LOWELL — Beth Eldridge’s favorite fiddle song is a crooked three-part in the key of A. And one of the only times she plays it with her husband Woody Pringle is at the Banjo & Fiddle Contest in Lowell.

CDR copy Both of these tapes feature an African American stringband (fiddle, banjo and guitar), consisting of Murph Gribble, John Lusk and Albert York of Campaign, Tennessee, who were recorded from ...