Noon. Doors open1 p.m. Performance to be announced2 p.m. Dance contest3 p.m. Banjo contest4 p.m. Supper break4:30 p.m. Traditional song contest6 p.m. String band contest7 p.m. Fiddle contest Matt ...

Howard Marshall visited KBIA studios with his new book Keep It Old-Time: Fiddle Music in Missouri from the 1960s Folk Music Revival to the Present. Howard Marshall is an author, a fiddler and a writer ...

Kerry Varble is a three-time grand champion of the Ohio State Old Time Fiddlers Contest in Nelsonville. She'll be back competing among friends for the 2024 title. As the sun set on a horse farm in ...

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 ...

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 ...

DULUTH — Aaron Wilcox started to prepare for the 2022 Minnesota State Old Time Fiddle Championship immediately after last year's competition. "I come away from the contest with so many ideas for new ...

DULUTH — Aaron Wilcox started to prepare for the 2022 Minnesota State Old Time Fiddle Championship immediately after last year's competition. "I come away from the contest with so many ideas for new ...

› What: Great Southern Old Time Fiddlers’ Convention› When: Noon-9 p.m., Saturday, March 9› Where: 901 Lindsay, 901 Lindsay St.› Admission: $10 ages 7 and older› Online: oldchattanooga.com Back in the ...

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 ...

Long before downloadable MP3s, when music files consisted of wax-covered tubes played on a hand-cranked Victrola that only the wealthy could afford, people relied on live music exclusively for ...

The Washington Old Time Fiddlers Association will host an acoustic music jam on Friday, June 5, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lewis County Historical Museum, located at 599 NW Front Way in ...