Alaska Dispatch News

After a duel with the devil, Anchorage symphony concertmaster returns to stage with a ‘Frankenstein fiddle’

Anchorage Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Ludek Wojtkowski was performing the famed fiddle face-off “The Devil Went Down To Georgia” at last fall’s annual ASO Champagne Pops gala fundraiser when his ...
American Songwriter

7 Songs That Prove 1979 Was One of the Best Years for Music Across All Genres

We explore seven songs that back up the theory that 1979 was one of the best years for music of all time across all genres.

Hip-hop meets classical in Black Violin’s musical mix at Jones Hall

Black Violin is the modern incarnation of that simple, but constant, drive to perform. “It’s hard to come from humble ...
KBIA

Howard Marshall on Keep It Old-Time: Fiddle Music in Missouri from the 1960s Folk Music Revival to the Present: 'Because without the history behind the music, I'm not that ...

Howard Marshall visited KBIA studios with his new book Keep It Old-Time: Fiddle Music in Missouri from the 1960s Folk Music Revival to the Present. Howard Marshall is an author, a fiddler and a writer ...
The Baltimore Sun

Baltimore Old Time Music Festival celebrates city’s long history of fiddle and banjo

A party by the Inner Harbor this weekend celebrates Charm City’s long tradition of tapping a foot to the fiddle and nodding in agreement with the banjo. The Baltimore Old Time Music Festival on Friday ...