ABOUT THE GROUP
Stone Soup is a trio of seasoned musicians who present signature acoustic-style arrangements of a wide-ranging collection of tunes. These tunes are culled from a wonderful variety of sources-traditional American idioms like blues, jazz standards, and Americana roots music; singer-songwriter material and back-in-the-day classics; world music, and more. Each tune is chosen for its special value (call it greatness), then interpreted with imagination and a real love of the music, and performed with the trademark energy and depth of the group. The result is unique, powerful, and excitingly diverse.
Founded by vocalist/guitarist Peter Kim-Fredell circa 1995 and based in the
Rochester area of upstate New York, Stone Soup has repeatedly been featured
at all the major acoustic music venues in the area (past and present), including
the Heartland Concert Series, the Turtle Hill Music Festival, The Golden Link
Concert Series, the Oswego Music Hall, and the Twelve Corners Coffeehouse.
Stone Soup has one nationally released CD album to date, receiving an enthusiastic
notice from the major music magazine Dirty Linen, as well as local acclaim
in City and the D&C. Radio stations took notice as well, and the included
version of Shady Grove was added to a number of playlists.
The current evolution of Stone Soup joins front-man Peter KF with John Bagale
on drums, windjammer, and piano, and Brian Terho on upright bass.