Kittel & Co Live Performance & Interview 3.17.26
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Kittel & Co. discuss the organic evolution of their unique musical style during a live performance and interview on KHOL Jackson Hole Community Radio. The band describes their sound as a natural fusion of folk, Celtic, classical, and jazz influences, with a strong emphasis on spontaneity and emotional authenticity. They embrace the label 'chambergrass' while acknowledging the lack of a definitive term for their genre. The conversation highlights their diverse inspirations—from Edgar Meyer and Chris Thiele to Aphex Twin and Rebecca Clark—demonstrating how cross-genre listening shapes their intricate, dynamic arrangements. The group emphasizes the communal and transformative power of music, sharing heartfelt stories of audience members whose lives were positively changed by their performances.
Let your musical influences merge naturally rather than forcing a genre label.
Incorporate diverse inspirations—from classical to hip-hop—to keep your sound fresh and evolving.
Improvisation and spontaneity are central to live performances, allowing the music to breathe and grow in real time.
The most meaningful impact of live music is its ability to transform someone’s emotional state, even in their darkest moments.
Transcribing music from other genres (like Debussy or early 20th-century viola works) can deepen your own compositional voice.
The Organic Birth of a Hybrid Sound
“That's what we strive for. Jeremy is a master of many genres, and he breathes jazz, and he breathes classical, and he breathes Celtic, so it comes naturally to him.”
Chambergrass: A Label That Fits (But Isn't Complete)
The band discusses the term 'chambergrass' as a useful but imperfect descriptor for their acoustic, genre-blending music, acknowledging the lack of a settled label in this innovative space.
Music as Emotional Transformation
“I had like a really truly bad day or week or month or year and that it like really changed their entire disposition and their entire feeling about life.”
“I had like a really truly bad day or week or month or year and that it like really changed their entire disposition and their entire feeling about life.”
“That's what we strive for. Jeremy is a master of many genres, and he breathes jazz, and he breathes classical, and he breathes Celtic, so it comes naturally to him.”
“Sometimes you exist in that ground where you're clearly copying and then... Sometimes you like flip and it suddenly becomes something new.”
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Guest
Kittel & Co.
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Edgar Meyer
person
Aphex Twin
person
Rebecca Clark
person
Peter Gabriel
person
Bach
person
Debussy
person
Goat Rodeo Project
other
dulcimer
other
viola
other
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