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May 16, 2006 04:55 PM EDT -- If you're like me, you've been a Prairie Home Companion (PHC) listener in good stead for almost 25 year. Now there's a movie based on Keillor's book about the behind-the- scenes and onstage . . . more
December 04, 2007 04:24 AM EST -- After much dancing and playing trading tunes and partners and gossip there comes that special time of night when time loses its grip and the air cracks apart and its time to get out the pink . . . more
March 02, 2008 07:38 PM EST -- Instead of the list containing songs you have all heard before and love or loathe, I offer you this: links that might bring you to songs by people you ought to hear. Paul Kaplan .  Paul . . . more
July 09, 2008 03:29 PM EDT --   After much dancing and playing trading tunes and partners and gossip there comes that special time of night when time loses its grip and the air cracks apart and its time to get out the . . . more
June 30, 2008 03:57 AM EDT -- I'm going to be spending a LOT of time at Fort Worden here in my town of Port Townsend, Washington this week. I'll be attending "Fiddle Tunes"--the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, . . . more
November 14, 2007 05:41 PM EST -- Dateline: Monticello, NY In the neverending quest to answer the question, "What is folk music?" the intrepid Hedgehog Correspondence Corps travelled to Kutsher's Resort in the beautiful . . . more
Fiddle Tunes, Day Quatre (4)
by Alison H.
views: 125 | rating: 10 | comments: 51
July 03, 2008 05:06 AM EDT -- I hit my stride today.....after a good night's rest I was able to attend two classes and two band labs and learn still MORE tunes. I am starting to wonder if there is a limit to how many tunes can . . . more
November 13, 2008 02:24 AM EST -- In my younger days I fiddled in an old-time band. We played for square and contra dances, mostly in Michigan (now my main emphasis is Scandinavian dance music, in Washington state). Because dancers . . . more
June 02, 2007 07:16 PM EDT -- Zoe Mulford and I met at the 2004 Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) conference in Monticello, NY.  Zoe sent an email as soon as she saw both our names on the list of attendees seeking to share . . . more
November 14, 2007 07:41 PM EST -- Dateline: Monticello, NY The Hedgehog Correspondent Corps made a concerted effort to interview as many folk musicians as had time to speak with us during the course of the 2007 Northeast Regional Folk . . . more
July 05, 2006 04:48 PM EDT -- The Bushwackers "The Bushwackers Collection" (A Review) George Corneliussen * This review is in response to the question, " Where's all the good music?" Since good music exists . . . more
May 28, 2007 02:50 AM EDT -- Check Wil out on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/wilmaring more
June 17, 2006 09:24 AM EDT -- Rare Records : Carl Sandburg ( b.1878 ) Sings Folk Songs George Corneliussen Every American recognizes the name Carl Sandburg,even if they can't tell you exactly what he is remembered for. The fact . . . more
February 08, 2008 03:59 AM EST -- Many of you have asked me to post a video of me playing my fiddle music. So far I haven't been able to make that happen. But to give you an idea of what I play, and why I like it, I found some . . . more
November 02, 2008 08:32 PM EST -- Whopee! Saturday I got to play music all day on Bainbridge Island. The BBI Nordic Dance takes place every first Saturday evening of the month; jam session at 5 p.m., potluck at 6, and dancing at 7. . . . more
Quotes About Fiddling
by Alison H.
views: 20 | rating: 10 | comments: 20
December 04, 2007 03:52 AM EST -- "We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing."   Oliver Wendell Holmes "We consider that the man who can fiddle all through one . . . more
November 28, 2008 03:29 PM EST -- Learning music is fun any time of year, so ways to do that make especially good gifts, for yourself and others. Here are several ideas: Ellery Klein’s Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing the . . . more
April 03, 2008 12:09 PM EDT -- I again want to thank each and everyone who left a vote and a comment!Your support is so appreciated. Here is the top 25 list from First Tracks and now it's up to the judges to select 5 from the . . . more
December 19, 2007 08:33 AM EST -- Thinking about the light, the work, and the music, of winter. A time for celebration and reflection, for community and silence, for hope and joy at the year's . . . more
November 28, 2006 11:20 PM EST -- nothing has ever gone to waste and nothing's ever gained when sweet love I had but a taste that went against the grain too many liars mystify with words they can't believe but even I can't . . . more
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