Oklahoma-born, Texas-reared, and now living in New Orleans, multi-instrumentalist Mark Rubin is an unabashed Southern Jew, known equally for his muscular musicianship and larger-than-life persona that has earned him the respect of legends of the industry. Over an accomplished 40+ year career, he has accompanied or produced a virtual who’s-who of powerful, authentic American traditional music, while straddling numerous musical genres. In 1990 along with banjo virtuoso Danny Barnes he formed the Americana pioneers Bad Livers, ushering in a generation of alternative bluegrass and acoustic bands, many who name check the group as their greatest influence. In 2015, Rubin stepped out behind the string bass and released his first album of original material. Mark Rubin’s solo journey is a powerful artistic exploration of identity. He’s evolved from folk-tinged storytelling in Southern Discomfort, to more personal, folk-centric songwriting in Songs for the Hangman’s Daughter, culminating in The Triumph of Assimilation—a musically and thematically audacious work that bridged Yiddish cultural memory with Southern Americana. (Triumph debuted at #13 on the Billboard Bluegrass Chart). Today, he lives and works as a professional musician playing banjo with the Panorama Jazz Band in New Orleans and makes a study of the musical traditions a& cultures of South Louisiana. He continues to be a first call tuba and bassist in the Klezmer community, performing nationally and internationally.
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Mark Rubin, Jew of Oklahoma plays an eclectic blend of traditional American bluegrass, old-time roots music, and Yiddish klezmer.
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He co-founded the influential alternative bluegrass and proto-Americana group Bad Livers in 1990.
