American Songwriter

Born on This Day in 1887, the Legendary Fiddle Player Who Recorded the First-Ever Country Songs, Years Before the Bristol Sessions

One hundred thirty-eight years ago today, the legendary fiddler who made the first country recordings was born in Arkansas.
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Fiddle players compete for prizes at RRV fair

In an air-conditioned agriculture building, a few paces away from the caricature tent and a couple of yards away from the fry-bread taco stand, people warmed up for Saturday's third annual fiddle ...
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Fiddle contest, players keep East Texas Yamboree's traditional sound alive

When you think of the East Texas Yamboree in Gilmer, what comes to mind? Probably funnel cakes and a Ferris wheel, right? Well, add the fiddle to that list. The stringed instrument was a part of the ...
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This Father's Day, listen to old-time Tejano fiddle music by Belen Escobedo

Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd speaks with San Antonio-based fiddle player Belen Escobedo about the old-style barn dance music her grandfather taught her to play. Escobedo says when she plays the old songs ...
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John Kelly, fiddle and concertina player. [Sound recording]

Program notes by J. Kelly on container. Recorded Jan. 1974, Mar. and Apr. 1975, in Dublin. Paddy on the turnpike.--The bunch of rushes (fiddle)--The bunch of rushes (concertina)--John Kelly's ...
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Fiddling and jigging: 2 inseparable Indigenous traditions that run in families

This story is part of Resonate: Songs of Resilience in recognition of National Indigenous History Month and National Indigenous Peoples Day. CBC Indigenous with CBC Unreserved celebrates communities ...