Welcome to the Fall issue of Fiddler Magazine!

The Summer 2023 edition of Fiddler Magazine is once again jam-packed with fun information for fiddlers and fans alike!

Cover story includes master fiddle players Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy; informative columns and sheet music included.

The Winter 2022/23 issue is Fiddler Magazine's final issue on the Magzter platform. A new publisher is taking over and can be contacted via fiddlermag.com. Winter features include champion fiddler Herman Johnson; Canadian Métis fiddler Alex Kusturok; North Carolina's Katie Pressley; and From the Archives: Old-time Fiddling on Prince Edward Island (excerpt). Columns and tunes: The Tune Sleuth ("Off with the Mask"); On Improvisation: No Wrong Notes; Jody's Column: Bob Wills ("Stay a Little Longer," "Gone Indian"); Waltzes & Airs ("Always"); Violin Maker's Corner; Tunesmiths: Steve Arkin ("Birthday Tune for Steve Arkin"); Bluegrass Fiddling: Chubby Wise ("Don't You Hear Jerusalem Moan"); The Hidden Note ("The Tinware Lass"); Scottish Fiddling ("Miss Begg"); The Practicing Fiddler: Tommy Jackson ("Crazy Creek," "Cherokee Shuffle"); The Intrepid Fiddler; Reviews; Crossword Puzzle; Fiddle-toon (cartoon); A Trio from Dudley Laufman (poetry).

Fall features include violin makers John Preston, James Morris, and Murray Kuun; Volume Five's Glen Harrell; Ingredients of Fiddle Tunes. Columns and tunes: Violin Maker's Corner (Friction Facts: Pegs); On Improvisation (Mr. Pinky); Waltzes & Airs ("Chez Seychelles"); The Tune Sleuth ("Upon a Summer's Day"); Tunesmiths: Stefan Curl ("Race the River Jordan"); Jody's Column: Skillet Lickers ("Broken Down Gambler"); The Hidden Note: Competitions ("O'Sullivan's March"); Irish Fiddling: Feddersen & Gourley ("Paddy Sean Nancy's"); Scottish Fiddling: Isle of Birds ("The Dipper," "Chailleach-Oidhche/The Owl"); The Intrepid Fiddler: Busking in the Digital Age; Bluegrass Fiddling: Mac Magaha ("I'm Just a Used to Be to You"); The Practicing Fiddler (Being a Professional Fiddler); Reviews; Crossword Puzzle; Fiddle-toon.

The Summer 2022 issue features Lisa Ornstein (Part 1: Old-time beginnings); Katrina Nicolayeff; Fiddlers Making Fiddles (Rodney Miller; Jason Barie; Anya Burgess; Brian Duckworth); The Complete Recordings of Ed and Ella Haley; Anxiety Management for Musicians. Regular columns: Waltzes & Airs; Fiddle Tune History Lesson; Travels with Charlie; Jody's Column (Bob Rogers); Bluegrass Fiddling (Tommy Magness); Violin Maker's Corner (Shopping on a Budget); On Improvisation (Let It Breathe); Irish Fiddling (Jerry McCarthy); The Hidden Note; Scottish Fiddling; Notes on Learning; The Practicing Fiddler; Crossword Puzzle... Tunes: "Boatsman," as played by Ed Haley; "Cows on the Hill," by Jay Ungar; "Harlequin Gambols"; "Pet of the House"; "Morelli's Lesson"; "Dan's Dream," as played by Bob Rogers; "Dance Around Molly," solo as played by Tommy Magness; "Rolling in the Ryegrass," as played by Jerry McCarthy; "My Love Is Fair and Handsome," as played by Paddy Killoran; "Rothiemurchus Rant."

Spring 2022 issue features and tunes include: The Wonderful World of Dennis Fetchet ("I'll Break Out Again Tonight"); Billy Contreras: Jazz Fiddle Revolutionary; Malia Furtado: The Future is in Good Hands; North Carolina's Clyde Williams. Columns and tunes: Jody's Column (Bob Rogers, "Dan's Dream"); Waltzes & Airs from Jay Ungar ("Ashokan Farewell": Last 32 bars with double stops and unisons); On Improvisation: Blues: Musical Chameleon; The Practicing Fiddler: Contest Challenge ("Limerock"); Notes on Learning; Bluegrass Fiddling: Ralph Mayo ("Don't Go Out Tonight"); Violin Maker's Corner: Wood; The Tune Sleuth: Who is the King of the Fairies? ("Scollay's Reel," "Bonny Charlie," "King of the Fairies," "Your Old Wig is the Love of My Heart"); The Hidden Note ("St. Patrick Was a Gentleman"); Irish Fiddling: Connie O'Connell ("Fire in Clann Ratha"); Scottish Fiddling: Paying Tribute + Paul Anderson ("Professor Blackie"); The Intrepid Fiddler: Imaginary Fiddlers; Reviews; Crossword Puzzle; Fiddle-Toon (comic).

The Winter 2021/22 issue features Twisted Pine's Kathleen Parks, Canadian Champion Fiddler Shane Cook, Violin Maker & Skillet Licker Phil Tanner, Casey Driessen, Mike Barnett, the East Texas Serenaders ("Meadow Brook Waltz"), Allegheny Echoes, and more. Columns and tunes: Waltzes & Airs: David Kaynor ("Winter Haven on Winter Street"); Tunesmiths: David Kaylor: Living Music & Dance ("Stalwarts"); On Improvisation ("I've Been Working on the Railroad"); Bluegrass: Kenny Baker ("Walls of Time"); Jody's Column: Dan Hughie MacEachern ("The Grey Bob," "Stornoway Castle"); The Tune Sleuth: A Favorite Christmas Carol ("The Female Saylor"); The Intrepid Fiddler: Live on the Dance Floor ("Top of Cork Road"); Travels with Charlie; Violin Maker's Corner: Mechanical Tuning; The Practicing Fiddler: Required Listening; Closing Chord: Courtney Granger; Scottish Fiddling: Marie Fielding, Paul Anderson ("Compliments to J. Scott Skinner," "The King o' the Goblins"); The Hidden Note ("Julia Delaney"); Crossword Puzzle; Reviews.

Fall 2021 features include West Virginia's Bobby Taylor, plus the tune "Patty on the Turnpike"; Québec's André Brunet; The Fine Art of Teaching Young Fiddlers; and A Tune from John Hartford ("Fiddler Magazine"). Columns and tunes include Bluegrass Fiddling: Farewell to the Great Byron Berline ("Virginia Darlin'"); Jody's Column: Byron Berline ("The Gold Rush," all three parts as played by Byron Berline in 1967); Tunesmiths: David Kaynor ("JD Robinson of Brasstown," "Honor to Him Who Honor Gives"); Waltzes & Airs ("Old Madera Waltz"); On Improvisation: Jazzing Up Tunes that Don't Swing; Travels with Charlie: West Virginia State Folk Festival; The Tune Sleuth: Lough Erne: Of Fiddlers, Ghosts, and Ancient Stones ("The Boa Island"); The Hidden Note ("The Sligo Maid's Lament" as played by Paddy Killoran); Irish Fiddling: In Memory of Jimmy Devine ("The Palisades"); Scottish Fiddling: Back on Track, plus Alex Yellowlees ("Mr Robertson of Lude's Strathspey," "The Haughend Jig"); Violin Maker's Corner: Pressure, Tension, and Action!; The Practicing Fiddler; The Intrepid Fiddler; Notes on Learning, Crossword Puzzle; Reviews...

Summer 2021 features include Jim Scancarelli: A lifetime of Fiddling and Cartooning (Gasoline Alley); "Head" fiddles; Alan Kaufman: Talking Old-time; Playing Music Together, Apart; Mackenzie Bell: On the Way to the Opry; Tom Morley: Wide World of Fiddling; FiddleHed's Jason Kleinberg. Columns and tunes: Waltzes & Airs by Jay Ungar ("Waves of the Danube"); Jody's Column by Jody Stecher ("Mystery Waltz"); On Improvisation by Paul Anastasio (Chordal Improvisation); The Tune Sleuth by Mara Shea ("Dainty Davy"); Bluegrass Fiddling by Paul Shelasky ("Thinking of the Old Days"); Violin Maker's Corner by RJ Storm (Violin Neck Reset); The Practicing Fiddler by Jim Wood ("Tennessee Waltz"); Irish Fiddling by Dan Accardi (Aggie Whyte; "Fr. Kelly's Derrycrag Reel"); The Hidden Note by Caoimhin Mac Aoidh ("The Maid I Ne'er forgot"); Scottish Fiddling by Pete Clark (Tunes in the Hoose; "The Molar"); Travels with Charlie by Charlie Walden (North to Pembroke); Crossword Puzzle; Reviews; more!

Spring 2021 features include Long Island Luthier Edward Maday; Irish Fiddler Gerry O'Connor; Jenee Fleenor; Okahoma's John Dee Kennedy; and more. Columns include Waltzes & Airs; On Improvisation; Tunesmiths; Violin Maker's Corner; The Practicing Fiddler; The Intrepid Fiddler (Kenny Baker); Bluegrass Fiddling (Kenny Baker); Notes on Learning; The Hidden Note (Irish); Travels with Charlie (Québec); Scottish Fiddling; Reviews; Crossword Puzzle; and more. Tunes in this issue: "The Ninety Year Waltz" by Jay Ungar; "Bread and Texas" and "Katy in the Kitchen" by Jody Stecher; "Cold Frosty Morning" as played by Melvin Wine; "Pretty Little Widow"; "Goldenrod Waltz" by Kenny Baker; "Cindy" as played by Kenny Baker; "Poll a' Mhadra Uisce" as played by Danny O'Donnell; "After Years" by Mike Vass; "Da Lang Ayre Reel" by Ross Couper. 

Winter 2020/21 features include Buddy Spicher: Class Act; Tessa Dillon: Kanawha Valley Fiddler; Eagle Island Blues: Fiddling in Fairbanks; Darlene McCord: My Fiddle Journey; Remembering Warren Helton; Alan Kaufman on Tunesmithing; Detroit Luthier Jonathon Price; San Joaquin Valley Luthier Gary Vessel; and Becky Buller: "The Barber's Fiddle." Columns include the Violin Maker's Corner; Waltzes & Airs; On Improvisation; Bluegrass Fiddling; Fiddle Tune History; The Practicing Fiddler; Notes on Learning; The Intrepid Fiddler (featuring Junior Daugherty); Travels with Charlie (the Niel Gow Fiddle Festival); Scottish Fiddling; The Hidden Note/Irish; In Memoriam: Frank Maloy; Crossword Puzzle; Fiddle-Toon (comic); Reviews. Tune in this issue: "Texas Picnic"; "Liberty's Golden Shore"; "Bill Cheatum"; "Shout Little Lulie"; "Swaggering Boney"; "Gee Ho Dobbin"; "The Rummer"; "Guilderoy"; "Cuckoo's Nest"; "Winter Flower Polka"; "The Recovery"; "Farewell to Whiskey."

Fall 2020 issue features include Hank Bradley; Alex Hargreaves; The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project; Jeremy Garrett; Pandemic Blues: Coping Strategies. Columns include Violin Making & Repairing (Patches & Grafts); Bluegrass Fiddling; Waltzes & Airs; On Improvisation; The Practicing Fiddler; Travels with Charlie (Shetland, Part 3); Irish Fiddling; Scottish Fiddling; Tunesmiths; In Memoriam; Crossword Puzzle; Reviews... Tunes in this issue: "Beasties in the Sugar" and "When I Was a Minstrel" by Hank Bradley; "Elephant Hotel" by Jay Ungar; "Hell Among the Yearlings" as played by Arthur Smith and Clark Kessinger; "Arkansas Traveller" as played by Scotty Stoneman; "Over the Waves"; "Flying Cloud" as played by Ray Park; "The Spirits of Wine" as played by John Doherty; "Toss the Feathers" as played by Bobby Casey; "Loch Doon" by Pete Clark; "Springer's Hope Eternal" by Mark Simos.

The Summer 2020 issue features Irish fiddler Maurice Lennon; violin maker Jacob Brillhart; Kate Lee O'Connor; Kristen Harris; Jenna Moynihan; Jason Barie; "The Bowmakers" film. Columns include In Memoriam (Ben Lennon. and Brendan McGlinchey); Tunesmiths; Travels with Charlie (Shetland, Part II); Bluegrass; Violin Making & Repairing; Improvisation; Irish; Scottish; Old Time; Tune History; Reviews. Tunes include "The Stone of Destiny" by Maurice Lennon; "That's Why You Left Me So Blue" (solo by Curly Ray Cline); "Peace on Earth" by Jay Ungar & Molly Mason; "Sullivan's Hollow" as played by Freeny's Barn Dance Band; "13th of February" by Mike Springer; "Pate Baillie's Jig"; "Turkey in the Straw"; "President Garfield's Hornpipe"; "The Beauty Spot" as played by Michael Coleman; "La Disputeuse"; "Growling Old Man".

The Spring 2020 features  Laurel Premo; electric violinist Tracy Silverman; The Legacy of Benny Thomasson; Jana Jae; A Trip to Mittenwald; and more. Columns include Travels with Charlie (Shetland, Part I); On Improvisation; Waltzes & Airs; Violin Maker's Corner; Tunesmiths; Bluegrass Fiddling; Scottish Fiddling; Irish Fiddling; The Practicing Fiddler; Reviews; a fiddle crossword puzzle; and lots more! Tunes include "Midnight on the Water" as played by Benny Thomasson; "High Clouds" by David Kaynor; "Birchard's Hornpipe" by Mike Springer; "Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong" as played by Chubby Wise; "Arkansas Traveler" as played by Clayton McMichen; "Loch Gorm" and "Lament for King George V" by Donald R. Riddell; "The Boyne Hunt" as played by Paddy Keenan and Paddy Glackin; and "The Valeta" as played by Michael Gorman. 

The Winter 2019 issue features Cape Breton/Toronto fiddler Dan MacDonald; bluegrass fiddler Bronwyn Keith-Hynes; Irish fiddler Gerry Harrington; Dutch jazz fiddler/guitarist Christiaan van Hemert; and more. Columns include Tunesmiths (George Wilson and his tune "Hats Off to Scotty!"); Scottish Fiddling (The Highland Music Trust and Eric Allan's tune "Rosie"); Waltzes & Airs ("Dying Embers," by Molly Mason); Violin Maker's Corner; On Improvisation (Thinking in Chord Shapes); Jody's Column (Benny Martin Plays "The Grey Eagle"); The Hidden Note ("The Golden Eagle"); The Practicing Fiddler (Three-octave Scales); Bluegrass Fiddling (Scotty Stoneman and "When the Snowflakes Fall Again"); Fiddle Tune History; The Intrepid Fiddler (Second Position; "Ashland Breakdown" as played by Kenny Baker); and more!

Fall 2019 features include Kenny Kosek: Tales from the "Fertile Crescent of Fiddle Music"; Memories of Manitoba's Carl Grexton; An Interview with Carl Grexton; Tatiana Hargreaves: Hard-driving Fiddle; George Jackson: Coming Home to Dance Music; Ryan Young: A Study in Contrasts; Fiddle-icious Traditions. Columns and tunes: Violin Maker's Corner; On Improvisation; Waltzes & Airs ("The Tombigbee Waltz," arranged by Jay Ungar & Molly Mason); Tunesmiths ("Chips and Sauce," by Ira Bernstein); Jody's Column ("Pretty Little Indian," as played by Curly Ray Cline); Fiddle Tune History ("Vance No More"); Bluegrass Fiddling ("Johnny's Girl," by Johnny Warren); The Practicing Fiddler: Common Bowing Patterns for Breakdowns & Jigs ("Mississippi Sawyer," "Irishman's Heart to the Ladies"); Scottish Fiddling with Pete Clark ("Captain Henry Brian Myers," "Patrick's Strathspey," by Pete Clark); The Hidden Note: Pioneering Women Fiddlers ("The Bag of Spuds," as played by Liz Carroll); Notes on Learning: The Beat Not Played; In Memoriam: Paddy Fahy; The Intrepid Fiddler ("Blue Runner," by Bébé Carrière); Fiddle Tune Crossword Puzzle; Reviews of Recordings and Books; Fiddle-toon (comic).

Summer 2019 Issue (vol. 26, no. 2) features include Paul Brown: Deep in the Music; Laura Orshaw: Inspired Bluegrass; Kyle Dillingham: America's Fiddling Ambassador; Sophie Lavoie: Teaching with Gusto; The Story of the Apple Fiddle: Putting the Pieces Together; Violin Maker R.J. Storm: Man of Many Hats. Columns and tunes include Waltzes & Airs ("The Divide"); On Improvisation; Fiddle Tune History ("King of all Reels"; "Coming down from Denver"; "The Halfway House"); Scottish Fiddling ("Tam's Old Love Song"; "The Carter Bar"); The Hidden Note ("The Brown Sailed Boat"); Irish Fiddling ("Gan Ainm/Unnamed"; "Maids of Mitchellstown"); The Practicing Fiddler ("Sally Goodin'"; "Ookpik Waltz"; "I Don't Love Nobody"); Bluegrass Fiddling ("Ashes of Love"); Jody's Column ("Texas Quickstep"; "Rachel"); The Intrepid Fiddler; Notes on Learning; Crossword puzzle; Fiddle-toon (comic); Reviews of books and recordings.

Spring 2019: 25th Anniversary Issue! Features include Phil Salazar; Anya Burgess: Sola Violins; Dollywood Fiddler Sarah Cammisano; Brittany Haas (Tune: "Unless"); Beth Bahia Cohen; Ellie Hakanson; Cirque du Soleil Fiddlers Alicia Enstrom and Sébastien Savard; A New Version of "Red Wing." Columns & tunes include: Waltzes & Airs by Jay Ungar ("Mrs. Jamieson's Favorite"); On Improvisation by Paul Anastasio; The Practicing Fiddler by Jim Wood ("Rebop"); Jody's Column by Jody Stecher: Tommy Jackson ("Snow Shoes"); Bluegrass Fiddling by Paul Shelasky: Joe Meadows ("The Florida Blues"); Notes on Learning by Ed Pearlman; The Intrepid Fiddler by Gus Garelick ("Tarantella Ticino"); Fiddle Tune History by Andrew Kuntz ("Old Voile," "J.B. Miller's Hornpipe," "A Favorite Hornpipe," "Reefer's Hornpipe"); Irish Fiddling by Dan Accardi ("Amhrán na Páise"); The Hidden Note by Caoimhin Mac Aoidh ("Julia Delaney"); In Memoriam: Vincent Campbell; Scottish Fiddling by Pete Clark: Adam Sutherland ("The Wizard"); Fiddle-toon cartoon; Recording reviews. 

Winter 2018/19 features include Seán Heely: Pursuing the Dream (tunes: "Not All There," "The Dram Circle"); Rebecca Lomnicky: Sharing  Music and Culture (tunes: "Mr. McLaine's Scotch-Measure," "The Dancing Piper"); Aynsley Porchak: A Melting Pot of Styles; Libby Rodenbough: Jumping Off; The "Reel" Deal: Sisters Bring "Fiddlin'" to the Big Screen; Tommy Peoples: An Appreciation; The Remarkable Music of Mexico's Tierra Caliente: An Update; Niklas Rimmerfors: The Nyckelharpa as Centerpiece; My Fiddling Grandfather, Edward Hoover; Growing up with Bluegrass: Grant Flick. Columns include Waltzes & Airs by Jay Ungar (tune: "The Winter Waltz"); Jody's Column by Jody Stecher (tune: "Little Rose" as played by Wilson Douglas); Bluegrass Fiddling by Paul Shelasky (tune: "My Honey Lou" as played by Annie Staninec); On Improvisation by Paul Anastasio (You Have to Know Chords, Part 2); Scottish Fiddling with Pete Clark (tunes: "Hector the Hero," "2nd Lieutenant Archibald Morrison, The Royal Scots"); The Hidden Note by Caoimhin Mac Aoidh (tune: "The Harvest Home"); Irish Fiddling with Dan Accardi (tune: "Vincent Campbell's #2"); Notes on Learning by Ed Pearlman; The Intrepid Fiddler by Gus Garelick (tune: " A Waltz for Sue"); The Practicing Fiddler by Jim Wood; Crossword Puzzle; Fiddle-toon cartoon; Reviews of CDs, books, film. 

Fall 2018 features include Jay Ungar and Molly Mason: Healing Music; Music Therapy; Remembering Stacy Phillips; San Antonio's Belen Escobedo; Fiddlin' Banjo Billy Mathews; Andrew Finn Magill: Canta Violino!; Nashville Violin Maker Jennifer Halenar; Mathias Lévy: Accent on Innovation. Regular columns include Fiddle Tune History: Ignatius Sancho; Jody's Column: A Certain Funhouse Charm; Bluegrass Fiddling: Johnny & Paul Warren; Notes on Learning: The Learning Process; Scottish Fiddling with Pete Clark: A Wee Stravaig; The Hidden Note: Making the Commonplace Uncommon; Irish Fiddling: John Kelly's Sense of Space; On Improvisation: You Have to Know Chords; "Fiddle-toon" (cartoon); The Practicing Fiddler: A Beginner's Guide to Open Tuning; The Intrepid Fiddler: A Step Back in Time; Crossword Puzzle; Reviews. Tunes in this issue: "The Quiet Room," by Jay Ungar; "Hornpipe," by Ignatius Sancho; "The Merry Wives of Westminster," by Ignatius Sancho; "Rocky Pallet," transcribed by Jody Stecher as played by Lowe Stokes; "Four Cent Cotton," transcribed by Jody Stecher as played by Lowe Stokes; "Katy Did," transcribed by Jody Stecher as played by Lowe Stokes; "Two Hog Weeds and One Stalk of Corn," transcribed by Paul Shelasky as played by Johnny Warren; "Donald Mackenzie's," by Gregor Lowrey; "Bruce Sandison's Two-Step," by Pete Clark; "The Boys of Bluehill," transcribed by Caoimhín Mac Aoidh based on the playing of Martin McGinley, Mickey Doherty, and Caoimhín Mac Aoidh; "The Killard Reel," transcibed by Dan Accardi as played by John Kelly; "Going Across the Sea," transcribed by Jim Wood (GDGD); "Luzinda Waltz," transcribed by Gus Garelick.

Summer 2018 features include Chicago Irish Fiddler and Composer Liz Carroll; Corrina Rose Logston Stephens; New Brunswick's Robin LeBlanc; Bukhu Ganburged: Horsehead Fiddle Player; Scotland's Dougie MacLean; Growing Up with Bluegrass: Clare Brown; Touring with Texas Legends Dick Barrett and Benny Thomasson; John Mailander: Playing Outside the Lines. Regular columns include On Improvisation: Fracturing "Avalon"; Jody's Column: Pennsylvania Fiddle Tunes; Waltzes & Airs: Evolution of a Favorite Waltz; The Hidden Note: Elementary, My Dear Doyle; Notes on Learning: Relationships in Music; Tune History: "Bad" Tunes; The Intrepid Fiddler: The Fiddling Pendulum; Bluegrass Fiddling: James Price; The Practicing Fiddler: Recording at Home; Reviews; "Fiddle-toon" (cartoon); crossword puzzle. Tunes in this issue: "Rose and Kathleen's Slip Jig" and "Anne Lacey," by Liz Carroll; "Joe Crapeau," transcribed by Lisa Ornstein as played by Robin LeBlanc; "Mr and Mrs MacLean of Snaigow" and "Craigie Dhu," by Dougie MacLean; "Avalon, Straight and Fractured," transcribed by Paul Anastasio (plus video link); "Old Hang On," transcribed by Jody Stecher as played by Pop Hafler (plus audio link); "Tiddle Took Todfish," transcribed by Samuel Bayard; "Westphalia Waltz," as played by Jay Ungar (plus audio link); "The Lad Amongst the Spriggers," transcribed by Caoimhin Mac Aoidh as played by Padraig O'Keeffe; "Miss Mountan's," "Round the Button and Through the Horn," "Johnny Blow the Candle Out," and "Happy Frank" ("Bad" Tunes); "Texas," transcribed by Gus Garelick based on the playing of Chris Carney; "Sittin' on Top of the World," transcribed by Paul Shelasky as played by James Price.

Spring 2018 features include The Fiddling of Bob Wills; Henry Ford: A Penchant for Fiddling; Bluegrass Fiddler Mike Barnett; Bluegrass in Schools; Maine's Fiddle-icious Orchestra; Remembering Fletcher Bright. Regular columns include the "Fiddle-toon" (cartoon); Notes on Learning; On Improvisation: Riffs, Riffs, and More Riffs; Waltzes & Airs; Jody's Column: Clark Kessinger; The Practicing Fiddler: Double Stops; Scottish Fiddling with Pete Clark: A Wee Dram; The Hidden Note: A Tale of Two Ditties; Irish Fiddling: Bowing the Humble Jig; The Intrepid Fiddler: Music from the Fires; Bluegrass Fiddling: Getting Started; Reviews. In addition to musical examples, 11 tunes are transcribed and many have audio links: "Smith's Reel," transcribed by Stacy Phillips as played by Bob Wills; "Osage Stomp," transcribed by Stacy Phillips as played by Bob Wills; "That Brownskin Gal," transcribed by Stacy Phillips as played by Bob Wills; "Fiddle-icious Polka," by Don Roy; "The Love of My Life," by Jay Ungar; "Josh and I," transcribed by Jody Stecher as played by Clark Kessinger; "Arkansas Traveler," as played by Fletcher Bright; "Whisky Glen," by Roddy Matthews; "Toss the Feathers," transcribed by Caoimhín Mac Aoidh as played by Tommy Peoples and Paul O'Shaughnessy; "The Humours of Lisheen," transcribed by Dan Accardi as played by Denis Murphy; "Oyfun Pripitchik" (By the Hearth), by Mark Warshawsky, transcribed by Gus Garelick.

Winter 2017/18 issue features include Anna Roberts-Gevalt: Telling Stories; My Time with Joe Venuti: Anything but Standard; Teaching and Learning Gypsy Jazz: The State of the Art; Getting Started with Gypsy Jazz; Deanie Richardson: On World Tours and the Teacher's Chair; "Plenty of fiddlers and hound dogs": Anecdotes of Pioneer Dances in the Far West; The Fiddling Batchelders of Frankfort, Maine; Lonnie Robertson: Radio Fiddler, Part Three. Regular columns include On Improvisation: Some Thoughts on Backing Up Vocalists; Waltzes & Airs; The Practicing Fiddler: A Contest Round for Beginners; Scottish Fiddling: Diddly-Dee Music; Jody's Column: Tommy Magness; Fiddle Tune History: Lord MacDonald's Descendants: Québec; The Hidden Note: Favorite Misunderstood Tune Titles; Bluegrass Fiddling: Bluegrass Fiddle Backup; The Intrepid Fiddler; Reviews…. 18 tunes: "Thanksgiving Waltz," by Jay Ungar; "Berwick Stomp," as played by Jason Anick; "Alvah Batchelder's"; "Batchelder's Reel"; "Frisky Jim," as played by Lonnie Robertson; "Dance Around Molly," as played by Tommy Magness; "Coming Down from Denver"; "Ookpik Waltz"; "Stone's Rag"; "Miss Hannah of Elgin," by William Marshall; "The Famous Baravan," by Gordon Duncan; "The Long Water," by Sandy Brechin; "The Walls of Liscarroll"; "Virginia Reel, Part 1," as played by Arthur-Joseph "A.J." Boulay; "MacDonald's Reel," as played by Louis Boudreault; "Lord MacDonald's Reel," as played by Erskine Morris; "Girl in the Blue Velvet Band," backup as played by Chubby Wise; "Speranze Perdute."

Fall 2017 features include Alasdair Fraser on Finding One's Voice; Remembering Vassar Clements; Fergal Scahill: A Daily Dose of Fiddling; 10 String Symphony: 5 String Delight; Ryan Delahoussaye: Fiddle on Fire; Arvil Freeman: Sharing the Music; and Lonnie Robertson: Radio Fiddler, Part 2. Regular columns include On Improvisation: Tricks to Make Tunes Swing; Waltzes & Airs: An Air for Fallen Soldiers; The Practicing Fiddler: Bowing Matters; Scottish Fiddling: Defining Tradition; Jody's Column: Dewey Balfa; Fiddle Tune History: Skye to Québec; The Hidden Note: That's the Spirit; Bluegrass Fiddling: An Original Tune; The Intrepid Fiddler:  Fiddling from the "Show Me" State; Irish Fiddling: The Breathing Bow; Reviews…. 15 tunes: "Fallen Soldier" by Jay Ungar; "Smith's Reel," "Fire on the Mountain," "Kesh Jig," "Westphalia Waltz," "Delvineside," "The Miller O'Hirn," "MacAskill's Strathspey," "La Valse du Bambocheur," "Lord MacDonald's" (as played by Niel Gow and Jean Carignan), "Taibhse Chonaill" (Conall's Ghost), "All the Way 'Cross Texas," "Alvin Yardley Tune," and "Fred Finn's." 

Summer 2017 features include Finland's Mauno Järvelä & Näppäri: Making Music without prerequisites; Judy Raber & Jim McKinney: Carrying on the Michigan  Dance Fiddling Traditions; Lonnie Robertson: Radio Fiddler; Shauncey Ali: Sharing a Madness for Fiddling; Andy Reiner: Blazing His Own Trail; Sam Sweeney: "Bring Me My Bow of Burning Gold"; Maggie Estes White: Fiddler in Motion; Harald Haugaard: Danish Modern Traditionalist; and What Key Is That Tune? (Part 2). Regular columns: On Improvisation: A Potpourri of Suggestions; Waltzes & Airs: The Ash Grove; Jody's Column: Charlie Bowman Plays "East Tennessee Blues"; Fiddle Tune History: The Life and Times of Hugh Gilmour; Scottish Fiddling with Pete Clark, featuring Alastair Hardie; The Hidden Note, featuring "The Oak Tree"; In Memoriam; Reviews; 9 tunes; and more!

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.

Fiddler Magazine's winter issue features New York Irish fiddler Tony DeMarco, old time fiddler David Bragger, bluegrass fiddler Adam Haynes, Franco-American fiddlers, 19th century violin maker H.H. Heskett, Billy C. Hurt on Clark Kessinger, as well as columns on tune history, waltzes & airs, improvisation, Scottish, Irish, and Canadian fiddling, reviews, 11 tunes, and more!

The Fall 2016 features include New  England Fiddle Master Frank Ferrel; Québec's Pascal Gemme; Scott Joss; IIIrd Tyme Out's Justen Haynes; Estonia's Johanna-Adele Jüssi; North Carolina's Roger Howell; Daisy Castro; and two methods for transposing tunes to different keys. Columns include On Improvisation; Waltzes & Airs; Scottish Fiddling; Fiddle Tune History; The Practicing Fiddler; Cross-Canada Fiddle Tour; Bluegrass Fiddling; and more. This issue includes eight tunes plus several musical examples. Don't miss it!

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Fiddler Magazine  - Spring 2020

Founded in 1994, Fiddler Magazine is an informative, educational, and entertaining resource for fiddlers, accompanists, and appreciative listeners. Each quarterly issue (+/- 55 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, Scottish Fiddling, and reviews of CDs, books, and DVDs. Each issue also includes transcriptions of several tunes.

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