Ballad Of

The DC-based quartet Ballad Of draws its influences from a deep well of both traditional and contemporary musical styles including early blues, Appalachian old-time, experimental classical, and shape-note hymnody. Their music intertwines close vocal harmonies with finger-style guitar (Margaret Wasaff), clawhammer banjo (Anders Fahey), cello/fiddle (Jonathan Een Newton), and a range of rhythmic styles performed on a mixture of both traditional and non-traditional percussion instruments including a suitcase drum kit (Manny Arciniega).