History & Folklore – Possum's Big Fiddle Show

Archipelagos with Wee Ponies

You know about archipelagos, right? It means a group or chain of islands. In the USA we think the Aleutians,[…]

I’ve always thought that the best darn tune book in the world is Cole’s 1000 Fiddle Tunes. Now to commemorate[…]

What is AQLF? Well my friends that stands for Association Québécoise des Loisirs Folkloriques or literally Quebec Association of Folk[…]

I had forgotten about posting these old 45s of Buddy Durham and then the other day got a nice email[…]

This tune was recorded in 1933 by Ted Sharp who hailed from the Arkansas Ozarks. The band Hinman, Sharp and[…]

This little jig from Canada we first heard back in the 70s from two sources. Locally in Missouri it was[…]

Patt & I are getting busy recording some old Midwestern quadrilles using this Beckwith made in Chicago pump organ from[…]

A couple of years ago when we were up in Pembroke, Ontario, at the big fiddle festival, my friend Jacquelin[…]

Another Nile Wilson hoe-down called Oak Ridge Stomp, this time in the key of D. It’s a snappy little piece[…]

This another of Nile Wilson’s tunes called the Tie-Hacker #1 (of course there’s a #2). The tie-hackers were itinerant railroad laborers[…]