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Evie Ladin

Song / Dance / Banjo

Evie’s mastery of the clawhammer banjo is an absolute wonder, and the soulful, salty tanginess of her voice grips the listener and refuses to let go as it narrates some wild musical tales — WOMAD Festival

UPCOMING EVENTS

09
Dec
2023
10
Dec
2023
Berkeley, CA
2-4:30
14
Dec
2023
San Francisco, CA
17
Dec
2023
Berkeley, CA
1-3pm
21
Dec
2023
Bloomington, IN
7pm
29
Dec
2023
Ashkenaz, Berkeley, CA
8pm
03
31
Jan
Jan
2024
2024
Near MacArthur Bart, Oakland, CA
6:30-8pm
04
Jan
2024
San Francisco, CA
8pm
12
Jan
2024
Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, CA
8pm
31
Jan
2024
San Francisco, CA
2pm

ABOUT EVIE LADIN

The polyrhythmic heat of Evie Ladin’s clawhammer banjo, resonant voice, real stories and rhythmic dance have been heard from A Prairie Home Companion to Lincoln Center, Celtic Connections to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Brazil to Bali. A prolific creator and gracious facilitator, Evie grew up steeped in traditional folk music/dance up and down the East Coast, bringing a syncretic vision to new work while holding fast to the roots.

A natural entertainer with a gift for infusing folk practices with contemporary verveSan Francisco Chronicle

Evie writes clever lyrics with mature arrangements, calls rowdy square dances for urban crowds, choreographs new body music/percussive dance for contemporary dance and film, leads seminars in movement anthropology, rocks straight up old time clawhammer banjo, and gardens, from the vibrant homebase of Oakland, California. She’s won ribbons and arts fellowships, performed in sold out concert halls and cozy living rooms, and toured around the world, to every state in the US except Florida. She’s never been to Florida.

DISCOGRAPHY

Original Songs • Traditional Banjo & Fiddle Duets • Instructional Buckdancing DVDS

Playing Our Hand

Evie Ladin Band | 2020

Caught on a wire

Evie Ladin Band | 2019 

RIDING THE ROOSTER

Evie Ladin | 2019 

Jump the fire

Evie Ladin Band | 2016