Joel Zifkin
Joel Zifkin is a Canadian musician and songwriter. His primary instrument is the electric violin and he is best known as a session musician and live performer.Career
Zifkin has performed and/or recorded with the following artists: Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Richard Thompson, Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Emmylou Harris, Buddy Guy, Big Mama Thornton, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Philip Glass, Lou Reed, Townes Van Zandt, Rational Youth, Joe Dassin, Roma Baran, Elvis Costello, Wade Hemsworth, Pierre Marchand, Robert Charlebois, Les Colocs, Yaya Diallo, Chaim Tannenbaum, Joe Boyd, The Chieftains, Pat Donaldson, Ravens & Chimes, Hal Willner's Harry Smith Project: Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited, among others.
He also appeared in the film and the documentary "", directed by Lian Lunson.
Zifkin released the self-titled solo album Joel Zifkin in 2004, Five Songs More in 2008, and the singles "When Insanity Reigns It Pours" and "The Glow" in 2013, all on iTunes.Selected credits
;Solo
- Joel Zifkin
- Five Songs More
;With Kate & Anna McGarrigle
- Heartbeats Accelerating
- "Was My Brother in the Battle?", "Hard Times Come Again No More", "Better Times Are Coming", on Songs of the Civil War
- Matapedia
- The McGarrigle Hour
- La vache qui pleure
- The McGarrigle Christmas Hour
- Before Tomorrow film soundtrack
- ODDiTTiES
- '
;With World Café
- "DJ Serenade", on Live at the World Café - Volume 9
;With Richard Thompson
;With Rufus Wainwright
- Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film
- When Love Speaks
- '
;With The Wainwright Sisters
;With Les Colocs
- Les Colocs
- Suite 2116
- Il me parle de bonheur
