When the fiddle appears in a country song, it is undeniably the loudest and most piercing instrument on the track. It can whine, it can hiss, it can do many things the guitar can and cannot. One might ...

There are a few country songs that give the fiddle the spotlight. Revisit four of the most essential fiddle moments in country music.

The East Texas Yamboree is celebrating 88 years in 2025, and as it turns out, the fiddle is still one of the event's big ...

Irish fiddler Kevin Burke is always tickled to play in Tucson. “I often think this kind of music we play is typically wet-weather music,” Burke said in a phone interview from Portland, Ore., his home ...

At its most basic, the Modular Fiddle can be played like any other violin. But creator David Perry designed this instrument to explore the many different physical component shapes and tones made ...

Sometimes, when things are stressful, nothing but the soothing sound of a solo violin will cut it to bring your heart rate down and induce a state of musical bliss. For those moments, we’ve chosen a ...

On The BPM, the violinist and singer-songwriter offers complex music that exists between the past, the present, and 10 ...

Think about a time someone promised you something. Maybe a friend promised she would return a toy you let her borrow. Perhaps a grown-up promised to read an extra bedtime story if you finished your ...