Rabbit Robinson
A flamboyant and versatile fiddle player and instrumentalist, Rabbit has featured in iconic Australian bands, including the Round Mountain Girls and The Gypsy Clovers. and was one of the first professional stage musicians to adopt the Epoch violin as his preferred instrument. Rabbit has long admired the robust stage sound of the Epoch. He is a four-time winner of the Golden Fiddle Awards at Tamworth, founder of the Tweed District Youth Orchestra and creator of the online music venue, Rabbit’s Music Factory.
Ian Cooper
Concert and jazz violinist Ian Cooper and his bands are regular attractions at Jazz festivals and concert venues throughout Australia, Europe, Japan and New Zealand. Ian composed and performed the ‘Tin Symphony’ for the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000. He has performed with Tommy Emmanuel, James Morrison and Barry White and is a winner of five Golden Fiddle Awards at Tamworth as well as Mo Awards and Ace Awards. The electric Epoch violin is one of his preferred stage instruments, and he often tests and provides feedback on new Epoch instruments.
In 2022 Ian tested the latest Epoch violin at Epoch’s Brisbane factory, and he loved it.
Andrew Clermont
Andrew Clermont is an international multi-instrumentalist, bluegrass champion, composer, folk music historian and teacher. His Epoch violins have featured in Andrew’s stage work around the world. Andrew is a three-time bluegrass guitar champion, and in 2023 received the Golden Fiddle Lifetime Achievement award. Over many years, Andrew has encouraged young violinists, and served on judging panels.
Pixie Jenkins
Pixie Jenkins is one of Australia’s top country fiddlers, humourist and stage performer. He’s also one of Australia’s most eclectic and talented entertainers, playing roots, bluegrass and Irish folk styles with an incredible dexterity and finesse. He is a multiple Australian Country Music ‘Golden Guitar’ awards winner and John Williamson said ‘Pixie Jenkins is the greatest fiddler Australia has produced’. An avowed Epoch five-string electric player, Pixie’s latest instrument features artwork of the dynamic new Golden Fiddle Award poster.
Ryan Delahoussay
Blue October is an American alternative rock band formed in 1995 and includes multi-instrumentalist Ryan Delahoussay on violin. The band has been voted the top art rock band of Texas, and their regular concerts sell out overnight. Ryan’s first Epoch violin was a custom Blue October signature model with a dragon head on the stock. The band has had twenty top 40 singles on the alternative rock chart over the span of thirteen studio albums, and has won many music awards.
Sébastien Savard
Sébastien Savard is a French Canadian violinist and multi-instrumentalist and winner of many classical, traditional and popular music contests in violin, guitar, saxophone and bands.He became a violinist and multi-instrumentalist with the Cirque du Soleil company in 2002 and puts his Epoch violin through a punishing and comic routine. Having proven the Epoch in his circus routine, Sébastien recommends the Epoch for rough, dangerous and unusual situations because its sound is precise and loud.
String Diva
String Diva features the extraordinary talents of three young Australian women. Since their launch in 2004 they have become one of the most highly-regarded acts in the country. String Diva has performed for many Australian and international premier events. Their extensive repertoire includes iconic Australian hit songs and beguiling classical music with a funky, contemporary edge. They play white Epoch violins.
Rachel Bostock
Rachel Bostock was violinist and vocalist in the Aussie rock band The Bostocks that enjoyed many years of playing their dynamic show of hot talent and original songs. The band was awarded with a prestigious Australian Songwriting Award for their song ‘Another Lifetime’ from their studio album (The Great Unknown 2014). In previous years the group have been nominated for Golden Guitar Awards and they also took out Instrumental of the year at the Queensland Country Music Awards, not to mention picking up numerous Golden Fiddle awards. The band members have gone their separate ways, and Rachel is now concentrating on her career as a full time musician and teacher.
Listen to the exquisite tone of the Epoch in the hands of Rachel Bostock.
Trevor Warner
According to international multi-instrumentalist Andrew Clermont, Trevor Warner is one of the last true-blue bluegrass players in Australia. He has played many electric fiddles over the years, but never quite found the one he really liked until he played the Epoch. His Epoch violin was one of the first ever made, and he has been playing it without a problem for more than 25 years.
