Alicia Jo Rabins

The name-dropping version is on my website but this is more my style.

First picked up the violin at age: 3

Size of first violin: really little

Loves to play: fiddle tunes so good they make you cry into your beer

For example: Southern old-time, country, klezmer, post folk, gypsy, Cajun.

Also sings: lonesome mountain songs

Favorite city for busking: Baltimore

Favorite meal: grape-nuts & whisky

Favorite bar game: darts

Favorite phobia: heights

Currently living in: Northampton, MA



"I play acoustic fiddle and I love my audio-technica clip-on condenser mic. It is so much better than playing into most sound systems' mics, and I can move around while I play. I clip the battery part onto my fiddle-hanger thing which I attach to the mic stand. presto! "

 

Homepage: http://www.aliciajo.com

Discography

THE MAMMALS, "Born Live" (Humble Abode Music, 2001) produced by the Mammals (Tao Rodriguez-Seeger, Ruth Ungar, Michael Merenda & Alicia Jo Rabins)

Also appears on:

NERISSA & KATRYNA NIELDS, "Love & China" (Rounder, 2002)

WAGON, "Beauty Angel Queen" (Station Wagon Music, 1999)

Style: = old-time, klezmer, folk, cajun