Joel Zifkin
Canadian musician and songwriter (born 1954)
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Joel Zifkin (born April 14, 1954) is a Canadian musician and songwriter.[1][2] His primary instrument is the electric violin and he is best known as a session musician and live performer.[3][4][5]
- Electric violin
- guitar
- bass
- mandolin
- vocals
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| Background information | |
| Born | April 14, 1954 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupations | Electric violinist, musician, composer, singer-songwriter |
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| Years active | 1972–present |
Career
Zifkin has performed and/or recorded with the following artists: Kate & Anna McGarrigle,[6][7][8][9][10][11] Richard Thompson,[12][13][14] Rufus Wainwright,[15][16] Martha Wainwright,[17] Emmylou Harris,[18][19][20] Buddy Guy,[21] Big Mama Thornton,[22] Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson,[23] Philip Glass, Lou Reed,[24][25] Townes Van Zandt, Rational Youth, Joe Dassin, Roma Baran, Elvis Costello,[26] Wade Hemsworth, Pierre Marchand, Robert Charlebois, Les Colocs,[27] Yaya Diallo, Chaim Tannenbaum,[20] Joe Boyd,[15][28] The Chieftains, Pat Donaldson, Ravens & Chimes, Hal Willner's Harry Smith Project: Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited,[29] among others.
He also appeared in the film Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave (1980) and the documentary Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle, directed by Lian Lunson (2013).
Zifkin released the self-titled solo album Joel Zifkin in 2004, Five Songs More in 2008, and the singles "When Insanity Reigns It Pours" and "The Glow" in 2013, all on iTunes.
Selected credits
- Solo
- Joel Zifkin (2004)
- Five Songs More (2008)
- With Kate & Anna McGarrigle
- Heartbeats Accelerating (1990)
- "Was My Brother in the Battle?", "Hard Times Come Again No More", "Better Times Are Coming", on Songs of the Civil War (1991)
- Matapédia (1996) – Canada #49; winner of 1997 Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Group)
- The McGarrigle Hour (1998) – winner of 1999 Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Group)
- La vache qui pleure (2003)
- The McGarrigle Christmas Hour (2005)
- Before Tomorrow (French title Le jour avant le lendemain) film soundtrack (2008)
- ODDiTTiES (2010)
- Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle (2013)
- Tant Le Monde: Live in Bremen, Germany, 2005 (2022)
- With World Café
- "DJ Serenade", on Live at the World Café - Volume 9 (1999)
- With Richard Thompson
- Dream Attic (2010)[30] (nominated for the Best Contemporary Folk Album award in the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards.[31] )
- Live at Celtic Connections – The Richard Thompson Band (2012) DVD, Blu-ray Disc
- With Rufus Wainwright
- Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film (2001)
- When Love Speaks (2002)
- Vibrate: The Best of Rufus Wainwright (2014)
- With The Wainwright Sisters
- Songs in the Dark (2015)
- With Les Colocs
- Les Colocs (1993)
- Suite 2116 (posthumous; 2001)
- Il me parle de bonheur (2009)