*New Bob Holt Video
*This article is also available at my Substack https://bigfiddleshow.substack.com/ If you’re not familiar with National Heritage Award recipient Bob Holt,[…]
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Category: History & Folklore
Nolan Boone – Aunt Mary’s Hornpipe
It’s out. New release from MSOTFA on our Bandcamp Page. Nolan & Frances Boone play old-time fiddle selections from Audrain[…]
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*Nolan Boone – Fiddle King of Audrain County, Missouri
*This article is also available at my Substack https://bigfiddleshow.substack.com/ Nolan Boone was one of the older generation of fiddlers in[…]
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1966 Contest in Shelburne ONT Canada
These are field recordings of the 1966 Canadian Open Fiddle Contest at Shelburne, ONT, from the collection of Delores “Fiddlin’ Dee”[…]
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Cole’s 1000 Fiddle Tunes
Cole’s 1000 Fiddle Tunes (and its original incarnation Ryan’s Mammoth Collection) is to me the single most influential collection for[…]
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Happy Birthday Ned Landry!
Thanks to my friend Sue Ward in New Brunswick for reminding me that her uncle, Canadian fiddle great Ned Landry,[…]
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