“Wolf’s fiddling has a sweetness not often heard in old-time fiddlers. Her background must have been in the symphonic world. At times she actively channels Stephane Grapelli/Joe Venuti (as on the tune “Do What You Can”) and actually gets them to show up and puts them to work. Her backup fiddling on all songs punctuates with a beautiful, reserved urgency.”

Mississippi Chris Sharp CLL Blog, 2018

  • Alissa Wolf is a real treat. Her fiddle has that fun shuffle when she’s playing a dance tune for old time but can switch effortlessly to blazing melodic bluegrass runs. She’s a technical heavy-hitter but also has groove, the best kind of a fiddler in my opinion.

    Jordan Hook, Los Angeles, CA, Feb 6, 2023

  • The Stillhouse Junkies are an IBMA Award-winning bluegrass trio from Colorado. They blend the sound of Appalachia with the rhythm and storytelling of the Rockies. The result is a wonderful and unique strain of progressive ‘grass. The instrumentation here is excellent. Alissa Wolf might be one of the best fiddlers in the game today.

    Outsider, Sept 9, 2022
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Alissa Wolf Fiddle

About Alissa

Alissa is rapidly becoming well-known throughout the bluegrass and folk communities for her warm sound, technical prowess, and blazing grooves. In 2017, she joined the band Stillhouse Junkies on fiddle and vocals with Fred Kosak and Cody Tinnin. 

The award-winning band, Stillhouse Junkies tours nationally and internationally full-time . They were named the 2021 International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Momentum Band of the Year and have appeared at many renowned festivals including Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, MerleFest, RockyGrass Festival, Sewanee Summer Roots, Blue Ox Festival, Westport Folk & Bluegrass Festival, Rotterdam Bluegrass Festival and more. In fall 2021, they signed with Dark Shadow Recording in Nashville and released their most recent album, Small Towns. While on the road, Alissa has made guest appearances with many artists, some including Becky Buller, Kyle Hollingsworth (The String Cheese Incident), The Brothers Comatose, Special Consensus, The Accidentals, and Big Richard.

Alissa began studying the violin at age 8. She followed her heart to numerous summer academies and has studied intensively through the Music in the Mountains Conservatory, the Sewanee Summer Music Festival, Meadowmount School of Music, the Mark O’Connor Fiddle Conference, and the Berklee College of Music Summer Programs. In the winter of 2004, while studying with Arkady Fomin, Alissa was invited to play with the New Conservatory of Dallas in their Symphony of Toys holiday concert at the Lincoln Center in New York City. After attaining a B.A. from the University of Puget Sound, she started attending more folk and bluegrass festivals. Inspired by these experiences, she began working with mentors including Becky Buller, Deanie Richardson, Ross Holmes, Jason Carter and Mitch Fanning. This catapulted her into exploring all types of music beyond classical including folk, celtic, bluegrass, and swing.

Alissa also has extensive experience in music education and music non-profits. For 7 years she was a violin instructor and the Executive Director of iAM Music, a local non-profit music institute in Durango, Colorado. When not on the road or in the recording studio, Alissa can often be found playing tennis, mountain biking, skiing, and spending time with her friends and family in Colorado.