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 ...

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 ...

The Quebe sisters were getting restless. Grace, Sophia and Hulda waited patiently as they each took individual fiddle lessons near their home in a suburb of Fort Worth, Texas. Finally, their ...

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 ...

“I think,” says Grammy-nominated fiddler Darol Anger, “You’re going to see a lot of love on the stage, a real connection.” “A lot of love” may be a touch hyperbolic, but certainly a lot of respect, ...

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 ...

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 ...