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 ...
GALAX, Va. — Ellie Massey, 13, stands inside a giant, yellow tent with dozens of other contestants and practices singing the gospel tune, "I'll Fly Away." Her grandfather, Jim Coleman, and uncle, ...
Joel Martin, Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wash. Oct. 1—MOSES LAKE — Old-time music is alive and well once a month at the Moses Lake Senior Center. "Anybody can join," said Charlie Root, the ...
GALAX, Va. (WDBJ) - The Old Fiddlers Convention is back in Galax for its 89th year. The event kicked off Monday and brings thousands of music lovers from across the country to Felts Park for a week of ...
That makes it the oldest continuous old-time fiddle music contest in North America, and that's no mean feat. Born as a ...
Long before downloadable MP3s, when music files consisted of wax-covered tubes played on a hand-cranked Victrola that only the wealthy could afford, people relied on live music exclusively for ...
ATHENS, Ala. (WAFF) - Folk fans from all over the Tennessee Valley flocked to Athens State for the Old Time Fiddlers Convention. Saturday marked the final day of the event, with hundreds of fiddlers ...
On Saturday, the 43rd Annual Minnesota State Old Time Fiddle Championship drew in instrumentalists from across the United States and Canada for a day of fiddlin’ fun. The competition took place at ...
The East Texas Yamboree is celebrating 88 years in 2025, and as it turns out, the fiddle is still one of the event's big stars. Players who take the stage at the annual contest range from children to ...
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.
In March of 2025, at the annual Big Ears Music Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, I was one of hundreds of festival-goers entranced by a group of up-and-coming musicians exploring a storied American ...