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Kafein’s Northern Fiddle Session in Evanston (Wednesday, February 28th)

February 22, 2018 Charlie Walden Contests & Events, Learn A New Tune, News You Can't Use, Notation & Leadsheets

It happening again! — the Patt and Possum monthly fiddle session at Kafein. Wednesday, February 28, 7:30 to 9:30 PM[…]

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Wednesday Tune Fix: Little Burnt Potato

February 7, 2018 Charlie Walden History & Folklore, Learn A New Tune, Notation & Leadsheets

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

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Valse Bleue

February 2, 2018 Charlie Walden History & Folklore, Learn A New Tune, Notation & Leadsheets

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

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Kafein’s Northern Fiddle Session in Evanston (Wednesday, January 24)

January 18, 2018 Charlie Walden Contests & Events, Learn A New Tune, News You Can't Use, Notation & Leadsheets

Patt and I are tickled to be leading a new monthly instrumental fiddle session starting this coming Wednesday, January 24,[…]

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Wednesday Tune-Fix: Country Waltz

December 13, 2017 Charlie Walden History & Folklore, Learn A New Tune, Notation & Leadsheets

I first heard this waltz on the old K-TEL fiddle record 25 Old-Tyme Fiddle Hits. OTFH was actually an American[…]

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Wednesday Tune-Fix: Catfish Jig

October 18, 2017 Charlie Walden Learn A New Tune, Notation & Leadsheets

This is a Canadian jig that I’ve mostly heard played G, but can also played in F (thanks to my[…]

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Wednesday Tune Fix – Shamus O’Brien Waltz

October 4, 2017 Charlie Walden History & Folklore, Learn A New Tune, Notation & Leadsheets

I first heard Shamus O’Brien Waltz being played by Cyril Stinnett of Oregon, MO, in the mid-1970s. His rendition was[…]

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Wednesday Tune-Fix Returns – Rock Valley Jig

September 27, 2017 Charlie Walden Learn A New Tune, Notation & Leadsheets, Travelogue

Wow, what a summer we had! First we went to the Bethel Adult Fiddle CampĀ in Bethel, MO, then Patt &[…]

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1966 Contest in Shelburne ONT Canada

February 6, 2017 Charlie Walden History & Folklore

These areĀ field recordings of the 1966 Canadian Open Fiddle Contest at Shelburne, ONT, from the collection of Delores “Fiddlin’ Dee”[…]

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Happy Birthday Ned Landry!

February 2, 2017 Charlie Walden History & Folklore, News You Can't Use

Thanks to my friend Sue Ward in New Brunswick for reminding me that her uncle, Canadian fiddle great Ned Landry,[…]

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  • Wednesday Tune-Fix: Pike’s Peak March 1, 2018
  • Kafein’s Northern Fiddle Session in Evanston (Wednesday, February 28th) February 22, 2018
  • Wednesday Tune Fix: Old Ladies Picking Chickens February 21, 2018
  • Wednesday Tune Fix: Tennessee Rag February 14, 2018
  • Wednesday Tune Fix: Little Burnt Potato February 7, 2018

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