The East Pointers will be appearing at the Iron Horse on November. Fans of their celtic-indy folk music are eagerly awaiting their return. I spoke with Tim Chaisson of the East Pointers about their North East tour and touched on a great deal more. We discussed the band’s decision to carry on after the untimely death of Koady Chaisson in 2022 along with their decision to continue as a duo. We chatted about their pandemic live streamed project, Annedemic, involving reading a chapter of “Anne of Green Gables” as well as tunes and songs nightly at 6PM. The hugely successful stream went through three Anne books and concluded with the trio reading Dicken’s “Christmas Carol”!!

We talked about their collaboration with the Acadian folk band Vishten; creating the project dubbed Six Hearts which has continued. Both trios lost a core member in 20222 and got together informally to heal. The mix is alchemy at its best, thrilling festival crowds with the blending of traditions.

Tim is an eighth generation fiddler (let that sink in) and continues the tradition of the Rollo Bay Fiddle Festival now entering it’s 49th year on Prince Edward Island. We talked about the community that this traditional music fosters and reinforces. Our conversation discovers a new East Pointers album is done and will be released in 2025! The band will debut an orchestral version of their music with the Nova Scotia Symphony in May of next year as well. But for now, Tim Chaisson and Jake Charron will be touring New England with dates in Portland Maine on 11/10, Northampton on 11/11 and Boston on 11/12.

Details at IronHorse.org