“The Coyote Trail” is an original tune by the mandolinist John Reischman, who included it on his 2021 album “New Time & Old Acoustic.” Reischman has long written tunes that work their way into the wider fiddle-tune and jam repertoire.
The piece is a minor-key fiddle tune in E minor, played at a medium tempo, with a B section that leans toward a brighter, G-major color. It carries the calm, grounded, neo-old-time quality that runs through much of Reischman’s writing, and on the album it includes a passage where the band drops away to leave the mandolin alone.
This recording features Reischman on mandolin with a small acoustic ensemble, performing the tune on “New Time & Old Acoustic.”
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