Fairhope-based concert violinist and fiddler Tom Morley has released a new book, “Learn to Play Irish Trad Fiddle,” which combines his love of playing Irish traditional music with his decades of ...

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 ...

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 late great conductor Leonard Bernstein once was asked which instrument in the orchestra was the most difficult to play. The maestro gave a surprising answer. “Second fiddle,” he said promptly. “I ...

Available today, Smule’s $2.99 Magic Fiddle iPad app turns Apple’s $499 tablet into a $501.99 digital fiddle of sorts. The app teaches you to play the fiddle using a rolling line of notes that cross ...

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 ...

Concerts this year will include country music, Americana, Celtic, old-time, dance, instrumental, community singing, Klezmer, swing and blues. As it gets ready to launch its 49 th season, the Ten Pound ...

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There was no sleeping on a recent flight from Ireland to the Canary Islands, off the coast of Africa. You never know what's going to happen up there in the air, and on this flight, folks were quite ...