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Sugar Shack by Alicia Jo Rabins
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fave it Traditional Folk | Bluegrass
10 tracks | 39 minutes
Released Jan 2004
on Alicia Jo Rabins
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:07 Fort Washington Two-Step lyrics BUY MP3 03:07 Fort Washington Two-Step lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:07 Fort Washington Two-Step
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:19 Sail Away Ladies/Sugar Shack lyrics BUY MP3 04:19 Sail Away Ladies/Sugar Shack lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:19 Sail Away Ladies/Sugar Shack
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:38 Neil Gow's Lament for the Death of his Second Wife lyrics BUY MP3 03:38 Neil Gow's Lament for the Death of his Second Wife lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:38 Neil Gow's Lament for the Death of his Second Wife
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:42 My Sister Sally/Martha Campbell/Nine Mountain Road lyrics BUY MP3 04:42 My Sister Sally/Martha Campbell/Nine Mountain Road lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:42 My Sister Sally/Martha Campbell/Nine Mountain Road
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:06 Di Greene Cousine lyrics BUY MP3 04:06 Di Greene Cousine lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:06 Di Greene Cousine
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:41 Bakers Waltz lyrics BUY MP3 02:41 Bakers Waltz lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:41 Bakers Waltz
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:03 Little Red Strawberry/Angeline the Baker lyrics BUY MP3 04:03 Little Red Strawberry/Angeline the Baker lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:03 Little Red Strawberry/Angeline the Baker
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:44 Blackberry Spring lyrics BUY MP3 03:44 Blackberry Spring lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:44 Blackberry Spring
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:53 Doney/Liza Jane/Breaking Up Christmas lyrics BUY MP3 04:53 Doney/Liza Jane/Breaking Up Christmas lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:53 Doney/Liza Jane/Breaking Up Christmas
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:31 Wagoner's Lad lyrics BUY MP3 04:31 Wagoner's Lad lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:31 Wagoner's Lad
This girl sure can play the fiddle. Rollicking, irreverent renditions of tunes (traditional & new) from the mountains of Appalachia to the shtetls of Eastern Europe, with banjo, guitar, uke and more. "Striking and infectious"--Kevin Burke
Bio / Background
Seth Rogovoy, author of The Essential Klezmer, calls Alicia Jo Rabins "a walking encyclopedia of fiddling traditions." She is one of a growing number of young musicians who, searching for an alternative to the overcommercialization of today's popular music, have returned to their roots: acoustic, raw, handmade music. Her fiddling draws from Appalachian traditions, klezmer music, Irish tunes, and more, combining a love of tradition with irreverence and humor.
Alicia's first violin lesson at age 3 led to years of classical study, followed by a few stints in punk-rock bands. She learned her first old-time fiddle tunes from a shipmate on board a schooner at sea, and learned more tunes from an Appalachian fiddler who was busking in a New York City subway station. Before long, Alicia was playing on the streets herself. One day in Baltimore, an old man handed her a manilla envelope of sheet music, saying, "You have the soul of a klezmer fiddler.
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