About

Solo with her loop pedal or add her sisters and the Georgia Rae Family Band

watch some performance video here, more on Youtube!
Georgia Rae original, "Kelly Kazoo"
more loopy Georgia
A Georgia Rae Family Band original
and here's some more GFRB

Fiddle champ Georgia Rae
has discovered the magic of the loop pedal and opened a treasure trove of original material and a one-man show. Quirky and catchy, these songs will invade your life if you let them. Watch her build and give flight to song right before your eyes. Inspired by contemporary artists from the Avett Brothers to Mungo Jerry, and a jazzy feel to her bow, with her loop or her band, Georgia Rae’s music and love for life will follow you out the door and into the next day.

Georgia Rae Family Band
Kelly Jo and Georgia Rae, sisters and song writing duo from Richmond, IL, a small town on the WI border, about an hour west of Milwaukee anchor the GRFB. They are not the image that comes to mind when you hear the words "family band" at a bluegrass festival. They don't don a homeschooled traditional sheltered lifestyle, nor does their music.

Georgia Rae Family Band has always pushed the envelope of traditional music. Their progressive sound inspired by a mix of Americana, contemporary folk and roots, and a little jazzy swing, all flavored with family harmony and youthful energy. Their original songs are clever and catchy. Fiddle champion Georgia Rae, lead singer/uke Kelly Jo, are joined by a solid driving rhythm “punk rockin’ momma” on guitar, Joe Burie on bass and Laura Lanza on mandolin. The family has played and traveled together since 2011. Georgia Rae is the 2016 National Twin Fiddle Champion (NOTFA, ID) and a state grand champion 7 times (IL, WI, MN). These girls have come of age and into their own.

Georgia Rae has won 7 state fiddle championship titles (WI, IL, MN), 5 state twin fiddle champion titles (MN, CO) and is the 2016 National Twin Fiddle Champion (NOTFA, ID). She has been performing before audiences with the Georgia Rae Family Band since 2011 at various venues such as the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee, Chicago Botanic Garden, Jackpine Jamboree, John Hartford Festival, and country fairs and festivals throughout the Midwest. Georgia Rae also hosts radio shows “Kicking Back with G Rae and Jacks” (WHIW, 101.3 Harvard, IL) and “Women in Rock” (WBSD 98.3, Burlington, WI)

Kelly Jo

Lead vocalist Kelly Jo also plays the uke and the kazoo! She teams up with Georgia Rae for song writing.

Georgia Rae and her band of sisters, (here in earlier days with mando playing little sister Quin) have been performing before audiences since they were very young in 2011 as a way to pay for their music lessons. Soon after, they started winning contests. Georgia Rae Family Band was the 2012 WGLR Texaco Country Showdown Winner. They also won the Battle of the Bands at the 2014 and 2015 National Old Time Fiddler’s Contest and Festival in Weiser, Idaho, Lindenfest Battle of the Bands in 2013 and the 2015 Burlington Chocolate Fest Battle of the Bands as well as their People's Choice Award. They were named Artist of the Year by WHIW 101.3 FM radio in Harvard, IL. Georgia Rae Family Band has opened up for Della Mae, played with 10 time grammy winner Bobby Hicks at the Midsummer in the Northwoods Bluegrass Festival in Manitoish Waters, WI, and played the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee with Guster. They've played in Branson, MO, appeared on Branson Country USA, the John Hartford Festival and the Jackpine Jamboree!! Chicago Botanic Garden, Eau Claire, Duluth, Madison...

Organization Memberships
Northern Illinois Bluegrass Association, http://www.nibaweb.org; PO Box 310, West Dundee, IL 60118
MN Bluegrass Old-Time Music Assn, http://minnesotabluegrass.org PO Box 16408, Minneapolis, MN, 55416, (800) 635-3037
Illinois Old Time Fiddlers Association, http://www.illinoisoldtimefiddlers.org/
Minnesota Old Time Fiddlers Association, http://www.fiddlemn.com/, 205 Minnesota Street W, Cannon Falls, MN 5500