Jane Rothfield (fiddler, banjo player,
teacher and composer) Jane has performed for many years in both the
USA and Scotland and England playing Old Time and Celtic style music
with her strong driving and swingy style of fiddling. As a dance fiddler,
Jane has played at dances throughout the US and at numerous festivals
such as Old Songs,Champlain Valley, Wheatland Traditional Music Festival,
Philadelphia Folk Festival and the Dance Flurry Festival. Jane plays
fiddle with her own band, Jane's Gang, JaneBob and Great Big Taters.
She plays concerts with the new old time band Red Hen Stringband and
with her husband (and Corachree Bassist) Scottish Traditional singer
Allan Carr. Her tunes "Too Late for
the Bacon" and “Red Hen”
won the coveted award for Best Non-Traditional Tune at the 2006 and 2010
Clifftop Appalachian Mountain Music Festival Contest. www.janerothfield.com
Allan Carr (double
bass) is originally from Scotland and has deep roots in Celtic Music
both as an instrumentalist (guitar and bass) and as an award winning
traditional singer. Allan combines his Celtic musical sense with his
25+ years of playing Old Time music with wife Jane Rothfield, to contribute
to the unique sound of Corachree: His bass playing provides the "bottom" that
moves the dancers and he has been known to taking bass solo's with
the band! Awesome! Allan performs with Red Hen Stringband and occasionally
with Philadelphia based Raise the Roof. In addition to his dance music,
Allan plays concert featuring his Scottish Traditional Songs and tunes. www.allancarrmusic.com
Bill
Quern (banjos, melodeon, mandolin)is a dance musician, tune-smith
and dancer. His father filled the house with instruments for his 10
siblings to explore, so Bill developed into a multi-instrumentalist.
Fiddle, banjo, melodeon, mandolin, and harmonica became his selection
as an adult. He has a degree in Fine Arts from MA College of Art where
he studied performance, sculpture and instrument making. He plays for
Contra and Square dances, English Country dances, teaches Morris dancing
and Scandinavian dancing, and plays for Philadelphia’s clogging group
“Fiddlekicks”.
He dances with Kingsessing Morris Men (8 time winners in the Philadelphia
Mummer's Parade) and plays for English Rapper and Longsword dance teams.
Other performances include; Sidmouth Folk Festival in England, Enscaded
Festival in Holland, on Chinese television, the New England Folk Festival,
the Butterball Dance Festival, FireAnt Festival in Austin, TX, Footfall
Dance Festival in WV, and the Heritage Dance Festival in Philadelphia.
Sarah
Gowan (guitar, concertina, feet) was raised in a household
where art, music, dance, and performance were as much a part of daily
life as breakfast. Some of her earliest memories are of the lively
old-time fiddle music and spontaneous clogging sessions in the yard
of her great-grandmother's house nestled in the Smokey Mountains of
Asheville, North Carolina. A performer at the age of six; she studied
piano, cello, singing, and ballet. She fell in love with the stage
when, in a local production of Oliver!, she was given a one line solo
because she could sing louder than the rest of the 80 kids in the cast.
In her teens, Sarah rediscovered the traditional music of her youth,
leading her to international, square and contra dancing.
Sarah also performs with FiddleKicks Cloggers,
plays guitar and English concertina with several dance bands, teaches
traditional couple dancing, and composes the occasional tune. She lives
with her two terrific teenagers, Garrett and Emma, who almost never
complain about the clogging, squeezeboxes, and banjos, although the
cats often do. www.sarahgowan.com
Joe DePaolo is one of those rare drummer and percussionists who know
just what to play to support the music and move the dancers to dance
nirvana! He has been playing drums and percussion for a variety of top
Contra Dance bands for over twenty years and also combines his passion
for dancing as a caller! Throughout his career Joe has played in jazz,
rock and funk bands- This eclectic musical past has influenced his current
style of playing which the dancers and the bands he plays with LOVE!
www.joedepaolo.com