What are you listening to these days? Aside from a very large amount of fiddle music, I’m listening to The Barrence Whitfield Soul Savage Arkestra: Songs from the Sun Ra Cosmos. There is more from this collection available on the YouTube machine, but if can… Read More
Yeah!
Happy 90th birthday, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
Sierra Ferrell!
I’ve heard some Canadian fiddlers play the Clarinet Polka. For instance, here’s Mark Sullivan from his YouTube channel. American fiddlers tackle it too. Here’s Vivian Williams, a fiddler from the Pacific Northwest, from 1981. It’s also well known in Polish-American polka circles, but there it’s… Read More
Jason Lepine on fiddle, and the tunes are Cat Scratch Reel and Buckskin Reel, from the Métis Cultural Days YouTube channel.
Junior Brown.
I’ve been listening to a great deal of fiddle music these days. I think if you’re trying to learn an instrument it’s really helpful to immerse yourself in the music. This afternoon I stumbled into this little fiddle gem on the YouTube, the Yvon Thibault… Read More
Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers. The dancing in this video is over-the-top fantastic!
27th Street 