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Virginia fiddler Billy Hurt is the newest member of Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show. This gig is right up Billy's alley. If there is a fiddler out there with a greater love, knowledge and understanding of the roots of traditional

Is a left handed fiddler sort of like a cross-eyed fiddler? 2007 Grand Masters champ Katrina Pearce's eyes are just fine, and so is her southpaw stroke on the fiddle. She is a 3 time national champion fiddler, and served as

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

Tex Logan is home after being hospitalized earlier this month after suffering a series of mini-strokes. His daughter Jody says that he was released last week, and is happy to be home. She said he had the fiddle out and was

Mel Bay Publications has a number of new books that will be of interest to students of bluegrass music. All are written by noted bluegrass instructors (Janet Davis, Joe Carr and Steve Kaufman), and are available for download purchase as

This tender recollection of fiddle great Kenny Baker is a contribution from Blaine Sprouse, himself a noted fiddler with wide experience in the bluegrass world. When I was about eight years old, I had been playing guitar for a couple of

Richard Thompson's piece yesterday, with its poignant remembrances of Kenny Baker from his musical peers, elicited a pair of interesting responses from bluegrass professionals among our readers. Both wanted to share their personal reaction upon reading that piece, one looking

We posted on Monday (8/8) with the news that B.J. Cherryholmes had taken the full-time fiddle position with Dailey & Vincent, and today the band has a statement about the switch. They acknowledge the fact that Jesse Stockman, who had been

Kenny Baker: June 26, 1926 – July 8, 2011 As previously reported, Kenny Baker passed away recently at the Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin, Tennessee, due to complications from a stroke. Subsequently, colleague David Morris looked at Baker’s long tenure with

We have learned that bluegrass fiddle legend Tex Logan is hospitalized in New Jersey for testing after suffering what is believed to be a series of mini-strokes. His daughter, Jody, says that he is doing well and has his fiddle with