Tromping through dense woods at the base of Sky Ball Mountain with a dull, rusty saw in his right hand is William Childers. Walking behind him is his son Joseph, who grips the handle of a sharp saw.
FULSHEAR, TEXAS -- When McKenna Peterson plucks away at her fiddle, you can't help tapping your feet! The 10-year-old from Fulshear, Texas, first started violin lessons when she three-and-a-half years ...
While any fiddler in Texas can play “Faded Love,” the versions at the Festival of Texas Fiddling, in Blanco, might sound as different as an owl does from a rooster. The styles could be Gulf Coast, ...
LITTLE ROCK — The first time I saw someone "fiddle" up worms, it was a magical experience. My uncle and I were going fishing and needed some bait. "No need buying what we can get for free," he said.
During the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a distinctive form of fiddle music emerged in Texas. Known for idiosyncratic timing and phrasing, this style was commonly played with banjos or ...
Claire Sayers sure does fiddle around a lot. But far from wasting time, she is making a name for herself in the world of fiddling competitions. Earlier this August, the Duluth East graduate took first ...
The organization Day Out for the Blind hosts a dance every Friday morning from 10:30 to noon at 5808 E. Holyoke Ave. in north Spokane. The dance is free for the vision impaired and their companions.
While striving to avoid clichés like the plague, there seems only one way to describe Danish jazz violinist Svend Asmussen: he is still going strong. At the age of 92, "the fiddling Viking" is ...