Carolyn Cirimele
Carolyn Rasch Cirimele (February 9, 1957 – September 20, 2005) was a bluegrass bassist, accordionist, singer, songwriter and music teacher from the San Francisco Bay Area. She was born in Manhasset, New York, and grew up mostly in Manlius, New York, before her family moved to Burlingame, California, during her junior year of high school. She graduated from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, in 1980. She was a founding member of the All-Girl Boys, the all-woman northern California bluegrass band formed in 1989, playing bass and accordion alongside Mary Gibbons, Chris Lewis, Debby Cotter Kaspari and Kathy Barwick. She taught music and led the children's chorus at Peninsula School in Menlo Park from 1992 to 1998. She wrote and produced two solo albums, Looking for Ida Rose and Which One Is Real.
In the newsletter
- No. 9 Fall 1996