Malcolm Smith’s first exposure to old-time mountain music was at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield. It was dance music, it was “hypnotic” and it ultimately became a lifelong love for Smith. Smith ...

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PUTNEY -- Dubbed "the Rembrandt of the Appalachian fiddlers," Bruce Molsky stands today as the premier old-time fiddler in the world. That must feel odd for a former engineer from the Bronx, who ...

Grammy-nominated fiddler Bruce Molsky, "widely regarded as one of the best living practitioners of Appalachian old-time fiddling" (WBUR), joins international classical violinist Rachel Barton Pine for ...

Appalachian fiddler Randall Franks hosted the 2023 Grand Master Fiddler Championship in Nashville on Labor Day weekend. The event in its 52nd year is the premiere fiddle contest started by the Grand ...

Sep. 19—The Appalachian Heritage Festival celebrates the voices of Appalachian women on Sept. 24 with soul and blues artist Lady D, string band The State Birds led by award-winning fiddler Tessa ...

The program for this weekend's Mobile Symphony Orchestra concert, "An Appalachian Christmas," could strike one as a narrow concept: one holiday, one genre, one high-profile guest fiddler. The reality ...

We discuss Appalachian Fiddler Albert Hash: The Last Leaf on the Tree. We visit beautiful Grayson Highlands State Park to talk with Malcolm Smith about his book, Appalachian Fiddler Albert Hash: The ...

Fiddler Darol Anger says bluegrass-derived acoustic music is in fine shape these days. He points to such young stars as 17-year-old fiddler Brittany Haas and 25-year-old cellist Rushad Eggleston – ...

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, ...

Happily referred to as simply 'Clifftop,' the Appalachian String Band Festival has become a gem in the West Virginia music calendar. Taking place at Camp Washington Carver on top of the New River ...