Si Kahn Si Kahn at 75 - The Europe Sessions (5-CD)

(Strictly Country Records ) 95 tracks, digisleeve in slipcase

Strictly Country Records (SCR) in the Netherlands has been Si's main record label for more than 25 years, since 1993 when he recorded In My Heart in the north of that country, produced by SCR's Pieter Groenveld. Pieter and Si met at MerleFest in 1992 and have been good friends ever since.  Si paid tribute to Pieter on his latest album Best of the Rest with the words:

This album is dedicated to Pieter Groenveld of Strictly Country Records in the Netherlands, the best friend anyone could ask for and without whom none of this would have been possible.

The five CDs in the box set are those that Si has recorded in the last 25 years in the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland:

-In My Heart (1993): Just Si, his voice and his guitar playing in a farmhouse in the north of the Netherlands.

-Threads (2002): Recorded with the Kruger Brothers when they lived in Switzerland before moving to the U.S. and becoming Si's neighbors in North Carolina.

-We're Still Here (2004): The late great bluegrass songwriter and singer Liz Meyer is featured on this CD along with Joost van Es, fiddle player for the legendary Dutch bluegrass band 4 Wheel Drive.

-Thanksgiving (2007): Recorded in the Netherlands with the Dutch duo Ygdrassil, consisting of Linde Nijland and Annemarieke Coenders.

-Aragon Mill: The Bluegrass Sessions (2013): Recorded in Germany with the German bluegrass band The Looping Brothers.