The opening track to Dawn and Marra’s Teaspoons and Tablespoons features a captivating rhythmic clapping intro that shapes the song. When their voices come in, it starts in unison then breaks into a round with intertwined harmonies and rhythms. It’s no surprise that they won a Hamilton Music Award for Folk/Traditional Recording of the Year.
“In the beginning is a Swedish handclapping thing that Dawn had learned through choir,” said Marra Koren. “I learned it and then we started writing a song with it.”
Dawn Larsh, the other half of the Dundas folk duo, was…