Fiddle players are often at the center of bluegrass music, taking on the role of the lead instrument. Before Bill Monroe became the so-called Father of Bluegrass, he was influenced by other musicians ...

The fiddle is often used as an accent in songs and less as the central instrument. However, there are a few country songs that give the fiddle the spotlight. Find four of the most essential fiddle ...

Charlie Daniels was known for his incendiary live shows, and his hot fiddle solos were always a highlight of his performances. But while the country icon continued to perform into his last years, most ...

Any Southern native, or transplant for that matter, has a general idea of what a fiddle is. You've no doubt heard your mama or your neighbor remark that they're feeling "fit as a fiddle." Zenas ...

MISSOURI — Junior Mariott, 59, of Marshfield, was crowned the winner at the Missouri State Fiddling Championship at the state fair this month. For him, it’s another opportunity to keep one of Missouri ...

Professional Portuguese musician Nuno Santos enjoys playing the violin. He also enjoys surfing, though finding the time to practice both to a high level can be a challenge. So he’s come up with a ...

“People ask me all the time, ‘Where do you like to play?’ I say, anywhere I can get grits for breakfast. I don’t think that’s a problem in Montgomery,” Charlie Daniels told me with a laugh four years ...

The chop arrived on the music scene about 50 years ago, and slowly, the odd little noise took the fiddle-playing world by storm. How 'The Chop' Changed Fiddle Playing Forever The violin can make a ...

When famed conductor Leonard Bernstein was asked which instrument in the orchestra was most difficult to play, he replied immediately, “Second fiddle.” Continuing, he added, “I can get plenty of first ...

When Brianna Lizotte was growing up, she would watch home movies recorded by her grandfather of 1970s kitchen parties. In them, she'd see family members playing the fiddle and guitar and dancing to ...

Throughout Little House on the Prairie, the patriarch Charles Ingalls, played by the late Michael Landon, was occasionally shown picking up the fiddle during family gatherings or special episodes, ...