Bruce Molsky
Best known for
Fiddle
Bruce Molsky is a New York-born fiddler and singer recognized as one of the foremost stewards of unaccompanied old-time fiddle and banjo music — a Berklee American Roots faculty member whose collaborations span Andy Irvine, Tony Trischka, Mark Knopfler, and Yo-Yo Ma's Silkroad Ensemble.
- Born in 1955 in New York City; grew up near St. James Park in the Bronx in a first-generation Jewish-American family.
- Picked up guitar at 7; took up fiddle as an engineering student at Cornell starting in 1972.
- Pilgrimage to North Carolina fiddler Tommy Jarrell in 1976 cemented his immersion in Appalachian old-time music.
- Recognized as a pioneer of the unaccompanied fiddle-and-voice style for Round Peak and Southern old-time repertoire.
- Founding member of Andy Irvine and Dónal Lunny's Mozaik (since 2002); member of Fiddlers 4 with Darol Anger, Michael Doucet, and Rushad Eggleston.
- Recorded with Tony Trischka, Annbjørg Lien ("Waltz With Me," 2008), Anonymous 4, and Mark Knopfler ("Tracker," 2015).
- Faculty member of the American Roots Music Program at Berklee College of Music.
- Lives in Beacon, New York with his wife Audrey.
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Bruce MolskyPlayed on recordings with Bruce Molsky
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Brittany HaasPlayed on recordings with Brittany Haas
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Bruce Molsky and Big HoedownPlayed on recordings with Bruce Molsky and Big Hoedown
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Tatiana HargreavesPlayed on recordings with Tatiana Hargreaves
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Bruce Molsky and Bob CarlinPlayed on recording with Bruce Molsky and Bob Carlin
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Joe WalshPlayed on recording with Joe Walsh
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Molsky's Mountain DriftersPlayed on recording with Molsky's Mountain Drifters
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The Wayfaring StrangersPlayed on recording with The Wayfaring Strangers