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.


Fall 2017 
  • Alasdair Fraser on Finding One's Voice
  • Fergal Scahill: A Daily Dose of Fiddling
  • Remembering Vassar Clements
  • 10 String Symphony: 5-String Delight
  • Ryan Delahoussaye: Fiddle on Fire
  • Arvil Freeman: Sharing the Music
  • Lonnie Robertson: Radio Fiddler
  • Columns on Irish, Scottish; Old Time; Improvisation; Technique; Tune History; Waltzes & Airs; Bluegrass …
  • Reviews
  • 15 tunes… & lots more!
In upcoming issues:
Henry Ford's Violins; Deanie Richardson; Anna Roberts-Gevalt; Circus Fiddlers; Bríd Harper; Liz Carroll; Violin Makers…

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