During the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a distinctive form of fiddle music emerged in Texas. Known for idiosyncratic timing and phrasing, this style was commonly played with banjos or ...

The Old Tyme Fiddlers will be the first to play on Sunday afternoon at the Fall Fiddle Festival in Beach Lake. Organizer Steve Jacobi expects other participants will bring bluegrass, Celtic, western ...

WEISER, Idaho — An annual competition aimed at fostering and promoting the traditional art of playing the fiddle is in full swing. The National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest and Festival runs through ...

For the true lovers of fiddle, people who say they are "addicted" to the music, the real action at the Cloverdale Old Time Fiddle Contest was not happening inside the auditorium at the Citrus ...

Surry Community College will be offering the Seventh Annual Surry Old-Time Music Camp July 6 through July 10 on the college’s ...

The Old Time Fiddlers, a staple enjoyment in Wayne County, is celebrating its 45th anniversary Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Beach Lake Fire Hall, with a special guest, champion fiddler and step dancer ...

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 ...

Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd speaks with San Antonio-based fiddle player Belen Escobedo about the old-style barn dance music her grandfather taught her to play. Escobedo says when she plays the old songs ...

shown up at long-running area events such as the Metamora Labor Day Music Festival and the Indiana Fiddlers Gathering at Tippecanoe - places where roots music is part of the landscape. Well known ...

Texas meets Scotland on October 8th at Club Passim when Hanneke Cassel is joined by some of the greatest fiddlers from the Lone Star State. With a career spanning over two decades, Cassel has helped ...