Cool Cassette shaped USB of violin performances by Megan Karls.
Life in Northern Montana is remote. Vast miles of forbidding prairie separate small, isolated towns. It is a beautiful and inspiring landscape to live in for an artist.
The location also suited the US military well during the Cold War era. Strategic northern location, dry climate and low population density all led to the creation of a number of Air Force installations along the Montana-Canada border. Our home, Great Falls, MT, is surrounded by nuclear missile silos still in operation today, and the region is dotted with abandoned installations for hundreds of miles.
These socially distanced times gave me the perfect opportunity to travel and record in these historic structures. Extreme temperatures, varied acoustics, and the fierce prairie wind, all made this project a special challenge - adversity training for the artist in quarantine.
We will all be grateful when orchestral and live music can safely resume. Until then, thank you for supporting this online, video album to hear some great music, and to learn more about these relics of the Cold War Era.