Along with Deleon, Girls in Trouble (AKA Alicia Jo Rabins), also had the pleasure of writing an original song for the animated weekly Torah portion site G-DCAST.
Alicia is currently on a unique monthlong tour sponsored by the State Department. She is teaching and performing throughout Central America with Hoppin’ John String Band, an old-time band as musical ambassadors of the US.
Ever wish you could travel the world while playing music? Alicia Jo Rabins, of Girls in Trouble and Golem, is getting that chance. She’s also blogging it over HERE. A helpful excerpt:
“A brief introduction: I’m Alicia Jo Rabins. I play fiddle and sing in a few different bands: Girls in Trouble, Golem, and the Hoppin’ John String Band, which will henceforth be known as HJSB. HJSB is an old-time band from Brooklyn NY and we are soon to embark on a monthlong tour to Central America as musical ambassadors of the US. It’s a program of the State Department, administered by Jazz at Lincoln Center. THANK GOODNESS we get to represent the Obama administration!
I’ll be posting my observations, musings, meanderings, photographs and maybe even some sound recordings on this blog. So if any of you are as curious as I am to know what will happen as we fiddle through Nicaragua, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, follow me!”
I’m sure she’ll be updating on the JDub blog later this week, but if you can’t wait, read all about her travels at the link above. Also included above is a video she sent us of the Hoppin’ John and the children of Managua singing and playing the old-timey tune “You Get a Line.”