Carol Mallett Rifkin’s soaring voice shines.
Carol Mallett Rifkin’s soaring voice shines. An award winning vocalist (2x 2nd Place Mt. Airy, 1st place Dublin Pulaski, 1st place Mountain State Fair and more) musician and veteran of many bands, , she has performed on TV, radio, recordings, at festivals, in the BBC documentary “Down Home, Appalachia to Nashville” (with fiddler Tommy Jarrell), the movie Songcatcher, the documentary Rank Strangers and more.
A long time member of the internationally known Green Grass Cloggers, she appeared with them in several Emmy Award Winning network productions and recently at the Smithsonian, MerleFest and Philadelphia Folk Festivals. A co- founder of the Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF), she formerly served as Assistant Director for 12 years. A journalist who writes about music for the Asheville Citizen Times, Acoustic Guitar Magazine, SingOut and more, she co-host’s WNCW’s (88.7 FM) award winning “Goin’ Across the Mountains” and is a member of Asheville’s all volunteer, 18 member Folk Heritage Committee.
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Available with a band for everything from a cozy evening to a large concert of old timey, vintage bluegrass, early country and original songs OR educational programs, down home big circle square dances and clogging.
Contact Carol: Carol Rifkin email