At first glance, the fiddle looks a lot like a violin. The biggest difference is the piece that holds the strings together. "The bridge itself can be a little bit flatter, so you can play multiple ...

Fairhope-based concert violinist and fiddler Tom Morley has released a new book, “Learn to Play Irish Trad Fiddle,” which combines his love of playing Irish traditional music with his decades of ...

Jonathan Chai started playing violin at age 4. “I was a very serious classical musician. Still am,” Chai says. Yet when Chai is spotted two Saturday afternoons a month in the circle of musicians ...

This month, Wild World Irish Fiddle takes the stage at Charly’s, led by Kate Rose and Armand Ramirez. The duo will bring together world sounds with their fierce and fun fiddle music and special guest ...

Now 60 and a Grammy-winning artist, Ivers will bring her talents to the stage at the James Hugh Powers Hall, on the second ...

Irish-American fiddler Liz Carroll joins guitarist John Doyle on her latest CD, In Play. Her music made it from the American Midwest into the canon of Irish traditional tunes. Carroll talks to Melissa ...

Sínann Fetherston speaks with violinist Deirdre O'Hare about the most popular - and most unusual - songs she has played at ...

It’s Saturday night in Nashville, and locals and tourists alike are flocking to live music venues to hear bands and singer-songwriters. But not everyone is partying at the downtown honky-tonks or ...