon.com/tradcafe

12/08/2022

New Episode out now featuring Sam Sadigursky and Nathan Koci talking about their collaboration The Solomon Diaries on Adhyâropa Records. It's a beautiful suite of original music inspired by photos of the Borscht Belt and drawing on the sounds of Yiddish folk music. Listen in and then check out the project on Bandcamp!

In a special edition of TradCafe Neil sits down with Sam Sadigursky and Nathan Koci to talk about their recent triple album release The Solomon Diaries and how their musical lives have let up to this collaboration. Featuring some clips from the new project as well as the usual live music collaborati