Evie Ladin

Evie Ladin is an American musician, singer-songwriter, percussive dancer, choreographer, square dance caller living in Oakland, California. She performs with The Evie Ladin Band, a trio with Keith Terry and Erik Pearson, and also collaborates with Keith Terry as a duo.[1] Other projects include two all-female groups: The Stairwell Sisters, an old-time group utilizing clawhammer banjo, guitar, bass and percussive dance; and MoToR/dance.[2] Ladin's 2012 CD titled Evie Ladin Band was voted Americana Album of the Year by the Independent Music Awards (IMAs) Vox Pop Vote.[3] A banjo-player since childhood, Ladin features regularly on the annual Banjo Babes compilation album and calendar.[4] Ladin is also the Executive Director of the International Body Music Festival (IBMF), a project of the Oakland-based arts non profit Crosspulse.[5]

Evie Ladin
BornNew York, United States
GenresAmericana
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, choreographer, dancer, clawhammer banjo, educator
InstrumentsSinging, banjo, guitar
Websitewww.evieladin.com

Background

The daughter of an old time and traditional music enthusiast and International Folk Dance Instructor, Ladin and her sister Abby grew up immersed in traditional American music and dance. Summers were spent at either folk festivals or music camps. At home during the later years of American folk music revival, traveling musicians would often stop over for the night. She attended Brown University where she created a major in African Studies in Dance. She later traveled to Nigeria and studied dance on a Fulbright Fellowship.[6] In the early 90s, Ladin studied jazz and tap in New York followed by eight years working with Ohio-based dance company Rhythm in Shoes.[7][8]

Ladin's work often explores the intersection of Appalachian music/dance and traditions of the African Diaspora. In 2018, she returned to Africa for the 10th International Body Music Festival (IBMF) in Dzodze, Ghana.[9]

Awards

Discography
  • Evie Ladin Band: Caught on a Wire (2019)[12][13][14]
  • Evie Ladin Band: Riding the Rooster (2018)[15]
  • Evie Ladin Band: Jump the Fire (2016)[16][17]
  • Buckdancing for Beginners 2: Freestyle (2013)
  • Evie Ladin Band, Evie Ladin Band (2012)[18]
  • Evie Ladin Band: Float Downstream (2010)[19][20]
  • Stairwell Sisters, Get Off Your Money (2008), Lloyd Maines[21][22]
  • Stairwell Sisters, Feet All Over the Floor (2005), Yodel-Ay-Hee[23]
  • Stairwell Sisters, The Stairwell Sisters (2003), Yodel-Ay-Hee[24]
  • Crosspulse Percussion Ensemble: I Like Everything About You, Yes I Do![25]
  • Crosspulse, Professor Terry's Circus Band Extraordináire (with Linda Tillery, David Balakrishnan, George Brooks, Paul Hanson and others)
  • Crosspulse, Body Tjak: The Soundtrack (with Indonesian artists)
  • Buckdancing for Beginners: The Basics of Southern Appalachian Flatfoot Clogging (2002)
  • Banjo Babes

References
  1. Gilbert, Andrew (21 February 2013). "Evie Ladin: Stompin' In the East Bay". Berkeleyside.
  2. "EVIE LADIN BAND". FolkWorks.
  3. "Evie Ladin Band". Independent Music Awards.
  4. "Banjo Babes 2019 calendar and CD". Bluegrass Today. 6 December 2018.
  5. "Artists from International Body Music Festival Visit Wellesley College in First New England Appearance". Wellesley College.
  6. "Folk Music Notebook | The Evie Ladin Band's "Jump the Fire"". Sing Out!. 2016-04-29. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  7. "Banjo Cafe - Evie Ladin: Dancing With Others". www.banjocafe.net. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  8. Gilbert, Andrew (2013-02-21). "Evie Ladin: Stompin' In the East Bay". Berkeleyside. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  9. "Body Music MiniFest presents corporeal performers in Berkeley". The Mercury News. 14 October 2018.
  10. Spuhler, Robert (16 May 2016). "Evie Ladin Band brings folks together with music". SFGate.
  11. "I Like Everything About You (Yes I Do!)". Parent's Choice.
  12. "Song Premiere: Evie Ladin Band, "News Cyclone"". Folk Alley.
  13. "Shameless Promotion of Local Artists: Bay Area Recordings in 2019". San Francisco Classical Voice.
  14. poet, j. "The Outer Limits of Folk Music". East Bay Express.
  15. Brooks, David. "Review: Evie Ladin's "Riding the Rooster"". Banjo Newsletter.
  16. "Evie Ladin Has Fun with Her Down Home Designs". No Depression Magazine.
  17. "The Evie Ladin Band Shares High Energy and Catchy Melodies via "Jump the Fire"". Elmore Magazine. 6 April 2016.
  18. "Evie Ladin Band: Evie Ladin Band". PopMatters. 10 September 2012.
  19. "Evie Ladin Band - Float Downstream". Country Standard Time.
  20. "EVIE LADIN - FLOAT DOWNSTREAM". FolkWorks.
  21. "The Stairwell Sisters: Get Off Your Money". PopMatters. 11 June 2008.
  22. Brooks, David. "Review: Get Off Your Money, by the Stairwell Sisters,". Banjo Newsletter.
  23. "The Stairwell Sisters - Old-Time String Band Breaks Out". FolkWorks.
  24. "The Stairwell Sisters - Old-Time String Band Breaks Out". FolkWorks.
  25. "Pick of the Day: I Like Everything About You (Yes I Do!)". School Library Journal.
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