Viv & Riley - How to Lose || NimbleFingers 2022

Recorded in August 2022 at the NimbleFingers Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Workshop in Sorrento, BC.

Great pickers don’t necessarily make great songwriters; it’s an entirely different art to be able to translate the world of rural Appalachia into a country song that can still make a personal point. As young artists stepping into the spotlight during one of the most brutal periods in our history it’s clear they’ve built something that can last, something that speaks to our present time while reminding us of the best parts of where we came from.

Both Leva and Calcagno grew up in the Appalachian stringband tradition, have noted parents in the old-time scene, and spent their formative years running wild around festival campgrounds. They are steeped in an instrumental culture of hard-picking and virtuosic musicianship; indeed there are plenty of online videos of them tearing through all-night jam sessions.

Song by Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno
Filmed and Recorded by Trent Freeman

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