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Tristan & Tashina Clarridge

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About Me

Look out; here comes the next generation! Insanely creative brother-sister fiddle duo Tashina & Tristan Clarridge may be young, but the fact that they both started fiddling practically before they could speak makes them seasoned musical veterans, relatively speaking.Tristan is a 4 time Grand National Fiddle Champion, successfully achieving that title for three years consecutively, skipping a year, then winning his 4th. Who won the off year? His sister, of course. As a cellist, he tours internationally with Crooked Still, Darol Anger’s Republic of Strings, and New Old Stock, and has appeared with Cape Breton Fiddle phenomenon Natalie MacMaster.Tashina, the 2005 Grand National Fiddle Champion, has performed at Carnegie Hall as part of Grammy winning bassist Edgar Meyer’s Young Artists program, and tours with Mark O’Connor.Their shared musical rapport is as natural as it is magical. Their performances are absolutely true musical conversation, discussion, argument, and celebration, and pure fascination.Together, the home-schooled pair have taught perhaps thousands of lessons and workshops and for the past seven years have instructed at Mark O’Connor’s String Conference in San Diego. They have worked together as members of their own groups, in Darol Anger’s Republic Of Strings, and in banjo master Bill Evans’ String Summit...................................................... ............................................................ ............................................................ ......... BELOW IS LAST YEAR’S POSTER. 2008 INFO COMING SOON!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/12/2006
Band Website: COMING SOON
Band Members: Tashina Clarridge (fiddle)
Tristan Clarridge (Fiddle & Cello)

Some current projects:
Darol Anger's Republic of Strings

New Old Stock, with Simon Chrisman (Hammered Dulcimer) & Wes Corbett (Banjo)

Tristan with Crooked Still

Tashina with Mark O'Connor's American String Celebration

Bill Evan's String Summit

Trio with Ben Krakauer (Banjo)

Quartet with Brittany & Natalie Haas (Fiddle & Cello)

Influences: Mark O'Connor Fiddle Camp, Alasdair Fraser's VOM Scottish Fiddling School.......

Darol Anger, Stuart Duncan, Brittany & Natalie Haas, Jeremy Kittel, Billy Contreras, Rushad Eggleston, Bruce Molsky, Vassar Clements, Natalie MacMaster, Matt Glaser, Casey Driessen, Gabe Wicher, Nate Leath, Luke Bulla, Simon Chrisman, Ben Krakauer, Wes Corbett........
Nickel Creek, Vasen, Psychograss, The Beatles, Crooked Still, Old School Freight Train, Turtle Island String Quartet, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Blue Highway.......
Mike Marshall, Tim O'Brien, Scott Nygaard, Edgar Meyer, Bela Fleck, Jerry Douglas, Alison Brown, Todd Phillips, Sam Bush, David Grier, Tony Trischka, Tony Rice, David Grisman...........

Albums:
Heritage, Diary of a Fiddler, Telluride Sessions, Uncommom Ritual, NewGrange, Skip Hop & Wobble, Aereo-Plain, At Home and On the Range, Into the Cauldron, Why Should The Fire Die?, Like Minds, Blueprint, Keyed Up, Red On Blonde, Oh so many more.
Sounds Like: a tornado

Type of Label: None

My Blog

UPCOMING NEW OLD STOCK TOUR!

Hi Folks,We're really excited about this new band with Wes Corbett (banjo) & Simon Chrisman (hammered dulcimer)! Hope to see you at a show sometime:)To Visit our NOS calendar click on the photo below...
Posted by Tristan & Tashina Clarridge on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:24:00 PST

Tristan is joining Crooked Still!

Hey everyone, I'm really stoked to be joining Crooked Still as the cellist next year! Brittany Haas is joining as well! Filling Rushad's role is an exciting challenge for sure - I'm definitely looki...
Posted by Tristan & Tashina Clarridge on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:19:00 PST

All-Star String Summit Concert on July 11th!

CLICK ON IMAGE FOR ONLINE TICKETING!...
Posted by Tristan & Tashina Clarridge on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 01:57:00 PST

what happens when Microsoft Word gets ahold of your document

This is Tristan's Biography after Microsoft Word had its way with it.... Challenge, Celtic, and perverted sick Bluegrass contrivance Texas-style on the contrary Bluegrass Mandolin Celtic with Blu...
Posted by Tristan & Tashina Clarridge on Sun, 15 Jan 2006 07:57:00 PST