The July 2022 Merry Time Kitchen Party features a duo of fiddle + guitar duos - The Bombadils (Sarah Frank + Luke Fraser) and Adrianna Ciccone + Colin Cotter.

The Bombadils — The Canadian Folk Music Award nominees bring together bluegrass, Celtic, and contemporary folk music with front-porch style and classical grace. Canadian arts journalist Bob Mersereau describes their music as "folk tunes done with musical adventure and sophistication" and Elmore Magazine calls it "an enchanting folk romp."

The Bombadils met in 2009 while studying music at McGill University in Montreal, Québec. In the years to follow, they began recording and touring throughout Canada, and internationally. Tour highlights include Koerner Hall in Toronto, ON, Tivoli Gardens in Denmark, and Wintergrass music festival outside Seattle, WA. In 2015 they released full-length album, "Grassy Roads, Wandering Feet," quickly followed by "New Shoes" in 2016 which was nominated for two Canadian Folk Music Awards and won Folk Music Ontario's Album of the Year award. thebombadils.com

Ciccone + Cotter — Top Canadian fiddler meets California folky for very polite, sometimes mellow, always groovy fiddle madness! Colin + Adrianna met at Valley of the Moon fiddle camp in the Californian redwoods back in the summer of 2015. The two have toured the US, Canada and Ireland, and this will be their first live performance together since the before times.

With a “distinctive stamp and swing that is both rooted and infectious,” they crosses back and forth across the continent with ease, showcasing Cape Breton reels, crooked French-Canadian brandys, the rollicking rhythms of Ottawa Valley step-dancing tunes, way down to Southern Appalachian string band tunes. colincotter.com | adriannaciccone.com