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.


     Winter 2011/12 Issue
  • West Highlands Fiddler Aonghas Grant
  • The Stamper Family: Kentucky Fiddlers
  • Charles Horner: Tennessee Fiddle Maker
  • Bringing Jigs to Life
  • Long-distance Fiddling (Essay)
  • Columns featuring Canadian, Improvisation, Bluegrass, Tune History, Creole...
  • CD and book reviews
  • 11 tunes… and lots more!
In upcoming issues:
Tammy Rogers; Becky Buller; Bow Maker David Zimmerman; Orkney Fiddling; Annbjorg Lien; Máiréad & Kathleen Nesbitt; The Medieval Bow; New Hampshire's Dudley Laufman… & 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!)