Like an epic from a scorched steampunk paradigm
— the music
When The Crooked Fiddle Band took to the stage, it was as though someone had put 10,000 volts through the dance floor
— Beat Magazine
It is rare to hear genuinely original music these days, but when you listen to the Crooked Fiddle Band, your mouth will drop open.
— Bruce Elder - Sydney Morning Herald

Forming in Sydney, Australia in 2006, The Crooked Fiddle Band quickly made a name for themselves in the local live music scene, mixing blasts of fiery folk with the intense atmosphere and detail of post- and prog-rock, resulting in a multi-layered, complex and ecstatic hybrid they dubbed 'chainsaw folk'.

The band’s first two albums (Overgrown Tales and Moving Pieces of The Sea) were recorded by studio legend Steve Albini (Nirvana, The Pixies, Gogol Bordello etc.) at his notorious analog-only Chicago studio, Electrical Audio. Their ARIA nominated third album Another Subtle Atom Bomb and recently released The Free Wild Wind And The Songs Of Birds were both recorded locally in Australia by rock engineer Clayton Segelov, who has worked with Georgia Maq (Camp Cope), Justice for the Damned, Shady Nasty, sleepmakeswaves and many more. To give the albums extra grit, the band devised an analogue fuzz box, recording the double bass through an amp with a snare drum in front, its wires rattling, to create a buzz-saw effect, heard throughout the entire album. The acoustic guitar and cittern were also re-amped through a cranked Fender ‘68 Custom Vibrolux to add some gainy tube warmth. 

Live, they are at home in the theatre of Sydney's Opera House, festival headline stages like the London Olympic Arts Festival, Woodford, Falls and Peats Ridge, as well as at cult underground fests like Tasmania's Dark Mofo, Germany's Fusion Festival, and the UK's Shambala. Supports include Shellac, We Lost The Sea, The Beards, The Jezabels, Lunasa, Afenginn, Closure in Moscow and many more.

Jess Randall - violin, nyckelharpa, vocals
Gordon Wallace - guitar, bouzouki, cittern, mandolin
Mark Stevens - double bass, Appalachian mountain dulcimer
Joe Gould - drum kit, percussion, vocals, vibraphone