Eric Christopher, fiddle and vocals

Photo by Daniel Corrigan

Eric Christopher has worked as a fiddler-for-hire, performing, recording and/or touring with dozens of bluegrass, Americana and alternative country acts, including The James King Band, Alan Munde, The Buck-Fifty Boys, Tim Easton and Vic Chesnutt.

In 2011, Eric was awarded a Minnesota State Arts Board grant to record his upcoming solo CD, which will feature tunes collected from Upper Midwestern fiddlers. For more information on the project, visit www.ericchristopher.net.

Eric also gives fiddle and mandolin lessons at American Strings Music Studio in Saint Paul and leads fiddle workshops at festivals and music camps around the country. For more info, visit www.ericchristopher.net.