Bruce Molsky (b. Manhattan, New York, 1955) is an American fiddler, banjo player, guitarist, and singer. He primarily performs old-time music of the Appalachian region. The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The fiddle is a violin played as a folk instrument. ... Old 6-string zither banjo For other uses, see Banjo (disambiguation) The banjo is a stringed instrument of African American origin, early or original examples sometimes being called the gourd banjo. One African banjo predecessor is called the Akonting. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Old-time music is a form of North American folk music, with roots in the folk music of many countries, most notably: England, Scotland, Ireland, and Africa. ... Areas included within the Appalachian Regional Commissions charter; other definitions of Appalachia often cover a much more restricted area. ...

He was born in 1955 at New York Infirmary in Manhattan, and grew up near St. James Park in The Bronx. His father, Milton, a mechanical engineer, was a first-generation American descendant of Jewish immigrants from Poland. The Bronx is the northernmost of the five Boroughs of New York City in the United States. ...

As a young man, Bruce first became interested in blues music, but eventually became absorbed in old-time music while studying engineering at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York beginning in 1972. His playing was influenced by the fiddling of Tommy Jarrell, whom Molsky visited in North Carolina in 1976. Blues music redirects here. ... Old-time music is a form of North American folk music, with roots in the folk music of many countries, most notably: England, Scotland, Ireland, and Africa. ... Cornell redirects here. ... The City of Ithaca (named for the Greek island of Ithaca in Homers Odyssey) sits on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, in Central New York State and is famous for being the location for Cornell University and Ithaca College. ... Tommy Jarrell (born Thomas Jefferson Jarrell, Surry County, North Carolina, March 1, 1901, United States; d. ... This article is the current U.S. Collaboration of the Week. ...

He has released a number of solo recordings and also plays with the band Fiddlers 4. He lives in the Hudson Valley of Upstate New York with his wife Audrey. For the magazine, see Hudson Valley (magazine). ... Upstate New York is the region of New York State outside of the core of the New York metropolitan area. ...

External links

• Bruce Molsky official site