Students play their fiddles during Southeast Missouri State University Music Academy's Exploring American Fiddle Styles class taught by Steve Schaffner at the River Campus on Wednesday, July 20, 2016.

SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — Danny Knicely is new to this year’s Upper Potomac Fiddle Retreat, and he’s looking forward to it. “They get some folks from out of town, types of fiddle music that aren’t from ...

“I’m a dance fiddler, not a concert fiddler,” says Cabot farmer and fiddler David Carpenter. It’s a mid-October day, Dingo the dog is vying for his attention, the sun is warm. Carpenter is walking ...

Charlie “Possum” Walden is a master of Missouri old-time fiddle, an energetic style that requires fiddlers to articulate each note distinctly so the melody can be heard even at tempos fast enough to ...

Natalie MacMaster has the look of a pop star: blond, slender, vivacious and outgoing. Her stage performances are whirling flashes of music and movement, her thick mane of hair flying as she whips her ...

EAST GRAND FORKS — Jeanne O’Neil, co-founder of North Country Fiddle and Dance, isn’t worried about the traditional songs and dances her organization helps put together going away anytime soon. While ...

I once asked famous bluegrass fiddler Leslie Keith about the difference between a violin and a fiddle. “Well, Jim,’ he replied, “you keep a violin in a beautiful tooled leather case, and you tote a ...

Sample a variety of fiddle flavors from the wide world of Celtic music. The Thistle And Shamrock: Fiddle Styles Sample a variety of fiddle flavors from the wide world of Celtic music. A federal court ...

The Donegal fiddle style – fiery pacing, assertive bowing patterns and a fondness for ‘playing the octave’ – is now in the hands… The Donegal fiddle style – fiery pacing, assertive bowing patterns and ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The 3rd Annual Fiddlers’ Rendezvous, presented by LA Arts, will be held from ...

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The Northeast Fiddlers Association holds its annual fiddle contest again this year during the Barre Heritage Festival. The venue is City Hall Park at the crossroads of routes 14 and 302. It begins ...