The Crooked Fiddle Band

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The Crooked Fiddle Band
Genresworld
Years active2006 -
MembersJess Randall
Gordon Wallace
Mark Stevens
Joe Gould

The Crooked Fiddle Band is an Australian band formed in 2006. [1] The band is made up of Jess Randall (violin), Gordon Wallace (acoustic guitar, bouzouki), Mark Stevens (double bass) and Joe Gould (drums, occasional vocals). [2] Their third album Another Subtle Atom Bomb [3] was nominated for the 2020 ARIA Award for Best World Music Album. [4]

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  2. Shand, John (14 November 2011), "Spirited fiddling with far-reaching dreams creates a hybrid of extremes", The Sydney Morning Herald
  3. "The Crooked Fiddle Band's long awaited third album is here", Blue Mountains Gazette, 25 November 2019
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