Fiddles

In his 2012 piece “PennDot Fiddles,” Marohn called the $77 million ramps a “very expensive gimmick,” especially given Chester’s demographic data.

I wanted to think of the instrumentation that could have been on that boat: fiddles and harps, whistles, Uilleann pipes and Highland pipes and want to celebrate that.

Could this year's Fiddles, Vittles and Vino in Colorado Springs be the last one?

Pardi was great, if a bit stiff, but his performance featured a fiddle solo in the middle – 2 fiddles in fact – and it was great, I’m not a huge C&W fan, but great choice Jon.

The first episode, spanning the 1920s to 1933, charts the origins of the distinctive sound: the union of banjos and fiddles; the array of influences; and the key role of Ralph Peer and his Victor label recordings.

Warm, cheerful and energetic from the opening “One, two, yeah, one, two, three,” it’s buoyed by a catchy melody, gang vocals and a whole mess of fiddles and strings … and when you hit the chorus, it’s just about impossible not to sing along.

I learned so much watching the Ken Burns’ documentary, particularly how dirt poor some of the singers were and how the isolation of the Tennessee and Kentucky mountain homes brought families together around guitars, mandolins, fiddles and banjos.

Red beans, crawfish benedict, boudin, fiddles, Bourré, accordions and delicious craft brews – we dare you to find a more perfect way to spend your Sundays.

The Vittles and Fiddles Appalachian Weekend takes place August 2nd – 4th at Dancing Bear Lodge in Townsend!

Us was ‘lowed to sing, play de fiddles, and have a good time.

Siddiq fiddles with a switch he hasn’t yet connected to the light—a luxury for another day.

With her left hand, she fiddles with a captured pawn.

Reproductions of both fiddles have been made, though less is known of their design than the shawm since the neck and strings were missing.

Their two-stringed upright fiddles were strung with horsehair strings, played with horsehair bows, and often feature a carved horse ’s head at the end of the neck.

Wills' band at the time consisted of two fiddlers, two bass fiddles, two electric guitars, an amplified electric steel guitar, and a trumpet, as well as the noted drums, which belonged to Wills' then drummer, who played in the Dixieland style.