The Angstones


The Angstones were a Canadian band based in Ottawa, Ontario. Their music combines European and American folk music with humorous lyrics and jazz rhythms. The last lineup for this group consisted of Peter Kiesewalter on reeds and accordion, Kurt Walther on guitar, Rob Frayne on sax, John Geggie on bass, and Ian Mackie on drums. Members of this band also performed with Fat Man Waving.

History

The Angstones released their first recording, Kommen Een Der Karz, in 1992. In 1993 the band performed at the Ottawa Jazz Festival.
The next year they released their second recording, When Ahab Met Moishe; the album was nominated for the Juno Award for Best Global Recording in 1996. In 1995, they released The Hills are Alive, a spoof of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music. That year the band performed at the Vancouver Folk Festival.
In 1997 the band performed at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, and in 1999 at the Ottawa Folk Festival.