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Ben Plotnick

@benplotnickfiddle

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@rayoncitymaterials: my string side
• @thefretless @oliverthecrow @atwoodquartet
• Nashville 🇨🇦
• JUNO 🏆 (+3x loser), ‘26 CFMA Producer of the year

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CW: sexual assault

I wrote “The Witch" as a meditation on what it means to survive, as Toni Morrison says “sometimes not whole, but in part”. I try to follow her advice to be as fearless as one can under completely impossible circumstances. It’s always felt like both: you are more than what was done to you, and what was done to you changed you forever and permanently altered who you might’ve been. The grief is unending.

I filmed this video about how Chanel Miller's memoir Know My Name shaped my lyrics just days before the Cornell case hit the news. Watching it back now, as the same story plays out yet again, gets me tearful.

Thank you @rayoncitymaterials @benplotnickfiddle for lending such care to this alternate version of the song.

If you need support:
📍US: RAINN, 1-800-656-4673
📍Canada: endingviolencecanada.org.
📍UK: Rape Crisis, 0808 500 2222. 📍Scotland: rapecrisisscotland.org.uk.

I’ve reached out to crisis lines before and it can be really helpful to talk to other people. You’re not alone, I love you. ❤️ by @benplotnickfiddle

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9 days ago

It’s @kraitz day!! I’m always so blown away by the passion Kaitlyn puts into so very many pursuits, and how many lives she’s touched along the way. Help me wish her the happiest of birthdays!

So many more adventures to come love ❤️ by @benplotnickfiddle

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a month ago

OUT NOW! Wherever you listen.
@rayoncitymaterials x @bethmalc

Beth has one of the most singular voices I’ve had the pleasure of hearing. To me, she and her music effortlessly seem to skate between guttural and delicate, traditional and modern, intimate and open.

Such a big fan of Beth’s, was an honor to rework a new landscape to this song of hers.

Beth Malcolm - voice
@benplotnickfiddle - violins, violas
@kraitz - cellos

#scottishmusic #strings #violin #cello #folk taken in Nashville, Tennessee by @benplotnickfiddle

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2 months ago

Old Fashioned Love for triple fiddles! Missing the
@thedoublecutswesternswing and @rahajavanfar today, Western swing band and fiddle twin of days gone by!

#westernswing #fiddle #twinfiddles #triplefiddles #swing taken in Rayon City, Tennessee by @benplotnickfiddle

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2 months ago

hey so I’ve been layering strings under some lovely songs by lovely people.

@bethmalc is one of my fav voices EVER

Check it outttt tyly

#scottishmusic #strings #violin #cello #viola taken in Nashville, Tennessee by @benplotnickfiddle

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2 months ago

I’ve wanted to do this for most of my adult life, honestly - tried to get @imogenheap ‘s voicings as close as I could.
15 years later and this song is still the BEST.

Recommended you listen to this reel while making out in a car.

#Viola #imogenheap #vocoder #violacoder taken in Rayon City, Tennessee by @benplotnickfiddle

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2 months ago

Pre-save today.
8.28 watch for ‘rolling stone (reimagined)’
@bethmalc x @rayoncitymaterials taken in Rayon City, Tennessee by @benplotnickfiddle

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2 months ago

@ellalangleymusic x swing x the random instruments that were nearby

Choosin’ Texas has been stuck in my head FOREVER. I’m sorry for anyone who’s been anywhere close to me and had to listen to me singing it to myself.

#fiddle #swing #texasswing #ellalangley #choosintexas taken in North Topsail Beach, North Carolina by @benplotnickfiddle

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4 months ago

Garfield’s Blackberry Blossom. Too much grease? You be the judge.

#fiddle #triplefiddle #twinfiddles #bluegrass #oldtime taken in Rayon City, Tennessee by @benplotnickfiddle

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4 months ago

39, oof. Thanks for the bday wishes y’all.
Anything I gotta do in the next year?
(Wear the Shania Twain hat more, I know) by @benplotnickfiddle

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5 months ago

Ok ok ok here’s one more.
#fiddle #swing #bluegrass #triplefiddle #twinfiddle taken in Rayon City, Tennessee by @benplotnickfiddle

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5 months ago

Excited to play music this Saturday in East Tennessee! ☀️ Snail Darter Fest feat. @rebeccafraziermusic @willowosborne @greasychickenreview + @cole_sitzlar 🎵🪕🎻
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Celebrating Tennessee Brew Works’ new Barrell House in Lenoir City. Join us 11 am to 10 pm! ✨
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#tennessee #tennesseefestival #bluegrass #livemusic #rebeccafrazier by @benplotnickfiddle

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6 months ago