Rafe Stefanini, fiddle, banjo
Clelia Stefanini, fiddle

Rafe Stefanini has been at the forefront of the revival of traditional music from the rural south for over thirty years.  His work on fiddle, banjo, guitar and song is represented in over 20 CDs, both as headliner and as guest.  He has been a member of such influential bands as the Wildcats, Big Hoedown, The Rockinghams and Jumpsteady Boys (with Bruce Molsky, Joe Newberry and Mike Compton). He has been a teacher at many music camps on fiddle, banjo and guitar.

Clelia Stefanini followed in her father’s footsteps, quickly becoming outstanding on fiddle , guitar and vocals.  She was first prize winner in fiddle at the 2013 Appalachian Stringband Festival in Clifftop, W. Virginia.  She is also an accomplished teacher privately and at music camps.

The Stefanini family has a long tradition in fiddling. Rafe’s father taught violin in Italy; Rafe’s brother Bruno is a renowned violin maker, and now Rafe, who has become one of the pillars of the old-time community in the United States, is performing with his daughter Clelia.