News stories tagged with "fiddle"

(06/09/10) Sisters Gretchen and Rebecca Koehler, and Don Woodcock are out with a new album of old time fiddle tunes. They all grew up in musical families surrounded by the rich traditions of North American fiddle music. Their new cd is called, The Fiddlers Three, and we'll listen again to their conversation with Barb Heller, host of String Fever.

(01/29/09) String Fever host Barb Heller welcomes Gretchen Koehler and Don Woodcock into the studio for some great North Country fiddling. Gretchen is the 2008 Northeast Champion fiddler, and Don is a past NYS champion. They take turns at the fiddle and the piano for some favorite tunes, and talk with Barb about the history of traditional fiddle styles. more

(12/09/08) The Potsdam Fiddle Club visited Traditional Arts in Upstate New York during an open house on Saturday. The group is composed of musicians who range from pre-schoolers to grandparents. They were accompanied by family members on guitar, piano, limberjacks, spoons and washtub bass. Here they perform Swallowtail Jig and Geese in the Bog.

(09/08/06) A taste of Scandinavia! Norwegian-American fiddler Karen Solgård, from Minnesota, joins us live in the studio for folk music and conversation. She's in the North Country to lead a series of Norwegian folk music and dance workshops this weekend.

(11/18/05) Every so often during The 8 o'clock Hour, we'll introduce you to a North Country resident, someone with an odd job or a story to tell. It could be your neighbor or a friend. Today, we visit a farm in Franklin County - a stone's throw from the Canadian border - and a Mecca for old time fiddle music. Vincent Boyea is a quiet, shy man. But put a fiddle in his hands and he knows how to start a few toes tapping. Vince was named to the North American Fiddlers Hall of Fame in 2004, and is a regular at fiddle flings around the region. Todd Moe has more.

(02/15/02) Todd Moe chats with violin and fiddle superstar Mark O'Connor for a preview of his solo recital Saturday night at Hosmer Concert Hall at the Crane School of Music.

(07/26/01) We hear from square dance caller Henry Chapin, who leads a community dance tomorrow night in Star Lake. Todd Moe reports.

(01/25/01) Todd Moe chats with Eileen Ivers, traditional Irish fiddle champion. She's been called the "Jimi Hendrix of the violin." Eileen Ivers and her band were in concert January 25, 2001 at the Flynn Center for Performing Arts in Burlington.