Whether you’re listening to Patti Smith’s cover of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” or versions of Jethro Tull’s “Locomotive Breath,” it’s not all that uncommon to hear fiddle, especially in later versions ...

MISSOURI — Junior Mariott, 59, of Marshfield, was crowned the winner at the Missouri State Fiddling Championship at the state fair this month. For him, it’s another opportunity to keep one of Missouri ...

The fiddle is often used as an accent in songs and less as the central instrument. However, there are a few country songs that give the fiddle the spotlight. Find four of the most essential fiddle ...

Darol Anger grips his bow loosely, wrist bent, and smacks it against the strings of his fiddle. The resulting sound, a small crunch, is like the crackle of a very tiny drum. “You can get some nice ...

Back and forth, their bows glide across violin strings; hands noodle over fingerboards. But for all the effort, the students can't quite keep the rhythm. "I can tell we've had two weeks off. That was ...

“People ask me all the time, ‘Where do you like to play?’ I say, anywhere I can get grits for breakfast. I don’t think that’s a problem in Montgomery,” Charlie Daniels told me with a laugh four years ...

THEODOSIA, Mo. (KY3) - In Ozark County, when people think of Theodosia they think of big bass in Bull Shoals. But a mile from the bridge sits a small, white house. It’s home to a fiddle player. “I’ve ...

The fiddle accompanied Lewis & Clark across the West. Fur trappers danced to it. Fiddle music followed the Métís as they sought a safe place south of the border, and they shared it with the Blackfeet.

To be a champion kid fiddler, it helps to have a Hello Kitty tucked in your music case. “This is my secret box,” said 10-year-old McKenna Peterson. She slid a wooden lid to reveal a tiny glass ...