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History
When founding member Rob Burger, Tin Hat Trio's (tinhattrio.com) accordianist and pianist, left in 2004, remaining members Carla Kihlstedt and Mark Orton chose to reinvent the band as Tin Hat rather than to attempt to replace Burger. Removing the 'Trio' and bringing on first clarinetist Ben Goldberg and harpist Zeena Parkins (touring briefly as "Tin Hat Quartet", but not recording), then multi-instrumentalist Ara Anderson, Tin Hat recorded The Sad Machinery of Spring and began touring in 2007.
Despite the change of name, Tin Hat Trio to Tin Hat, the band can be considered a continuation, rather than an entirely new entity. The music maintains its unique character, one web site stands for both groups, and the first Tin Hat album has only a single vocal track per album, a tradition Tin Hat Trio has followed since the second album, Helium.
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