Duo (Peter Ostroushko and Dean Magraw album)
Encyclopedia
Duo is the an album by fiddle
and mandolin
player Peter Ostroushko
with guitarist
Dean Magraw
, released in 1991.
Fiddle
The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
and mandolin
Mandolin
A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
player Peter Ostroushko
Peter Ostroushko
Peter Ostroushko is an American violinist and mandolinist.-Background and career:Of Ukrainian ancestry, Ostroushko grew up in northeast Minneapolis...
with guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
Dean Magraw
Dean Magraw
-Biography:Magraw was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and grew up in St. Paul. He began playing guitar at the age of 13. Magraw performed in a duo for many years with Peter Ostroushko and has also performed with Tim Sparks, John Gorka and many other artists....
, released in 1991.
Track listing
All songs by Peter Ostroushko unless otherwise noted.- "The Whalebone Feathers" – 4:33
- "Musette in a Minor" – 3:36
- "Three Brazilian Melodies: Index One/Index Two/Index Three" – 8:21
- "The Nightingale Medley: Index One/Index Two" – 5:38
- "Unknowingly She Walked With Grace Amongst Tall Men" – 9:14
- "The Prairie Suite" – 8:55
- "Waltz for Hana" – 4:19
- "Bukavina" – 3:35
- "When You and I Were Young, MaggieWhen You and I Were Young, MaggieWhen You and I Were Young, Maggie is a famous folk song, popular song and standard. Though Springtown, Tennessee, has a small monument outside an old mill claiming the song was written by a local George Johnson, in 1820, for his Maggie, the truth is that its lyrics were written as a poem by the...
" (James Austin ButterfieldJames Austin ButterfieldJames Austin Butterfield was a British-born composer. His best known composition is When You and I Were Young, Maggie, first published in 1866 . Butterfield was born in England in 1837 and emigrated to the United States in 1856.He was also the second president of the Music Teachers National...
, George Washington Johnson) – 5:26 - "Fiddle Tunes: Mesa de Esoeranza/The Edinburgh Jigs/Sarah Breaky's House, The London Road Jig, Clive Palmer's, The Easter Road)" – 8:44
Production notes
- Produced and mixed by Peter Ostroushko
- Bob Feldman – executive producer
- Tom Mudge – engineer, mixing
- Craig Thorson – assistant engineer
- Linda Beauvais – artwork, design
- Dan Corrigan – photography