Elana James

Elana James is an award-winning Western swing, hot jazz, and folk violinist, vocalist, and songwriter based in Austin, Texas. Best known as co-founder of the Hot Club of Cowtown, she became the first dedicated female instrumentalist in Bob Dylan's touring band since the early 1970s and has recorded with Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, and Ray Price. Her solo albums include Elana James (2007) and Black Beauty (2015), and she performs traditional fiddle tunes, American songbook standards, and original material as a soloist, duo, or full band. She is a member of the Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame and was named Ameripolitan Western Swing Female of the Year in 2015.