The No Name String Band music collective distills the heart of old time fiddle music, jazz/funk improvisation, latin rhythms – with a dram of classical discipline – into their uniquely new time sound. The NNSB spins their own groove on light-footed and hard-driving barn dance tunes of the American south, while slowing down to explore more introspective original compositions.
As a collective, the NNSB shows the flexibility to play true to tradition, especially in smaller configurations, or get funky as more pieces are added to the puzzle. A wider picture emerges when the full compliment of one or two fiddles, banjos, and guitars, along with upright and percussion are on hand. While they only rarely take an instrumental lead in the usual sense, the focus flows between bandmates like a chamber ensemble, at times highlighting the syncopated interplay of banjos, soaring fiddle harmonies or sly guitar runs, other times focusing on the hip shaking grooves carved out by the percussive bass and complex cajon or reco reco.