Country
Belgium
Charlotte is completely hooked on Bluegrass since the moment she discovered it. To her own frustration this was only later in life when she was 24 years old and was invited to play fiddle in a starting band. She was classically trained and learned how to improvise and find a new sound. She went to the Tughill Bluegrass festival in upstate New York and earned her first dollars on stage being invited to join some of the bands. She got to jam with the Gibson brothers, Becky Buller, Mike Marshall, Molly Tuttle and dropped by Big Bob’s BG jam in Manhattan. She bought herself a fiddle in California (lower bridge, more nasal and crunchy sound) and has been playing in several Belgium based BG bands at multiple BG and non-BG festivals. She joins EWOB every year with her 2 sons (4 and 7 years old), she co-hosted the Foxbarn BG festival, went to Sorefingers UK and contributed to the recording of André Dal’s Beyond the Tagus river album. Finishing 5 years of classical conservatoire she is still active as a freelance classical violinist and completed the Master after Master in culture management at the University of Antwerp. She is now employed by the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp managing international relations and projects representing the school within European network organisations.
Charlotte says: “Bluegrass is my passion, a way of life, a unique tradition of storytelling that runs deep in the veins of every person in the global Bluegrass family. Jams, festivals and concerts are magical family reunions with music as common language to share our stories.”