Claudine Langille

USA

Claudine is best known for her tenor banjo and mandolin playing with Touchstone, Triona NiDhomhnaill's highly acclaimed Irish-Appalachian fusion band based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in the 1980's. Touchstone recorded two award-winning albums on Green Linnet, "The New Land" and "Jealousy".

She has been picking melodious tunes on mandolin for almost 30 years. While living in Galway, Ireland, she learned the exciting Irish flat-picked tenor banjo style from Charlie Piggott of De Danann. Claudine has led workshops at folk festivals in the US (Philly, Catskills, Pittsburgh, Kerrville, North Carolina), Canada (Winnipeg, Lunenburg) and England (Bracknell, Fylde). She currently performs with the Vermont based band Gypsy Reel, who have recorded six cds in Claudine's Mount Hollywood Studio, and have been recipients of a National Endowment for the Arts award for touring artists.

Claudine maintains a musical connection with the traditional music of the Maritime provinces of Canada, especially Nova Scotia, home of her father. She sings and enjoys arranging mandolin and tenor banjo accompaniments for songs.