Jaron Freeman-Fox

 

Contorting the violin into new traditions, violinist/composer Jaron Freeman-Fox dances down the fine line between the beautiful and the ridiculous, while redefining what the violin can do.  Having played on over 30 albums (Jayme Stone, Autorickshaw, Josh Van Tassel) and toured the world many times over as a solo artist, frontman or collaborator with bands such as Delhi 2 Dublin, The David Woodhead Confabulation and Ben Caplan, Freeman-Fox fuses his roots of Celtic and bluegrass fiddling with his study of Indian classical music and jazz, while playing the 5-string violins of his late mentor; fiddle pioneer Oliver Schroer.

 

In 2010 Jaron released his celebrated instrumental debut album Manic Almanac : Slow Möbius and formed his fiery band The Opposite of Everything.  Since then, Jaron has performed in Brunei, Indonesia, India, toured Europe four times, and played every sort of festival, club and theatre throughout the US and across Canada, for crowds of over 100,000, royalty, and audiences dressed as wizards or gorillas.  Now based out of Toronto Ontario, Jaron is currently touring full time, in high demand as a producer, session musician and collaborator, and finishing a new album with The Opposite of Everything for release in early 2013.