Podcasts by Rockstar Violinist Podcast
Rockstar Violinist is the Electric Violin Shop podcast, hosted by Matt Bell and featuring interviews with the most creative and noteworthy electric strings performing and recording artists.
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Episode 64: Julie Lyonn Lieberman from 2021-08-27T20:28:34
Julie Lyonn Lieberman has helped develop the multi-style string field over the last forty+ years through her work as an educator, author, radio producer, composer, writer, recording artist, and per...
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Episode 63: Seoyeon Im from 2021-07-09T14:28:13
Seoyeon Im, aka SixMinor, aka V.OLIN is a jazz and pop violinist from Korea. After studying classical violin in Korea she attended Berklee School of Music in Boston and recently earned a Masters De...
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Episode 62: Billy Contreras from 2021-05-25T15:39:05
There are lots of amazing players out there but when you talk to the best players about who blows their minds, one name keeps popping up. Billy Contreras is only in his 30s, but his playing has be...
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Episode 61: Darol Anger from 2021-04-27T18:13:36
Exceptional among modern fiddlers for his versatility and depth, Darol Anger has helped drive the evolution of the contemporary string band through his involvement with numerous trailblazing ensemb...
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Episode 60: Jared Burnett from 2021-03-22T19:21:18
Jared Burnett is a consummate self-made, full-time professional violinist, touring widely to perform everywhere from night clubs & corporate conventions to Broadway & Carnegie Hall. With influences...
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Episode 59: Chelsey Green from 2021-02-23T17:20:23
With performances often described as passionate, vivacious, electrifying, and innovative, Billboard-charting international recording artist Chelsey Green brings the vibrancy of violin and viola pla...
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Episode 58: Cremaine Booker from 2021-01-21T02:59:42
Cremaine Booker, aka ThatCelloGuy, is a cellist who hails from Dallas, TX. Whether you know it or not, you’ve almost definitely heard Cremaine play. He was on the new Lion King soundtrack. He’s r...
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Episode 57: Lindsey Stirling from 2020-12-23T15:00:28
Welcome to another episode of Rockstar Violinist, the podcast from Electric Violin Shop that brings you the biggest stars in the world of electric strings. There may be no bigger star in our world...
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Episode 56: Rachel Barton Pine (part 2) from 2020-12-01T20:01:44
*This is part 1 of our 2-part extended interview with Rachel Barton Pine. Stay tuned for part 2, coming soon!*
Rachel Barton Pine is one of the most recognized names on the classical music...
Episode 55: Rachel Barton Pine (part 1) from 2020-11-24T17:34:23
*This is part 1 of our 2-part extended interview with Rachel Barton Pine. Find part 2 on our channel.*
Rachel Barton Pine is one of the most recognized names on the classical music scene t...
Episode 54: Kiana June Weber from 2020-10-16T22:07:22
Celtic fiddler and award-winning singer-songwriter Kiana June Weber has headlined the largest Celtic festivals in the world. She reached No.1 on the Billboard World Music charts multiple times as a...
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Episode 53: Trevor Dick from 2020-09-15T15:40:13
Violinist Trevor Dick cultivates a successful career as solo artist as well as being a prolific composer/arranger. Trevor's reach extends beyond just playing the violin though. Since 2005, Trevor h...
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Episode 52: Ariella Zeitlin from 2020-08-11T15:58:10
Ariella Zeitlin is a world renowned violinist and singer-songwriter, known for her upbeat original style and combining virtuoso classical music with upbeat rock originals. Originally from Baltimore...
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Episode 51: Daniel Bernard Roumain [DBR] from 2020-07-20T15:23:44
Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) is a prolific and endlessly collaborative composer, performer, educator, and social entrepreneur. Known for his signature violin sounds infused with myriad electronic, ...
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Episode 50: Brian King Joseph from 2020-06-21T16:41:11
Brian King Joseph is a self-taught and self-produced electric violinist who rose to fame in season 13 of America's Got Talent, when he advanced to the finals and finished the competition in 3rd pla...
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Episode 49: Jimmy Mattingly from 2020-05-18T16:44:08
Even if you haven't heard the name Jimmy Mattingly you've probably heard his incredible playing as a touring and recording fiddler for some of the biggest Country acts of all time, including Dolly ...
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Episode 48: Gig Disasters from 2020-04-14T15:42:03
"Oh, s@#!" ... That's what these performers said when disaster struck their gigs. This episode of the Rockstar Violinist podcast (NSFW: language) is a compilation of new stories from a dozen of our...
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Episode 47: Kishi Bashi from 2020-03-18T19:52:07
Kishi Bashi is the pseudonym of singer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter Kaoru Ishibashi. Kaoru studied film scoring at Berklee College of Music before becoming a renowned violinist.
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Episode 46: Shana Tucker from 2020-02-13T20:21:31
This episode of Electric Violins Shop's "Rockstar Violinist" podcast features one of our own--EVS staff cellist Shana Tucker! Sadly, we don't see as much of Shana in the shop as we'd like to these ...
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Episode 45: David Wallace from 2020-01-10T16:34:58
Dr. David Wallace is a fiercely eclectic musician, award-winning composer, and master teaching artist who currently serves as Chair of the String Department of Berklee College of Music.
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Episode 44: Matt Vanacoro from 2019-12-19T18:52:56
Matt Vanacoro is one of New York’s premier musicians and an expert at studio music recording production. With a strong understanding of technology for today’s modern musician, Matt is able to utili...
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Episode 43: Lars Thorson from 2019-11-15T22:59:20
Born in Nashville, TN, Lars began playing fiddle at age six. He started gigging around Nashville at age fifteen and by seventeen was working the Broadway circuit. He studied violin performance form...
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Episode 42: Cassandra Sotos from 2019-10-20T17:24:10
Cassandra Sotos is a 7-string Viper electric violinist, acoustic violinist, fiddler, mandolin player, guitarist, singer, songwriter, and recording artist. Cassandra can be seen touring all over the...
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Episode 41: Tracy Silverman from 2019-09-16T17:21:39
Redefining the role of the violin in contemporary music, Tracy Silverman has contributed significantly to the repertoire and development of the 6-string electric violin and what he calls “post-clas...
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Episode 40: Rob Flax from 2019-08-22T16:02:50
Rob Flax is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator with a playful heart and an open mind. He has performed nationally and internationally with groups of many different style...
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Episode 39: Ben Karas from 2019-07-15T16:04:44
Known primarily for his work as a performer, composer and orchestrator in New Jersey based bands Thank You Scientist and Windfaerer, Ben Karas is a violinist with classical training whose drive as ...
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Episode 38: ThatViolaKid(Drew Forde) from 2019-06-19T15:44:13
Violist Drew Alexander Forde, known online as ThatViolaKid, has a reputation not only as an accomplished performer but also as one of classical music’s most recognizable online brands.
For...
Episode 37: Greg Byers from 2019-05-14T16:50:48
Greg Byers is a jazz cellist, a top-notch performer, a fantastic composer, an amazing singer, and a highly sought teacher.
He begin cello at a very young age through the Suzuki method. By ...
Episode 36: Rudolf Haken from 2019-04-11T15:55:13
Rudolf Haken is a violist, composer, and professor of music internationally renowned for his creative melding of disparate musical styles and genres. He is particularly known for his work with exte...
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Episode 35: The Lost Episode from 2019-03-01T17:42:37
We've interviewed a lot of great string players so far, and it seems almost every one of them has a nightmare story about losing their instrument. This show, The Lost Episode, is a compilation of j...
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Episode 34: Chuck Bontrager from 2019-01-18T16:04:28
Chuck Bontrager is the very definition of the the versatile 21st-century violinist: classically trained, yet experienced in multiple performance styles, and fluent in several variations of his inst...
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Episode 33: Bar Markovich from 2018-12-18T18:34:37
Award-winning cross-genre violinist Bar Markovich is taking the electric violin to places it's never been before. No seriously, he's taken his Viper parasailing! As one of Israel's most promising y...
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Episode 32: Scott Laird from 2018-11-01T14:39:38
Scott Laird is an electric violinist, recording artist and nationally renowned strings educator. He is also well-known for his electric violin work with the thrash metal band, Believer. He has shar...
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Episode 31: Zach Brock from 2018-10-05T15:59:41
Zach Brock is a Grammy Award-winning violinist and composer whose music evokes the spirits of John Coltrane, Béla Bartók, and Jimi Hendrix. He has been recognized for his "soaring lyricism, audaci...
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Episode 30: Abigail Stahlschmidt from 2018-09-16T17:08:46
Classically trained from age 4, Abigail Stahlschmidt started to explore alternative styles in her early teens. At that point she started fiddling for almost any band that would have her and delved ...
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Episode 29: Amanda Gookin from 2018-08-17T14:39:20
Adventurous cellist Amanda Gookin champions the future of music through bold performances of new works, and a dedication to education, culture, and community engagement. She is the co-founder of th...
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Episode 28: Haydn Vitera from 2018-07-17T14:22:19
Since launching his solo career in 2005, former Asleep At The Wheel fiddle player and Austin Latino Rocker/Electric Violinist HAYDN VITERA has made his mark sharing the stage with headliners as div...
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Episode 27: Martha Mooke from 2018-06-18T13:25:57
Acclaimed for her electrifying performances and compositions, pioneering composer/electro-acoustic violist, Martha Mooke transcends musical boundaries, enhancing her classical training and expertis...
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Episode 26: Ginny Luke from 2018-05-16T14:06:43
Ginny Luke has played and recorded with artists including Foo Fighters, Brittany Spears, Nicki Minaj, Snoop Dog, Dave Matthews, Ricky Martin, Meatloaf and Iggy Azalea to name only a few. As a class...
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Episode 25: Jesús Florido from 2018-05-01T15:26:46
Jesús Florido’s knowledge and experience in modern violin is nearly unparalleled. In addition to classical violin performance, he also has studied Afro-Cuban, Jazz, Rock, and Fiddle music, which - ...
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Episode 24: Patrick Contreras from 2018-04-16T19:24:40
Patrick Contreras has branded his unique style of violin playing with influences of Blues, EDM, Rock and Hip Hop. He's opened for artists like BB King, Al Jarreau, Stanley Clarke and others, has be...
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Episode 23: Razz from 2018-04-01T14:52:21
Razzvio is an electric violinist and singer who reinvents familiar pop and rock arrangements from an entirely different angle. Through live looping, she blends powerhouse vocals with her unique vio...
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Episode 22: DSharp from 2018-03-16T14:33:20
Derryck Gleaton, better known as DSharp, is an American violinist, DJ, singer and producer based in Los Angeles. Known for his trademark colorful violins, he writes his own music as well as perform...
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Episode 21: Daniela Padrón from 2018-03-01T16:07:58
Daniela Padrón is a Venezuelan-American violinist, nominated to the Latin Grammy (2013) as the violinist of the acclaimed Venezuelan world music band Gaêlica, in the Folk Music Category.
D...
Episode 20: Alex DePue from 2018-02-15T19:42:48
With a background in classical violin, Alex Depue developed an amazing ability to turn on a dime towards bluegrass fiddling, jazz, rock, and/or any improvisational style available to the instrument...
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Episode 19: Val Vigoda from 2018-02-01T22:37:36
“Val Vigoda is a compact bundle of talent. She plays a strapped-on electric violin like a demon. She sings with a voice that pushes the walls into expanded dimensions. She acts with great charm.” T...
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Episode 18: Jenn Cornell from 2018-01-04T17:33:24
As a solo cellist Jenn Cornell delivers a progressive groove oriented experience through intricately spun looped compositions. You may have heard her music before--she was half of the genre-bending...
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Episode 17: Christian Howes from 2017-12-05T20:37:54
Since establishing himself as a world-class jazz violinist, Christian Howes has also become an in-demand composer, producer and educator. He has played Lincoln Center, been a professor at Berklee S...
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Episode 16: Earl Maneein from 2017-11-16T18:00:30
**Note: This version of the interview with Earl Maneein contains bleeped words. If you are not sensitive to language feel free to seek out the uncensored version of the interview on our SoundCloud ...
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Episode 15: Sarah Charness from 2017-11-01T04:32:36
Sarah Charness, known on Instagram as @sarahpinkviolin, has done everything with her custom Pink 6-string Viper from playing the halftime of NBA games to performing with huge acts including Trans S...
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Episode 14: Ned Steinberger from 2017-10-17T19:59:36
Ned Steinberger, inventor of the headless Steinberger basses and guitars that became quite famous in the 1980s, founded his current company NS Design in 1990 with a primary focus on bowed instrumen...
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Episode 13: Joe Deninzon from 2017-10-02T17:25:28
Joe Deninzon has been hailed by critics as “The Jimi Hendrix of the Violin,” because of his innovative style on seven-string Viper electric violin. Joe has worked with Sheryl Crow, Bruce Springstee...
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Episode 12: Miguel Atwood-Ferguson from 2017-09-15T15:24:14
In this episode of the Rockstar Violinist podcast Shana interviews our first rock star VIOLIST, and truly one of the most prolific musicians we've had the pleasure of sitting down with. Miguel Atwo...
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Episode 11: Ezinma from 2017-09-01T15:59:28
Ezinma (eh-zee-mah) first picked up the violin when she was three-years old. Born in Lincoln, Nebraska to a Guyanese father and a German-American mother, her’s mixed cultural and ethnic background ...
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Episode 10: Artyom Manukyan from 2017-08-16T06:11:37
Artyom Manukyan is an Armenian born cellist, bassist and producer. At the age of 8 he started taking cello lessons and in 2005 graduated from Yerevan State Conservatory. During those years he also ...
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Episode 9: Taylor Davis from 2017-08-02T16:11:15
A self-admitted “proud nerd” and avid gamer, Taylor Davis' unique arrangements of many of gaming, anime and film’s most iconic soundtracks have been viewed over 250 million times by her delighted a...
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Episode 8: Amanda Marks from 2017-07-18T16:18:28
Amanda Marks, also known as Violin Girl, is a professional electric violinist, vocalist, and recording artist who has graced the stages of music festivals, clubs, and venues nationally and overseas...
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Episode 7: Ross Holmes from 2017-06-30T18:38:50
Texas-raised, Nashville-based Ross Holmes has lent his talents to country stars, pop icons and bluegrass standouts. Just a partial list of artists Ross has toured and/or recorded with includes Bruc...
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Episode 6: Black Violin from 2017-06-16T05:25:14
When the members of Black Violin first learned to play their signature instruments--Wil Baptiste at the viola 14 years old and Kev Marcus the violin at the tender age of 9--neither could have fores...
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Episode 5: Kyla Vera from 2017-06-01T16:15:44
Queen Kyla Vera is the violinist for Metalachi, the world's first and only heavy metal mariachi band! Based in Southern California the band has toured extensively throughout the Southwest and now p...
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Episode 4: Tina Guo from 2017-05-16T14:29:30
Tina Guo is an internationally acclaimed and Grammy-nominated virtuoso cellist, recording artist, and composer. With a multi-faceted career and mastery in a wide range of genres, her passion for m...
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Episode 3: Rachel Grace from 2017-05-01T03:29:33
Los Angeles based Dutch violinist Rachel Grace has been a pioneer in mixing virtuoso violin skills with electronic dance music.
Rachel studied at the Royal Conservatory of the Netherlands,...
Episode 2: Evan Garr from 2017-04-15T03:45:17
Evan Garr is an up and coming jazz violinist currently touring with legendary jazz fusion and Latin jazz guitarist Al Di Meola. Hailing from Detroit, Evan was discovered at a young age and has spen...
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Episode 1: Mark Wood from 2017-03-29T14:39:04
In the inaugural episode of the 'Rockstar Violinist' podcast, Electric Violin Shop's Matt Bell interviews rock violin legend and electric violin pioneer Mark Wood on the floor of the NAMM show. Mar...
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