Eryn Rae, a 21 year old fiddler from Jedburgh currently living in Glasgow, won the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician award for 2022. Eryn…
Fiddle player Eryn Rae Wins BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician for 2022
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Artist Profiles: Carley Arrowood
Carley Arrowood was born in Forest City, North Carolina. She started singing since she was old enough to talk. Initially, Carley began playing classical violin,…
Virtuoso Bluegrass Mandolinist Andy Leftwich
Instrumentalist Andy Leftwich was born July 30, 1981, and grew up in Tennessee. He began playing the fiddle at the age of six, entering his…
Kentucky State Fiddle Championship 2021 Results Revealed
On Saturday, March 20th, 2021 the Kentucky State Fiddle Championship took place at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Owensboro, Kentucky. Nearly…
Artist Profiles: Olav Luksengård Mjelva
Olav Luksengård Mjelva (hardanger fiddle, octave fiddle) is from Røros in the Sør- Trøndelag region of Norway. He started playing the fiddle at age seven…
Artist Profiles: Kevin Henderson
Kevin Henderson began playing the fiddle at the age of nine and after a brief initial spell with highly renowned Shetland fiddler and tutor Trevor…
Martin Hayes to Perform Via Livestream from Dublin National Concert Hall
Extraordinary Irish fiddler Martin Hayes, founder of The Gloaming, is set to perform on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. The exclusive concert via…
Interview with Frigg’s Mandolinist Petri Prauda
Extraordinary Finnish fiddle band Frigg is celebrating its 20th anniversary with yet another fantastic album titled FriXX. The band’s mandolinist talked to us about Frigg’s…
The Wonderful Experimental Folk of The Rheingans Sisters
The Rheingans Sisters – Receiver (bendigedig, 2020) The Rheingans Sisters are one of the rising stars the English folk music scene. Rowan and Anna Rheingans…
Artist Profiles: The Rheingans Sisters
Rowan and Anna Rheingans, The Rheingans Sisters, grew up in the Derbyshire (UK) town of Grindleford. The sisters lived in an environment surrounded by traditional…