In May 2013, Vermont fiddle player Ida Mae Specker debuted her first solo album 'Single Girl.' Over powerful instrumental tracks of fiddle and guitar, washboard and drum, her raw, high-lonesome harmonies give fresh voice to the humor and passion of traditional old-time music. Born in 1987, Ida Mae was raised in a one-room cabin in rural Andover, Vermont, learning to play the fiddle from her father, the legendary John Specker. For many years, she has toured extensively and recorded with her father and older sister in their family band 'The Speckers.' Since 2012, she has also played original country and rock n' roll with her all-female group 'The Break Maids.'Ida Mae has traveled extensively, from the Amazon to China, from Mali to Paris to Nashville, TN, immersing herself in the artistic traditions of each of these cultures. A 2009 graduate of Brown University in Anthropology, she has taken an unusual stand by returning to her hometown in Vermont to live. Last summer, she enjoyed getting to know her area in