For their newest project, Place of Growth, the members of Hawktail set out to create a seamless listening experience rather than a compilation of potential singles. What started as a ‘tune-swap’ challenge from Swedish folk fiddler Lena Jonsson, who composed the tune ‘Antilopen’ that appears on the album, became a full instrumental musical experience meant to be heard as a whole.
Hawktail — from left, Brittany Haas, Paul Kowert, Jordan Tice, and Dominick Leslie (photo by Dylan Ladds)
Free of the constraints of aiming for radio play, the quartet widely varies the length of its songs here.
