Pied-à-Terre melds the traditional music of Ireland, Scotland, Quebec, and Appalachia with world-music rhythm grooves. Fiddle, button accordion and Scottish small pipes do their traditional thing along with fretless bass, guitars, keyboards, and African percussion. Jigs and reels and a little juju and funk as well. Pied-à-Terre plays for dances throughout the Northwest and ventures further afield to play for festivals and dance camps. We in the band are:

Rob Barrick: bass, Scottish small pipes, & percussion

Fran Slefer: button accordion, piano, & fiddle

Dan Compton: fiddle & guitar

On our catalogue page, you will find mp3 samples from
Pied-à-Terre's new CD, Foot to the Ground.