Nolan Boone – Fiddle King of Audrain County, Missouri
Nolan Boone was one of the older generation of fiddlers in Mid-Missouri that I and many of my contemporaries had[…]
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Wednesday Tune Fix – Talk To Dinah
Talk to Dinah is this week’s Wednesday Tune Fix. This a hoe-down is the key of A from Pete McMahan[…]
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Open Division – 2016 Illinois State Fiddling Championship
Video from the 2016 IL State Fiddle Contest, which was held this past October 16, 2016, in beautiful Effingham, IL,[…]
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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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Super Bowl of Fiddlin’
If you don’t care for Lagy Goo-Goo, these videos will get you through half-time. This truly is a SUPER BOWL[…]
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21st Annual Allegheny Echoes Summer Workshops (June 18 -24, 2017)
Hey, if you don’t know about the music workshops that take place each June in WV here’s some info you’re[…]
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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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Wednesday Tune Fix – Zack Wheat’s Piece
I’m starting a new “Wednesday Tune Fix” feature on the ol’ blog. Most Wednesdays I’ll put up a new tune for[…]
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New Tune Transcriptions
Just getting around today to transcribing all the tunes for the good folks who attended our workshops out in California[…]
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