Some say he came from Dundee. Other evidence suggests he was a weaver’s son from Dalmellington in Ayrshire. What’s certain about James Hill is that he was Scottish and he settled on Tyneside where he ...

This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of The ...

Now, one of the most recognizable melodies in the world is a variation of an old French song named Ah! vous dirai-je, maman (Oh! Shall I tell you, mommy). The name under which it is most recognizable ...

Internet music classes, lectures and a bunch of free music sheets make music learning much easier, and what’s best you can do it from your home, so we have listed here the 10 easiest fiddle tunes for ...

Michael Burnyeat, a Vancouver-based fiddler and two-time B.C. fiddle champion, has wrapped up an ambitious New Year's resolution: to record and upload a new fiddle tune video every day for 366 days in ...

No one was more surprised than I was when I started work on a novel and it came out in the form of a crooked Métis fiddle tune. I always thought I’d been born without the music, that this ancestral ...

Recorded in: Asheville (N.C.), Ararat (N.C.), North Carolina, Farmington (Ark.), Arkansas, Crowley (La.), Louisiana, Iuka (Miss.), Meridian (Miss.), Mississippi ...

Program and biographical notes by Charlie Faurot on container. "Old time banjo and fiddle tunes"; featuring Wade Ward, Fred Cockerham, George Stoneman and Kyle Creed, with instrumental ensemble.

After a three-year hiatus, the popular Fiddle Tunes is back at Centrum with workshops and performances culminating in a Fiddle Tunes finale on Littlefield Green at Fort Worden State Park on Saturday.