Event

Fire Pond

Fire Pond features Eveline MacDougall and Douglas Reid presenting old-time fiddle tunes, swing, roots music, Celtic, Eastern European, folk, gospel, and originals.

Eveline MacDougall ~ fiddle, vocals & accordion
Douglas Reid ~ guitar, banjo, ukulele & vocals

Eveline MacDougall has performed with various groups including Altiplano, No Known Address,The Wholesale Klezmer Band, the Pioneer Valley Symphony, and the Green River String Band. She toured with Thin Ice Theatre and Blue Angel Arts political theatre troupes. She founded the Amandla Chorus in 1988. With Fire Pond, Eveline sings and plays violin, viola, and accordion.

Douglas Reid studied ancient Chinese music at the Central Music Conservatory in Beijing in 1986 to learn to play the 7-string qin, arguably the most authentic indigenous Chinese musical instrument. He has performed with the Black Horse String Band and the Green River String Band. With Fire Pond, Douglas sings and plays guitar, bluegrass and frailing banjo, accordion, and soprano & baritone ukuleles.