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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

From violin to fiddle -- Bowings -- Fiddle tunings -- Old times -- Liza Jane and railroads -- Dry and dusty -- Idy Red -- Old tunes -- Miscellany -- Brush Arbor revivals -- Some place names -- Easy ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Musical works from around the world and in a variety of styles will performed during a Violin vs. Fiddle Gala Concert featuring faculty member Mihai Craioveanu and several guest artists at Hope ...

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