24 AMERICAN CAPRICES | THE STRAD - REVIEW & INTERVIEW

Violinist Curtis Stewart reimagines David Bowie, Dolly Parton and more in his 24 American Caprices

Across two discs, violinist-composer Curtis Stewart’s 24 American Caprices  takes the virtuoso caprice tradition in a strikingly wide-ranging direction, with new compositions reimagining familiar music associated with artists including David Bowie, Dolly Parton, John Coltrane, Bob Dylan, Earth, Wind & Fire, Kendrick Lamar, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Nina Simone, James Weldon Johnson and Aretha Franklin.

Stewart’s caprices are rooted in a broader American musical landscape, treating iconic songs and recordings as starting points for new, fully notated caprices for violin.