fiddle, border pipes, trombone, vocals

Carolyn is a full-time musician who has worked with Striding Edge since 1997.She currently lives in Dent, Cumbria.

Carolyn began playing violin aged 8. On leaving home at 17, she discovered her musical home in traditional fiddle music, which she has now been playing for over 25 years. She has explored a variety of styles and traditions over the years, including Irish, Old Timey American, Shetland, and more recently the hidden tradition of Lakeland fiddling, working mainly from various tune manuscripts left by fiddlers over the last 250 years.Recently, she has learnt to play the Border Bagpipes.

Founder of Lakeland Fiddlers Community Fiddle Band in May 2000, she is a passionate and experienced workshop leader specializing in Lakeland and North-West English fiddle music.She also runs a fiddle group for children at her local school in Dent.

Carolyn also performs live with storyteller Taffy Thomas M.B.E., (combining Lakeland stories and tunes), Collaborators Puppet Theatre and supremo N.W. clog dancer Alex Fisher.

Contact: carolyn@striding-edge.org