Jazz

Fit As A Fiddle: How the Violin Helped Shape Jazz, Part 2

I hate to confess this, but I've never been that keen on Stephane Grappelli's playing, as masterful and brilliant as he assuredly was. ("He plays with an accent," violinist and Berklee professor Rob ...
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Ben Powell: In The Footsteps Of Jazz Fiddle Royalty

The young Berklee-trained violinist dedicates his new album to the late legend Stephane Grappelli. Ben Powell: In The Footsteps Of Jazz Fiddle Royalty The late Stephane Grappelli is perhaps the ...
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National Fiddle Day: The difference between a fiddle and a violin

While musicians around the globe rosin up their bow in celebration of World Fiddle Day, Cape Breton player Donald MacLennan attempts to answer the age old question: What is the difference between a ...
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String music: Find out who won in the Southeastern Fiddle Championship

The sound of bluegrass music filled the air Saturday during the Fiddle Fest and Southeastern Fiddle Championship at Shelton State Community College. The festival featured arts, crafts, food vendors, a ...
American Songwriter

Top 5 Fiddle Tunes Every Music Enthusiast Should Know

We’d be remiss if we didn’t start with “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” by the Charlie Daniels Band. After all, the country/Southern rock song with bluegrass tones became a classic almost as soon as ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Is there a difference between a fiddle and violin?

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Some of the most simple questions on the surface, end up being the most intriguing. Is there a ...
Jazz

Fit As A Fiddle: How The Violin Helped Shape Jazz, Part 1

Considering jazz is an art form that mostly makes it up as it goes along, it's ironically appropriate that printed records—i.e., data—from the days of its birth are decidedly sparse. We know, at least ...