Joel Zifkin

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Mostly, Joel Zifkin is known as a "sideman", if at all; especially with Kate McGarrigle and Anna McGarrigle. and most recently, Richard Thompson (usually electric violin)



Sometimes does tracks for others in studios or over the internet.



but there's other stuff as well :



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iTunes works as does Amazon and CdBaby.com and some other sites



The CDs ? They consist of songs , experiments = Erratica perhaps ~ Hand made.



  JZ also used to write, sing, and play guitar and electric violin  in a secret band called the BLIMINALS with  Jody Golick and Pat Donaldson. They recorded some songs with Roma Baran producing, and did a number of live performances. Joel has also written and performed music for film, theatre and has done some music production as well.

He writes experiments with songs.



Primarily playing the electric violin, as well as some other instruments, Joel Zifkin has performed and /or recorded with the following artists:

Kate & Anna McGarrigle

Big Mama Thornton

Bliminals

Richard Thompson Buddy Guy

Eddie Cleanhead Vinson

Emmylou Harris

Rufus Wainwright

Martha Wainwright

Loudon Wainwright

Philip Glass  

Townes Van Zandt  

Joe Dassin  

Big Moose Walker  

Hubert Sumlin  

Wade Hemsworth  

Stereotaxie Penny Lang .

Lou Reed

Complainte de la Butte (Moulin Rouge Soundtrack)

Chieftains

Pat Donaldson

Film: "Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave"

Lili Fatale



Elvis Costello .

Roma Baran .

Monkeywalk .

Joe Boyd .

Madou Diarra .

Murray McLauchlan

Nick Cave .

Lisa Hannigan .

Krystle Warren .

Neil Tennant

Pierre Marchand

Rational Youth

Danny Greenspoon

The Harry Smith Project: The Anthology Of American Folk Music Revisited

Hal Willner

Came so Far for Beauty (Brooklyn)

Chaim Tannenbaum

Boy George

Ed Harcourt

Guy Garvey

Kate St. John

Calum MacColl

Brad Albetta

Boo Hewerdine

Ravens & Chimes

Alex Shoumatoff

Ray Bonneville

Robert Charlebois

Stephen Barry Band

The Chicago Blues All-Stars

Yaya Diallo

Backo Njacko

Kalimba Kalimba

Gogh Van Gogh

Jen Gloeckner

Steve Klingaman

Mack Mackenzie

Robert David

Leandre

Daniel Weaver

Dimaggios

Mittenstrings

Driving Blind

Les Colocs

Willie Lamothe 

Viviane Vachon 

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Mr. Boy and the Fabulous Colossals  

Joel has Performed in: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, U.S.A