Joel Zifkin
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Joel Zifkin is a Canadian musician and songwriter born in Montreal on April 14, 1954. He is best known as a session and live musician for artists such as Kate and Anna McGarrigle. Zifkin has performed and /or recorded with the following artists: Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Emmylou Harris, Buddy Guy, Big Mama Thornton, Eddie Vinson, Philip Glass, Townes Van Zandt, Rational Youth, Joe Dassin, Roma Baran, Elvis Costello, Wade Hemsworth, Pierre Marchand, Robert Charlebois, Les Colocs, Yaya Diallo, Joe Boyd, The Chieftains, Hal Willner's Harry Smith Project: Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited, among others. He also appeared in the film "Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave."
His primary instrument is the electric violin.
Zifkin released a self-titled solo album in 2004, which can also be purchased at iTunes.
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