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Rayna Gellert
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Rayna Gellert plays her great-grandfather’s fiddle—the same one he was
playing in 1917 when, as a Hungarian orchestral musician aboard an ocean
liner, he wowed the U.S. Ambassador with a rendition of “The Star-Spangled
Banner” and earned an invitation to America.
Rayna’s father played that fiddle too. The honest inheritor of his family’s
musical legacy, Dan Gellert took a job as a meter reader, immersed himself in
the old, weird music of America, and became the greatest fiddler you’ve never
heard of.
Then it was Rayna’s turn. She picked up the instrument when she was 10,
recorded her first album of fiddle tunes at 24, joined the celebrated string
band Uncle Earl, and played her great-grandfather’s fiddle on recordings she
made with John Paul Jones, Robyn Hitchcock, and Loudon Wainwright III.
With all the weight of history attached to that fiddle, it’s no wonder Rayna
needed to lay it down to find her own voice.
“I was raised in a household where traditional music was an obsession
Old Light: Songs From My Childhood & Other Gone Worlds
Label: StorySound Records
Released: 2012
Uncle Earl Alum Rayna Gellert To Release Solo Debut Album October 2
In-Demand Collaborator To John Paul Jones, Robyn Hitchcock and Abigail Washburn Steps To The Forefront With Old Light: Songs From My Childhood & Other Gone Worlds Fall Tour Dates With Abigail Washburn And Scott Miller Asheville, NC: Acclaimed singer-songwriter Rayna Gellert is set to release her solo debut album Old Light: Songs From My Childhood & ...
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