Casey Driessen

  • Telluride – day two

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    Here is the second photo-report from Jason Lombard, on the ground at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. So everyday at Telluride starts with a sprint from the front gate, to the front of the stage, to stake out your spot for the

  • Jayme Stone – Room of Wonders

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    Award-winning Canadian banjoist Jayme Stone has a new CD, Room of Wonders, which features his take on traditional dance music from all across the globe. He is assisted by Casey Driessen on fiddle, Grant Gordy on guitar and Greg Garrison on

  • Free tickets to Casey Driessen shows

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    Anyone want free tickets to see Casey Driessen opening for country/rock sensations the Zac Brown Band? Casey and his power trio are touring this next two weeks with Brown, and is offering two free tickets for each show to folks who

  • Jayme Stone in the studio

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    Jayme Stone has also been in the studio of late, working on a new album. The award-winning Canadian banjoist tells us that the music is loosely based on folk dances from around the world: Norway, Sweden, Italy, Bulgaria, Brazil, Tunisia

  • Casey Driessen fiddle hunt, part 2

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    A lot of folks enjoyed Casey Driessen's 5-string fiddle hunt video, where he and Luke Bulla traveled to Scottsburg, IN to the shop of John Silakowski. John built Casey's existing fiddle, and the trip was made so that he could

  • Casey Driessen photos from TDYH tour

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    Casey Driessen is not only a fiery fiddler, a fearless improviser and a very talented musician overall. He is also a skilled photographer, with a great eye for a good shot. Casey was tapped to play fiddle on Béla Fleck's Throw

  • Casey Driessen: 5-string fiddle hunt

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    Here's something any musician can identify with... the hunt for a new axe. Casey Driessen takes us along as he and Luke Bulla journey to Scottsburg, IN and the shop of noted violinmaker John Silakowski to check out some new 5-string

  • Michael Jackson tribute on fiddle

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    I guess it had to happen... Casey Driessen has created a looped, all-fiddle version of Billie Jean as a Michael Jackson tribute.  Watching him stack the loops and then play the melody shows how well Casey has mastered the technology -

  • Casey Driessen Full Spectrum giveaway

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    Not to be outdone by the other contests running this month, fiddler Casey Driessen has created one of his own. The promotion, which he is calling a Full Spectrum Music Giveaway, is to celebrate today's (5/12) release of Driessen's new CD,