Jess Randall

violinist // composer // teacher

CURRENT PROJECTS

<a href="http://devilontherooftop.bandcamp.com/album/negotiations-with-reality">Negotiations with Reality by Devil on the Rooftop</a>

<a href="http://crookedfiddleband.bandcamp.com/album/moving-pieces-of-the-sea">Moving Pieces of the Sea by The Crooked Fiddle Band</a>

LiVE SHOWS

THE CROOKED FIDDLE BAND UPCOMING SHOWS

DEVIL ON THE ROOFTOP UPCOMING SHOWS

Jess:

I started playing violin before I learned to speak, and it still does some of the talking for me. Classical music gave me a foundation but once I'd learnt the rules my favourite thing was to work out various methods of breaking them. This led me to taking the violin to metal bands, and eventually to folk festivals.

Those two might seem opposite but the sensibilities all combine in The Crooked Fiddle Band, which started as a solo project in 2005, and also in Devil on the Rooftop, which started as a solo project in 2015. Perhaps I should actually keep a project solo one of these days!

I'm also a passionate educator, teaching for the last 18 years.

Most of my life is music, so my favourite things in the world are silence and being in the middle of the bush, far from anything but nature.

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