Bio

The polyrhythmic heat and funk of Evie Ladin's clawhammer banjo, resonant voice, real stories and rhythmic dance - have been heard from A Prairie Home Companion to Celtic Connections, Lincoln Center to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. Known as a driving force behind San Francisco's Stairwell Sisters, Evie's solo debut Float Downstream (2010) was produced by Mike Marshall and Keith Terry. Sing Out! magazine reports "Solid song craft performed wonderfully end to end...Very strongly recommended."

Evie started playing banjo at the age of 8, clogging since 5, and has a fluid expressiveness in these traditional Appalachian arts, even as she brings an urban edge and contemporary vision to her ripe stories, and deep interpretations of old songs. Based in Oakland, CA, Evie tours solo, duo with Keith Terry, or with her expansive stringband quartet - Evie Ladin Band. In any combination, Evie's live performance is a demonstrative, delightfully gorgeous storm.

The musicians in the Evie Ladin Band are remarkably talented and quirky interpreters who tease out gorgeous beds of new trad music. Keith Terry (bass, Body Music) is a renowned percussionist/rhythm dancer and the founder of the International Body Music Festival; Dina Maccabee (fiddle) combines mastery on the violin with voice and body percussion in Real Vocal String Quartet and others; Erik Pearson (guitar, banjo) is a musician's musician, and plays with the Crooked Jades and storyteller Dianne Ferlatte.

She can write, and she can sing, and she pulls back from the saccharine brink with just enough wit - a sharp intelligence. --Grant Alden, NO DEPRESSION

Evie Ladin is a natural entertainer with a gift for infusing folk practices with contemporary verve.
--SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

Evie Ladin is a banjo player, step-dancer, singer, songwriter and square-dance caller with a lifetime of experience in traditional American cultural arts. She grew up in a trad folk scene up and down the Eastern Seaboard of the US, travels the world, and calls the rich arts scene in Oakland, California home. She also tours with The Stairwell Sisters, all-gal old-time teardown, and Keith Terry & Crosspulse, performing rhythm-based multi-cultural music & dance works. She teaches banjo, singing and dance at home in Oakland when you can find her there, and is ready to make the next record!

DISCOGRAPHY
Float Downstream 2010
Stairwell Sisters - Get Off Your Money 2008
Stairwell Sisters - Feet All Over the Floor 2005
Stairwell Sisters - The Stairwell Sisters 2003
Buckdancing for Beginners: The Basics of Southern Appalachian Flatfoot Clogging (2002) - Instructional DVD
Crosspulse - Professor Terry's Circus Band Extraordin‡ire 2002
Crosspulse - Body Tjak/The Celebration 2000

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