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Bob Childs is a noted violin maker based in Cambridge, MA. His instruments are played by members of Boston's acclaimed symphony orchestra as well as folk, old time and Irish musicians worldwide. Childs is a fiddler himself, having imbibed the fiddle

We have written in the past about Kate Lee, a talented young singer, fiddler and songwriter from New York. Kate has just now turned 16 and continues to impress audiences throughout the northeastern US and beyond with her poise and

Matt Glaser has been a fixture in the string music scene in the northeastern US since he was in his 20s. As a young man he recorded and performed with other acoustic string crazies like Tony Trischka, Marty Cutler and Andy

Unfortunately we have another Stolen Instrument Alert to bring to your attention. Kayla Ray, plays fiddle and mandolin with the bluegrass band "Exception To The Rule". The day after her 17th birthday, our car was broken into while playing two

The Chapmans are marking their 2oth anniversary as a band during 2009, and have decided that it's about time to branch out and bring in someone from outside the family. Fiddler Tyler Beckett from Owen Sound, Canada will perform with The

Here's one for all those bluegrass fans who are also vintage aviation buffs. Russ Niles, editor in chief of AVweb, is heading out on a barnstorming tour of the US starting this weekend, with champion fiddler Jeff Pritchard in tow. AVweb

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,

Charles Dumont, who developed the MandoChords and BanjoChords apps for the iPhone, has a new addition to his roster. JamBuddy will turn your iPhone or iPod Touch into... well, a jam buddy. It will provide either mandolin or guitar accompaniment for

Jesse Cobb of the Infamous Stringdusters wrote in to inform us of his brother's loss of four instruments. The guitar should be easily identifiable by its serial number. The other instruments will not be so easy to identify. But if you

Fiddler Casey Driessen has presented to the music world as something of a stylistic enigma. As a fiddler he is equally well trained in the bluegrass and old time traditions, and he has a music degree from The Berklee College