When the fiddle appears in a country song, it is undeniably the loudest and most piercing instrument on the track. It can whine, it can hiss, it can do many things the guitar can and cannot. One might ...
Irish fiddler Kevin Burke is always tickled to play in Tucson. “I often think this kind of music we play is typically wet-weather music,” Burke said in a phone interview from Portland, Ore., his home ...
We’d be remiss if we didn’t start with “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” by the Charlie Daniels Band. After all, the country/Southern rock song with bluegrass tones became a classic almost as soon as ...
The Quebe Sisters, all in their 20s, have been playing the fiddle for over a decade. For a twenty-something to have that much consistent experience on an instrument is unique, but for three siblings ...
MANSFIELD – Melanie Rodgers, 70, started playing the violin in the Mansfield Symphony during her time as a student at Mansfield Senior High School. Rodgers, who now plays the fiddle with the ...
Many music listeners may view classical music as the antithesis of folk music. But for violinist Maura Scanlin MUS ’19, both classical violin and traditional Irish and Scottish fiddle are her passions ...
The Bandon Historical Society will sponsor a benefit concert featuring Halali: The Fiddle Band on Saturday at the Sprague Commu-nity Theater in Bandon City Park. A matinee will be presented at 2 p.m.