A party by the Inner Harbor this weekend celebrates Charm City’s long tradition of tapping a foot to the fiddle and nodding in agreement with the banjo. The Baltimore Old Time Music Festival on Friday ...

GALAX, Va. — Ellie Massey, 13, stands inside a giant, yellow tent with dozens of other contestants and practices singing the gospel tune, "I'll Fly Away." Her grandfather, Jim Coleman, and uncle, ...

Old-time music is rooted in Appalachia, and an upcoming event series celebrates women's contributions to the tradition. The old-time genre developed mainly in the southern mountains and is commonly ...

During the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a distinctive form of fiddle music emerged in Texas. Known for idiosyncratic timing and phrasing, this style was commonly played with banjos or ...

For the true lovers of fiddle, people who say they are "addicted" to the music, the real action at the Cloverdale Old Time Fiddle Contest was not happening inside the auditorium at the Citrus ...

Kerry Varble is a three-time grand champion of the Ohio State Old Time Fiddlers Contest in Nelsonville. She'll be back competing among friends for the 2024 title. As the sun set on a horse farm in ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Doug Protsik’s fiddle and Louise Strong’s piano playing will return to the ...

If you don’t know the difference between bluegrass and “old-time” music, listen up. And a good time and place for that is March 27-28 at the Surry Old Time Fiddlers Convention, held at Surry Community ...

PROVIDENCE — Lenard Lemieux gently rocked his head from side to side, his bow flying across his fiddle as he played the first few bars of an old-time tune. Within a few beats, three banjos, two ...