The Quebe Sisters, all in their 20s, have been playing the fiddle for over a decade. For a twenty-something to have that much consistent experience on an instrument is unique, but for three siblings ...

Each Wednesday and Sunday evening at 8 p.m. \“Live At The Linda\” brings you some of the best musical acts to grace the stage at The Linda - WAMC's Performing Arts Studio. This week, we celebrate the ...

Following the announcement of their new album and Thrill Jockey debut Needlefall, out March 22nd, Magic Tuber Stringband share new single “Twelfth House.” Dovetailing rich American music traditions of ...

A good fiddle part elevates a song: It can take a ballad from mediocre to weepy and a bluegrass jig from ho-hum to barn-burning. It's one of the most prominent instruments in country music, and it's a ...

When the fiddle appears in a country song, it is undeniably the loudest and most piercing instrument on the track. It can whine, it can hiss, it can do many things the guitar can and cannot. One might ...

If it isn't the fact they merge folk with punk and thrash metal, then it might be the way they came together. They formed when Jess Randall (fiddle) required musicians for a folk album she was working ...

Also: Zac Brown Band will perform at Detroit's Joe Louis Arena at 8:30 p.m. Dec. 31. Tickets are $39.50-$69.50 through Ticketmaster. The Atlanta-based seven-piece outfit is comfortable blending ...

Kenny Kosek has announced the highly anticipated follow-up to his 1997 solo record, Angelwood, by divulging details and sharing notes regarding the Sept. 6 release of Twisted Sage. The forthcoming ...

On Rise, their second CD, the Crooked Fiddle Band continue their musical manifesto, rallying around the incendiary fiddle of Jess Randall to make music that will make grandmas mosh, punks tango and ...

Among the big GRAMMY nominees this year there's one stand out: the fiddle. Or the violin if you're not feeling all that country. From Album of the Year nominees Mumford & Sons, fun. and Jack White to ...