Here’s some tunes by Andy DeJarlis, the great Métis fiddler from Manitoba. He was born in 1914 and passed in 1975. DeJarlis was known on Winnipeg Radio for performances with The Red River Mates. Later he lived in Vancouver and in Montreal and performed on… Read More
Wishing all my friends here in Canada a super-fantastic Canada Day! There’s been a lot of hoopla around this one, it being #Canada150 and all. Some of that seems somewhat artificial, but that’s OK. Even though we have our share of issues to grapple with… Read More
As we get closer to Canada Day I’d like to share a YouTube video featuring another of my fave Canadian fiddlers – Calvin Vollrath. Here’s Maurice Billette’s Reel. Clinton Pelletier is on guitar and Mr. Vollrath’s wife Rhea Labrie is step-dancing. Calvin Vollrath has been… Read More
Check out Patti Kusturok’s 365 days of fiddle tunes on YouTube. She’s from Manitoba and she’s one of the best fiddle players anywhere. This is an incredibly generous resource for fiddle lovers. I’ll share some samples from her 365 days here, but go visit her… Read More
Back when I was playing a lot of button accordion, I knew this tune as Le Reel de Ste-Anne. These days I play mostly clawhammer banjo and in the banjo world, the tune is more generally known as The St. Anne’s Reel. Either way, it’s… Read More
Here’s another fiddle tune, this one from Western Canada. It’s Patti Kusturok, one of the best fiddlers in the country. Here she is with some friends, including Calvin Vollrath, another of our best fiddlers, playing Little Burnt Potato as part of her 365 Days of… Read More
Here’s some fantastic Canadian fiddle music featuring Graham and Eleanor Townsend…The Four String Polka
Canada has had some really fantastic fiddle players over the years, and more and more I’ve come to appreciate how special that music is. For tonight’s Daily Dose, I’d like to feature a really great fiddler, Graham Townsend. Here he is demonstrating Canadian fiddle styles.… Read More
I came across this lovely tune this morning while surfing about on YouTube. It features Myllie Barron on fiddle and it’s called the Happy Boy Schottische. This led me to anther video featuring the same fellow. Here’s the Red River Jig and it’s might fine…… Read More
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