Rayna Gellert
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Rayna Gellert | |
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 Gellert at MerleFest 2007 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Rayna Gellert |
| Born | December 15, 1975 |
| Origin | Indiana, U.S. |
| Genres | Folk, americana, bluegrass |
| Instrument(s) | Violin, acoustic guitar, vocals |
| Website | Rayna Gellert's website |
Rayna Gellert (born December 15, 1975) is an American fiddler, acoustic guitarist, singer, and songwriter specializing in old-time music.
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.
Early life and education
[edit]Rayna Gellert was born on December 15, 1975. She grew up in Elkhart, in northern Indiana, formerly lived in Asheville, North Carolina, and is currently based in Nashville, Tennessee.[1] Her father is the traditional fiddler, banjo player, and singer 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.[2] She received a bachelor's degree from Warren Wilson College. Gellert plays a fiddle that belonged to her great-grandfather, a Hungarian orchestral musician, and guitar.[1]
Career
[edit]Gellert has played and recorded with Abigail Washburn, Loudon Wainwright III, Tyler Ramsey, Robyn Hitchcock, and others. She has appeared at music festivals including Bonnaroo, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, and RockyGrass.[1]
Discography
[edit]As leader
[edit]- Ways of the World (2000)
- Old Light- Songs from my Childhood & Other Gone Worlds (2012)
- Workin's Too Hard (2017)
With Uncle Earl
[edit]- 2004 - Going to the Western Slope (EP)
- 2004 - Raise A Ruckus (EP)
- 2005 - She Waits For Night (Rounder)
- 2007 - Waterloo, Tennessee (Rounder)
With Susie Goehring
[edit]- Starch & Iron (2005)
With Scott Miller
[edit]Extended plays
[edit]- CoDependents (2012)[3]
With The Brothers K
[edit]Extended plays
[edit]- Rayna Gellert & the Brothers K (2015)
With Kieran Kane
[edit]- The Ledges (2018)
- When the Sun Goes Down (2019)
- The Flowers That Bloom in Spring (2022)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Coryell Williams, Heidi (May 31, 2013). "The Memory Project: Rayna Gellert". Our State.
- ^ "The Swannanoa Gathering- Old-Time Week Staff Pg.1". www.swangathering.com. Archived from the original on April 28, 2003. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ^ "Scott Miller Official Website". thescottmiller.com. Archived from the original on August 3, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
External links
[edit]| International | |
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| National | |
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- Old-time musicians
- Living people
- Appalachian old-time fiddlers
- Musicians from Asheville, North Carolina
- People from Elkhart, Indiana
- 1975 births
- Uncle Earl members
- Old-time fiddlers
- American fiddlers
- American women singer-songwriters
- Singers from Nashville, Tennessee
- Singer-songwriters from Tennessee
- 20th-century American violinists
- Singer-songwriters from Indiana
- Singer-songwriters from North Carolina
- 20th-century American Jews
- 21st-century American Jews
- Jewish American musicians
- 20th-century American singer-songwriters
- 20th-century American women singers
- 21st-century American violinists
- 21st-century American singer-songwriters
- 21st-century American women singers