For musicians like Rhiannon Giddens and Rissi Palmer, trying to break down doors in the folk and country music scenes has ...

Horace Seim passed away last week. We had just celebrated his 96th birthday in March. I called him neighbor, family, friend. I only had the past 20 or so years to know him, really ...

The main difference between these two instruments is that a violin is typically associated with classical music and a fiddle ...

A concert and induction ceremony will take place Thursday, July 10 at Mabee Center. Guests will include country music artists Moe Bandy and Jeannie Seely.

LA GRANDE — Traditional Live! And Blue Mountain Old Time Fiddlers Association is hosting a weekend of live traditional music and dance workshops from April 4-6. Participants will learn from ...

What a gift that was." The two-time winner of the Scottish National Fiddle Championship and former Marin resident returns to the area with the San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers for "Stravaig" at 7 p.m.

The dignitary in question is a 270-year-old folk fiddle, covered in what looks like ... they would have stood out in the rustic interiors of Burns’s time. The violin maker David Rattray, who ...

Ronnie O’Sullivan has been playing down his expectations his entire career, says Shaun Murphy, playing the media like a ...

Since the fiddle is so approachable, every hand that touches it has the ability to impact its sound. "It [became] this melting pot of an instrument," adds Alexander. This old-school instrument ...

Michael Cleveland made the gig a regular part of his yearly performance calendar, even as his reputation as one of bluegrass’ most audacious fiddle players grew to where he was leading his own band, ...

In 2011, Christianson opened his own shop called the Fiddle House. Besides being a full-service string shop, it was a gathering space for many musicians. He hosted bluegrass, old-time and Irish ...