Casey Driessen

Casey Driessen has always been something of an enigma in the fiddle world. No one challenges this five stringer's virtuosity, or his dedication to interesting and unique fiddle music. But he has always gone down the road less traveled, at

The fiddle chop is not a new technique in the bluegrass world. Since Bill Monroe made the mandolin chop such a primary part of the bluegrass ensemble, fiddlers had begun mimicking that percussive, rhythmic sound with the fiddle when the

Fiddler extraordinaire, and Berklee grad, Casey Driessen, has accepted a teaching position at the Berklee College of Music's European campus in Valencia, Spain. He will direct a masters program in Contemporary Performance (Production Concentration) that is not instrument specific. Driessen came up as a

Attention talented young string players... Applications for the 2014 Acoustic Music Seminar at the Savannah Music Festival must be turned in by December 1. The week long seminar runs from March 30-April 5 in Savannah, GA and is open to musicians

Leftover Salmon has a new single, Thornpipe, a driving banjo tune written and performed by Andy Thorn. It's the second in a set of four new tracks to be pre-released in collaboration with Colorado's Breckenridge Brewery. Free download codes are available in

Here is another look at RockyGrass 2013 from Shannon Turner.  

Wouldn't it be great if you could register all your valuable musical instruments and gear online, with photos, descriptions, serial numbers, and identifying characteristics? In the event of loss, theft or damage, it would make recovery or insurance claims much

This report from RockyGrass is a contribution from Jake Schepps and Christian Sedelmyer. Working backwards on Day 2 of the festival: the evening’s closer was a special set of music with a band specifically put together by Béla Fleck, in which he played a

Casey Driessen, he of the wicked fiddle chop, is offering a series of  instructional videos for download from his web site, starting in September. The five lessons will each deal with one aspect of Casey's highly distinctive accompaniment style, starting with

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