Bruce Molsky

Bruce Molsky (* 1955 in New York City ) is an American fiddle and banjo player .

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Molsky had guitar lessons in his childhood. He then graduated from Cornell University with an engineering degree , where he met Walt Koken , who was a fiddler with the Highwoods Stringband . He became interested in the traditional music this band played and learned to play the fiddle and banjo. In 1976, he met the fiddler Tommy Jarrell in North Carolina , whose way of playing had the greatest influence on him.

He began performing as a soloist in the 1970s and formed the duo Hesperus with Audry Davis . He also worked with the Correctstone String Band . In the 1980s he was a member of the Hellbenders , and in 1990 he founded the L-7s with Dirk Powell and Rafe Stefanini , which existed until 1993. After Powell married Cajun musician Christine Balfa and moved to Louisiana, Beverly Smith joined the L-7s as guitarist and singer, and the band was renamed Big Hoedown . In 1996 Molsky released his first solo album Lost Boy on the Rounder label , an album with the band was released the following year. Since then Molsky has been working as a full-time musician and is considered one of the most important representatives of folk music from the Appalachians. He worked with Nikola Parov , Andy Irvine and Donal Lunny in Mozaik , took part in a tour of Nickel Creek and performed in a trio with Aly Bain and Ale Möller . As a member of the Fiddlers Four (with Michael Doucet , Darol Anger and Rushad Eggleston ) he was nominated for a Grammy in 2002. With Stefanini he also worked at the Jumpsteady Boys.

Alasdair Fraser , Jay Ungar, and Mark O'Connor invited him to teach fiddle camps, and he began teaching at Berklee College of Music .

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SURNAME	Molsky, Bruce
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American fiddle and banjo player
DATE OF BIRTH	1955
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York City