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How Old-Time Fiddle Music Took Root in Indigenous Alaska

Athabascan culture stretches across interior Alaska, a landmass larger than California, encompassing dozens of rural Native ...
American Songwriter

7 Legendary Fiddle Players Who Redefined Music Genres

Whether you’re listening to Patti Smith’s cover of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” or versions of Jethro Tull’s “Locomotive Breath,” it’s not all that uncommon to hear fiddle, especially in later versions ...

Texas Fiddle Clinic returns to Bryan in December

SPONSORED: The Texas Fiddle Clinic returns to Bryan for a two-day masterclass for intermediate and advanced violin and fiddle ...

TwoSet Violin pulls a young, enthusiastic audience to Symphony Center: ‘Classical music can compete with brainrot’

Brett Yang and Eddy Chen said when they started out, everyone was skeptical they could pull off live concerts blending comedy ...
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What's A Fiddle? Everything You Need To Know About The Violin's Southern Cousin

We're not letting this instrument play second fiddle anymore. Any Southern native, or transplant for that matter, has a general idea of what a fiddle is. You've no doubt heard your mama or your ...
The Columbian

Musicians in state fiddle competition keeping traditional music alive

This year is the first at the 149-year-old Clark County Fair for the Washington State Fiddle Championship, which drew fiddle players from around the region to compete. Portland’s Eileen Walter watched ...