FIDDLE-CLAWHAMMER BANJO-GUITAR-TUNE COMPOSER- TEACHER-BAND LEADER-RECORDING ARTIST

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LINK TO JANIE'S NEW WEBSITE www.janierothfield.com 

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About Jane Rothfield​

Jane Rothfield is an internationally known fiddler, clawhammer banjo player, tune composer, dance musician, band leader  who has been playing music since “forever.”  She began playing professionally over 30 years ago, and has made eleven recordings featuring her lively, spirited and soulful playing and singing.   Whether it be traditional Old Time Stringband and fiddle music, or traditional Scottish songs and tunes, music for Contra or Square Dances or tight harmony singing, Jane plays from her her heart and musical soul with great technique and expression!  

In addition to her solo performing, Jane tours and performs with: 

CORACREE ( Hot Contra Dance and Concert Band with Allan Carr, Sarah Gowan and Bill Quern), HEN'S TEETH (With Cellist/fiddler Nathan Bontrager),  JANE ROTHFIELD AND ALLAN CARR (With Scottish singer and husband and Allan Carr),  LITTLE MISSY (Mother Daughter Duo with Shona Carr), SUGAR PIE (All Women Old Time Stringband with Hilarie Burhans, Lori Lichtenwalner and Kellie Allen), GREAT BIG TATERS (Contra Dance band with Hilarie Burhans and Bernie Nau) and THE JANIE ROTHFIELD OLD TIME TRIO (with Pete Peterson and Kellie Allen),  THE IDUMEA QUARTET and with TRANSATLANTIC BOWS with Breton fiddler Yuna Leon. 



Jane's music has been played on numerous radio stations around the world and featured on NPR's A Thistle and Shamrock, Mountain Stage, Bound for Glory, Dancing on the Air and Folk Stage! She has performed at festivals, concerts, workshops and music camps around the world including Old Songs Festival, Falcon Ridge Festival, Edinburgh Folk Festival, Pontardawe Festival (Wales), New Bedford Summer Fest, Dance Flurry Festival, Golden Link Folk Festival, Philadelphia Folk Festival, Common Ground on the Hill, Clifftop Appalachian String band Festival, Banjo Camp North,  TRADMAD at Pinewoods,  Chesapeake Dance Weekend, The Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, Celtic Colours, Kawaii Old Time Festival, Portland Old Time Music Gathering, John C Campbell Folk School and Old Time in the Alps!

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Jane is available for concerts, festivals, lessons, workshops, dances, wedding and celebrations as a solo, duo, trio and full band!  Click Here for more selections of Jane's Music and videos! 

PHOTO BY GEORGIA SHERON

Janie Rothfield with Dan Eubanks((bass)

Two Ravens-tune by Rick Lee/lyrics trad adapted Allan

Hen's Teeth

(Nathan Bontrager and Janie Rothfield)

Whiteface by Joe Thrift

Janie Rothfield and Brendan Power

OVER THE WATERFALL

Janie Rothfield with Cameron DeWhitt and Michael Starkey

Farewell to Havertown by Janie Rothfield

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The Idumea Quartet plays Sally Ann

The Idumea Quartet plays Silver Dagger