Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peter Xiong / EyeEm / Getty Images Any Southern native, or transplant for that matter, has a general idea of what a fiddle is. You ...

LOWELL — Throughout the day Saturday part of downtown Lowell will be taken over by musicians and fans of Americana music as the Lowell Summer Music Series’ Banjo & Fiddle Contest celebrates its 45th ...

Violet Hensley, who has died at 109, was one of the last links to a bygone era of foot-stomping American folk music.

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 ...

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A good fiddle part elevates a song: It can take a ballad from mediocre to weepy and a bluegrass jig from ho-hum to barn-burning. It's one of the most prominent instruments in country music, and it's a ...

Annual devotees from near and far will gather to compete and cheer on contestants for the 42nd time at this year’s Fiddle & ...

Infamous Stringdusters fiddler-singer Jeremy Garrett sits at a small table in the back room of Rock Brothers Brewing in the Ybor City neighborhood of Tampa. With the temperature outside hovering ...

It's common practice for chart-topping Nashville songwriters to see their accomplishments celebrated with lawn signs in front of industry offices, but Jenee Fleenor arrived at Sound Emporium Studios ...

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 ...