05/04/10 – New York, NY – Banjo Jim’s – Jefferson Hamer and Tashina Clarridge

I'll be singing songs and playing with the great fiddler Tashina Clarridge! This is a two-hour slot, 7-9. If you haven't seen her before with her band The Bee Eaters, here's some bio info on Tashina:

Tashina began Suzuki violin lessons at the age of 2, at Humboldt State University & the University of Montana. She continued studies in Baroque classical violin with Rob Diggins, and in Texas-Style/Contest fiddling with Megan Lynch. Drawn into the creative world of acoustic music camps, she was immersed in the music of fiddle greats such as Darol Anger, Natalie MacMaster, Matt Glaser and Mark O’Connor.

Now a resident of Boston, Tashina enjoys a lively pursuit of bluegrass, appalachian old-time, Irish fiddling, and the fusion of such styles, sometimes labeled "New Acoustic" music. She is a Grand National Fiddle Champion and 11-time Grand National finalist.
She has performed at Carnegie Hall as part of MacArthur Fellow/Grammy-winning bassist Edgar Meyer's Young Artists program, and works regularly with Darol Anger, Tony Trischka, and Mike Marshall. She tours with her brother Tristan, Simon Chrisman, & Wes Corbett in the acoustic eclectic quartet The Bee Eaters, and with Mark O'Connor's American String Celebration, representing O'Connor's Strings Conferences, where she has taught for the past 8 years. Tashina and her brother also created and administrate 2 extremely popular fiddle camps of their own which have run every year for the last six years.