Album Notes

cogito ergo cogito sum ... cogito

Joel Zifkin is known as a "sideman", if at all; especially with Kate McGarrigle and Anna McGarrigle. (usually violin)

Sometimes does tracks for others in studios or over the internet.
but there's other stuff as well :

Five Songs More ?
A secret follow up to "ZIFKIN". It consists of 5 more songs / experiments = Erratica perhaps ~ Hand made.

Primarily playing the electric violin, as well as some other instruments, Joel Zifkin has performed and /or recorded with the following artists:
Kate & Anna McGarrigle... Big Mama Thornton... Bliminals... Buddy Guy... Eddie Cleanhead Vinson... Emmylou Harris... Rufus Wainwright... Martha Wainwright.... Loudon Wainwright.... Philip Glass.... Townes Van Zandt.... Joe Dassin.... Big Moose Walker.... Hubert Sumlin.... Wade Hemsworth.... Stereotaxie.... Complainte de la Butte (Moulin Rouge Soundtrack).... The Chieftains.... Pat Donaldson.... The film "Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave".... Lili Fatale.... Penny Lang.... Elvis Costello.... Roma Baran.... Monkeywalk.... Joe Boyd.... Madou Diarra.... Murray McLauchlan....
Lou Reed.... Pierre Marchand.... Rational Youth.... Danny Greenspoon.... The Harry Smith Project: The Anthology Of American Folk Music Revisited.... Hal Willner.... Came so Far for Beauty (Brooklyn).... Chaim Tannenbaum.... Boo Hewerdine.... Ravens & Chimes.... Alex Shoumatoff.... Ray Bonneville.... Robert Charlebois.... Stephen Barry Band.... The Chicago Blues All-Stars.... Yaya Diallo.... Kalimba Kalimba.... Gogh Van Gogh.... Steve Klingaman.... Mack Mackenzie.... Les Colocs.... Leandre.... Daniel Weaver.... Dimaggios.... Driving Blind.... Robert David.... huh98.... Mr. Boy and the Fabulous Colossals

Joel has Performed in: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, U.S.A