Foot-Notes Recordings

My Father Was A Fiddler...

(Click on CD image for recording tracks)

Our most recent endeavor has been a recording of tunes that our fiddler, Beth, collected from descendants of the area's early fiddlers. With the release of our newest recording, My Father Was A Fiddler..., we have done a bit of "tune-saving" and we're glad to share these nearly lost tunes with folks everywhere.

Each recording comes with a 24-page
illustrated booklet.
Issued in celebration of the Decorah
Sesquicentennial.
Cassettes - $12

CDs - $15

Read reviews of this CD
from Dirty Linen, Iowa City Press-Citizen, & Trapeze

NOW AVAILABLE:
My Father Was A Fiddler...
companion tunebook
with notated melody & chords for
tunes from the recording! $12
(Inquire re. quantity discounts!)

Iowa State Fare
Two cuts by Foot-Notes are on a CD called Iowa State Fare: Music from the Heartland, produced by Smithsonian Folkways for the 1996 Festival of American Folklife. The recording is a collection of tunes from Iowa's diverse ethnic musical traditions, from Black gospel and blues to Meskwaki Indian and Norwegian-American dance music.

Check out this disc at the
Smithsonian Folkways recordings website.

Decorah Waltz

(Click on CD image for recording tracks)

Our first recording on both CD and cassette, Decorah Waltz, was made in 1996 in conjunction with our appearance at the Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife on the National Mall in Washington, DC. It holds a delightful assortment of tunes from a variety of sources, including some original tunes in the old time style by Foot-Notes band members.

Issued in celebration of the Iowa
Sesquicentennial.
CDs - $15, Cassettes - $10

Read reviews of this CD from
Dirty Linen, Iowa City Icon, Iowa City Press-Citizen, & LeRoy Larson

ORDERING OPTIONS:

NEW!! Order with your credit card from buyiowaart.com:
My Father Was A Fiddler ...
Decorah Waltz

OR directly from Foot-Notes with check or money order:

Add $2.50 per item for shipping and handling in the U.S., $3.00 per item for international orders.
All orders must be prepaid.
Send order, check, and shipping address to:

Beth Hoven Rotto
1058 Ferris Mill Road
Decorah, IA 52101

Two earlier Foot-Notes recordings on cassette only are now out of print. If you've got a copy, hold on to it! It'll probably be worth a zillion dollars someday ...

First Steps - 1992 - out of print

Highlandville Dance - 1993 - out of print