Name Rayna Gellert Instruments Fiddle, Vocals | ||
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Born 15 December 1975 (age 48) ( 1975-12-15 ) Website Rayna Gellert's website Role Fiddler ยท raynagellert.com Albums Old Light: Songs from my Childhood & Other Gone Worlds Similar People KC Groves, Abigail Washburn, Alice Gerrard, John Paul Jones | ||
Rayna gellert clifftop 2008 fiddle finals
Rayna Gellert (born December 15, 1975) is an American violinist and singer specializing in old-time music. She grew up in Elkhart, in northern Indiana. Her father is the traditional fiddler and banjo player Dan Gellert. Originally a classically trained violinist, she took up the old-time fiddle in 1994, when she moved to North Carolina to attend Warren Wilson College. She received a bachelor's degree from Warren Wilson College.
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- Rayna gellert clifftop 2008 fiddle finals
- Fall on my knees rayna gellert fiddle
- As leader
- With Uncle Earl
- With Susie Goehring
- With Scott Miller
- With The Brothers K
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Gellert is a former member of the Freight Hoppers. From 2003 to 2009 she performed and recorded with the all-female old-time band Uncle Earl. In 2003, she was a featured performer at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. She has also performed with the dance company Rhythm in Shoes, the West African-influenced band Toubab Krewe, Abigail Washburn, and Scott Miller. She has toured throughout the United States, Europe, and Chile.
She has been a finalist at the Appalachian String Band Music Festival in Clifftop, Fayette County, West Virginia several times.