Fiddler Magazine
Founded in 1994, Fiddler Magazine is an informative, educational, and entertaining resource for fiddlers, accompanists, and appreciative listeners. Each quarterly issue (now approx. 60 pages each) features a variety of different styles of fiddling, as well as plenty of other articles and columns. Regular columns include: Bluegrass Fiddling, “The Practicing Fiddler,” Fiddle Tune History, On Improvisation, Irish Fiddling, Cross-Tuning Workshop, Cross-Canada Fiddle Tour, and reviews of CDs, books, and DVDs. Each issue also includes transcriptions of several tunes.
Current issue – Summer 2010:
- Irish Fiddler Seamus McGuire
- Bluegrass/Old Time Fiddler Buddy Pendleton
- Swedish Fiddler Mats Edén
- “Black Velvet” Fiddling
- A Guide to the Nashville Number System
- Columns, Reviews, 17 tunes!
In upcoming issues:
Mark O’Connor; Carolina Chocolate Drops; The Kane Sisters; Dan Kelly; Calum MacKinnon; Brittany Haas & Tristan Clarridge; “New Acoustic” Music; Mexican Fiddling; Roger Cooper; Fiddle Makers…
& lots more!
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(Once on the Articles page, click on "newer/older" at the bottom of the right-hand menu to access over a hundred articles. Or search for your favorite fiddler or fiddle style in the search box!)