Jody Stecher

Jody Stecher (born June 1, 1946) is an American singer and musician, who plays bluegrass and old-time music on banjo, mandolin, fiddle and guitar, and Dagar-vani dhrupad on the sursringar, a rare Indian instrument that is a baritone relative of the sarod.

Jonathan Allan Stecher was born in Brooklyn, New York. At the age of twelve he acquired a dusty fretless Gatcomb in an antique shop and bought it for two dollars. After gaining a solid grounding in bluegrass, cajun, blues and Scottish folk music, he studied Hindustani classical music for 3 years with artist 319702 and for 10 years with Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar. He has collaborated with Krishna Bhatt on an unusual album of fusion music [m=577465] (1982).
He met artist 2118781 (a former member of artist 2626352) in 1974, In 1985, they started performing actively as a duo; they married on 29 July 1987.

Jody Stecher is regarded as one of the leading traditional folk artists in America. He has appeared on albums with a large and diverse group of musicians, including artist 575055, Jerry Garcia, artist 274438, artist 499276, artist 306688, artist 942483, artist 773284, artist 559443 and artist 1088487. He has also written liner notes for many albums.

He recorded the field recordings (with artist 466182) and wrote the liner notes for the record [m=289419]

Jody has been twice nominated for a Grammy with his wife Kate for albums they have recorded together: in 1993 for [r=2701479] ("Best Traditional Folk Album"), and again in 1998 for [r=6762545]("Best Traditional Folk Album of 1997").

Jody Stecher's sister, Janet Stecher, is a professional singer in the duo Rebel Voices and leads the Seattle Labor Chorus.