The Crooked Fiddle Band are based in Sydney, Australia, and formed in

2006 through our mutual love of the energy and intensity of various

traditional world music.
Whilst writing and arranging, we discovered that this energy was

shared by the other music we love: there seems to be a common

thread between the frenetic accompaniment of gypsy, klezmer and

punk rock; between the twisting rhythms of math-metal and balkan folk;

 between the clear tonalities of Scandinavian folk, Celtic folk, and

cinematic post rock.
All these influences went into the mix, but what came out was

The Crooked Fiddle Band. The sound we love is dark and often driving,

but also writhing and ecstatic. We’ve jumped around with whirling

crowds at festivals, bars and dirty warehouse parties throughout 

Europe and Australia and also played our more cinematic sounds

in the Opera Theatre of the Sydney Opera House.
This music we’ve sometimes called ‘chainsaw folk’ – even though

we’re pro-conservation – but others have called it “14th century

Romanian metal”, “thrash folk”, “whirlwind gypsy” and even “what

Sepultura would sound like if they provided the soundtrack to

a hyperactive version of O Brother Where Art Thou.” So whilst

the search continues for a name for our genre, we’re mainly

concerned with making music with melody, energy and intensity.
The Crooked Fiddle Band consists of:
Jess Randall – violin, nyckelharpa, vocals
Gordon Wallace – guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, vocals
Mark Stevens – double bass, charango, vocals
Joe Gould – drum kit, percussion, guitar, vocals
http://www.crookedfiddleband.com
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