About Janie Rothfield and Allan Carr

Award winning fiddler Janie Rothfield and husband Scottish singer and guitarist Allan Carr have been playing and recording their unique blend of Celtic and Appalachian music for over 40 years!  Janie and Allan play roots music that is directly from the source while expanding on that tradition with newly composed songs and tunes. They blend their love of traditional music as well as their own compositions to present a concert that weaves a musical story from both sides of the Atlantic with great singing, hot instrumentals and a whole lot of fun!

Allan and Janie have over a dozen recordings to their credit and with their newest CD released in July 2024 THE TWO OF US) featuring their signature unique sound that blends the old with the new and back again!   

 Since meeting in 1978 when Janie was at college in Aberdeen, Scotland (they met at a folk music concert Allan was singing at), Janie and Allan have played and taught at festivals, concerts, workshops and music camps throughout the USA and Europe-including Edinburgh Folk Festival, Glasgow Folk Festival, Old Songs Festival, Philadelphia Folk Festival, New Bedford Summer Fest, Portsoy Traditional Music Festival, Great Lakes Music Festival, Earful of Fiddle, Southern Maryland Celtic Festival, Fiddle Hell and many more! 

About Allan Carr Allan grew up with traditional music (his grandfather was a piper, sisters played fiddle, accordion and piano, and the family sang many traditional songs together) and heard, learned from, and sang with epic traditional singers such as Jimmy McBeath, Stanley Robertson, Lizzie Higgins, Tom Spiers, Jimmy Hutchison to name a few! Allan won numerous TMSA contests for traditional singing and has also penned his own songs in the traditional style.  He is extremely knowledgeable about the history and background to his songs from social and economic perspectives and is an interesting and interactive teacher.  He also focuses on helping students with their traditional singing techniques and artistic interpretation of the songs.  

 In addition to his solo, Allan has played and recorded with Janie in numerous bands including HADDEN, ROTHFIELD & CARR (with Silly Wizards Martin Hadden), RED HEN (with David Kiphuth and Linda Schrade) and CORACREE (with Sarah Gowan and Bill Quern) and currently with Janie & Allan’s newest supergroup collaboration the JAES!

Janie Rothfield is a power-house American fiddler, clawhammer banjo and guitar player and singer who is widely recognized for her traditional and inventive style, in the pocket rhythm, whimsical groove and her award-winning original tunes. She is a full-time touring musician playing concerts, workshops, festivals, and dances around the world and online. Janie has been performing, recording, and teaching music that is rooted in Traditional American and Celtic Music since her teens when she started playing with older generation musicians from New England, North Carolina, and Quebec.  With over 15 recordings to her credit, Janie has traveled the world with her unique brand of traditional based music including the UK, France, Germany, Holland, Australia, Canada and throughout the USA. Janie is also the founder and director (and instructor) of Janie’s Jumpstart Home Based Weekend Music Camps held in homes around the world!

Janie currently performs as a solo artist and with duo with Scottish Singer/Guitarist ALLAN CARR (her husband), THE IDUMEA QUARTET (innovative European based experimental old time string quartet) and Philly based CORACREE with Allan, Sarah Gowan and Bill Quern-(Contra Dance and Folk Band), and with Janie & Allan’s newest supergroup the JAES!  She was also part of the four fiddle quartet, PANACHE, with Donna Hebert, Veronique Plasse, and Andrea Beaton.