Violizzy
Have fiddle, will play!
Liz Taub is a New York fiddler, singer and songwriter. She writes songs about the people and places she loves, and she’ll play them anywhere, from a porch on Governors Island to a bar in Madrid.
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Violizzy · 2021 · 11 songs
Violizzy & Friends
Eleven originals made with family and friends, produced by Rob Taube at Groove Garden NYC.
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Bluestone 739 · 2018 · 14 songs
Playing on the Porch
Front-porch fiddle music with Bluestone 739, from Old Dan Tucker and Cumberland Gap to the Wabash Cannonball.
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Bluestone 739 · 2015 · 9 songs
Crazy Roses
Nine songs with Bluestone 739, from the title track (watch the video) to St. Anne’s Reel and West Virginia, My Home.
Tracklist
Previews are 30-second clips from Apple Music.
Shows
Porch stomps, festivals, jams and services around New York and beyond.
Coming up
Collapse Ritual with Wormcatcher Band
7–11 pm, $15 · Erf Gallery, Brooklyn
Climate-action party with free food. Wormcatcher opens at 7, then DASI, ickypop, Babe City and Pennsylvania.
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Sing Together! ¡Cantar! ¡Cantar!
6:30 pm, free · Central Park East II, East Harlem
People’s Music Network concert of social-change songs, with student singers and dancers. Enter from 1st Ave.
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Past shows (16)
Yom Kippur services with Rev. Aura Ahuvia
JFHF
Social justice night with Val Kinzler
8–10 pm · Judson Memorial Church Assembly Hall, 239 Thompson St, Greenwich Village
A raucous night of songs for human rights and dignity, plus a separate set by Al Ronzoni.
Friday services with Jonathan Comisar
7 pm · JFHF
Friday services with Rev. Aura Ahuvia
7 pm · JFHF
Part of Violizzy’s summer of Friday-evening services.
Yasgur’s Farm with the Bob Tellefsen Band
7–8:30 pm · Yasgur’s Farm, Bethel, NY
Kicking off a weekend festival. Bob played the original Woodstock with Richie Havens.
Sound baths at Wild Wise Women’s Weekend
Lords Valley, PA
With Alice Dow: gong, koshi chimes, drums, bowls, flutes and violin.
Annual music jam party
Pennsylvania
Violizzy’s rip-roaring yearly jam, which rolled on into the Elm Beach Sunday jam.
Porch Stomp
12–2 pm & 4 pm · Governors Island, New York, NY
Catch Violizzy at the Family Jam from noon to 2, then on the People’s Music Network stage at 4.
Wormcatcher Band
Brooklyn, NY
People’s Music Network night
7–9 pm · Silvana (downstairs), New York, NY
Backed by Trevor Hochman on bass and Barry Temkin on guitar.
Outdoor bluegrass jam with Liz Wolfe
6 pm · Greeley Square, New York, NY
Mother’s Day benefit with Wormcatcher Band
8–10 pm · Hart Club, Brooklyn, NY
A benefit night with lots of other wonderful acts.
Bluegrass jam
Tuesdays, about 8 pm · Lucinda’s, New York, NY
The weekly Tuesday jam. Violizzy sits in whenever she can.
NYC Labor Chorus 35th Anniversary Concert
4 pm · NYC Ethical Culture Society, New York, NY
An evening of socially conscious songs. Violizzy accompanies the chorus on four of them.
Dance party with The Barrytones
7–10 pm · Westbeth Community Center, New York, NY
QUOFEST with the Queer Urban Orchestra
St. Anne’s Church, Brooklyn Heights, NY
A weekend of classical music by Leonard Bernstein and other composers. Family concert on Sunday, so bring the kids.
Watch
Music videos, many made with filmmaker Diana Scalera.
We Are the Sea
Crazy Roses
Find Me: Ode to Migrant Children
When Can I Hug You?
Devil’s Hole
Winds of Change
About Liz
Liz Taub is a New York City fiddler, singer and songwriter who has played stages across the US and abroad. She fiddles with several bands, plays with the Queer Urban Orchestra, sings with the NYC Labor Chorus, and is part of the People’s Music Network.
Before and alongside the music came social work, psychotherapy and Reiki, so it makes sense that her songs lean toward care: for kids at the border, for the people who kept the city running, and for the ocean and everything living in it.
These days you’ll find her at porch stomps, social-justice nights, Friday services and sound baths, usually with a fiddle under her chin.
Venues played
USA 58 venues
- Arlene’s Grocery, NYC
- August Martin, NYC
- Bongo Roadhouse, Lake Ariel, PA
- Brooklyn Music Kitchen, Brooklyn
- The Bitter End, NYC
- Caffe Vivaldi, NYC
- Caravan of Dreams Restaurant, NYC
- Central Park Weddings with Rabbi Steven Blane
- Centro Espanol La Nacional, NYC
- City Winery Loft, NYC
- Columbia University Cafe, NYC
- Dancing Cat Tavern, Bethel Woods, NY
- David Geffen Hall with NYCLC, NYC
- DROM, NYC
- Educational Alliance Senior Centers, NYC
- Esperanto Spanish Restaurant, NYC
- Fall Music Festival 2020, Dorflinger, Hawley, PA
- Farmer’s Market, Callicoon, NY
- Hemlock Farms Library, Beach & Firehouse, PA
- Holy Church of the Apostles, NYC
- Integral Yoga Institute with Moon Kirtan Band
- Knights of Columbus, Long Island
- Lady Stardust, 25 Ave. A East Village, NYC
- Lestats Coffeehouse, San Diego, CA
- LIC Bar, NYC
- Mary O’s Restaurant/Bar, NYC
- Otto’s Shrunken Head, NYC
- Paddy Reilly’s, NYC
- People’s Voice Cafe, NYC
- Philadelphia Folk Festival, PA, with DK & the Joy Machine
- Moscow 57, NYC
- Pianos, NYC
- Porch Stomp Festival, Governor’s Island
- Private Beach Bash, St. Thomas, USVI
- Queer Urban Orchestra
- Red Rock Cafe, Mt. View, California
- Rockwood Music Hall, NYC
- Sidewalk Cafe, NYC
- Silvana Cafe, NYC
- Sim Shalom Synagogue, NYC
- Sixth St Community Center, NYC
- Sixth St Garden, NYC
- Stanton St. Shul, NYC
- Steer Barn, Lords Valley, PA
- Sylvana Restaurant, NYC
- Symphony Space, NYC
- The Tank, NYC
- Town & Village Synagogue, NYC
- Two Bridges Luncheonette, NYC
- Teddy’s Bar & Grill, NYC
- The Black Oak Bar, Oneonta, NY
- The Red Lion, NYC
- The Settlers’ Inn, Hawley, PA
- The Shrine, NYC
- The Westend Lounge, NYC
- Wind Gap Bluegrass Festival, PA
- Wicked Willy’s, NYC
- Yasgur’s Farm Fest, Bethel, NY
International 14 venues
- Anza Bar, Vancouver, Canada
- Apulaya Arts Center, Peru
- Ebisu Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
- Gare du Lyon, Paris, France
- Jerusalem Opera House, Israel, with The Hebrew University Orchestra
- Instituto Cervantes, Frankfurt, Germany
- Kaffeehaus, Darmstadt, Germany
- Knabenschule, Darmstadt, Germany
- Marseille Busking, France
- Monte da Orada, Portugal
- Myriad by Sana Hotel, Lisbon, Portugal
- Private Wedding, New Delhi, India
- Cafe La Palma, Madrid, Spain
- Boardwalk, Rosas, Spain
Merch
Original painting, printed on soft cotton. Tap order and tell Liz your size.
Contact
Shows, festivals, services, sound baths, merch orders, or just to say hello.
violizzy1@gmail.com