Andrea Zonn
Andrea Zonn (born 1969) is a fiddler, violinist, and singer based in Nashville. She grew up in Urbana, Illinois. Her father, Paul Martin Zonn, chaired music theory and composition at the University of Illinois, and her mother is an oboist and pianist. She began classical violin at five and took up fiddle at ten, the same year she met Alison Krauss at a fiddle contest at the Champaign County Fair. She started at the University of Illinois at 15 and transferred to Vanderbilt University in Nashville in 1986, where she began working as a session musician. She joined Vince Gill's touring band in 1990 and played on his recordings. She has also toured with Lyle Lovett and, from 2003, with James Taylor, including the 2010 Troubadour Reunion Tour with Taylor and Carole King. She released her debut solo album, Love Goes On, in 2003, with guests including Gill, Krauss, Amy Grant, Tim O'Brien, Jerry Douglas, and Alison Brown. Her session credits include recordings with Yo-Yo Ma, Randy Travis, Trisha Yearwood, George Strait, and Neil Diamond.