Evie Ladin

Banjo player, singer/songwriter, percussive-dancer, choreographer, and square-dance caller Evie Ladin grew up steeped in traditional music and dance. Her performances, recordings, and teaching have been heard from “A Prairie Home Companion” to Lincoln Center, Hardly Strictly to Celtic Connections, Brazil to Bali. In 2024 she released two CDs: live originals from her Evie Ladin Band, and her second of fiddle/banjo duets with 17 different fiddlers, Riding the Rooster Two. Evie directs the moving choir MoToR/dance, co-founded the International Body Music Festival, teaches banjo at Berkeley’s Freight & Salvage and online at Peghead Nation, and writes clever, poignant, and funny songs.