I hate to confess this, but I've never been that keen on Stephane Grappelli's playing, as masterful and brilliant as he assuredly was. ("He plays with an accent," violinist and Berklee professor Rob ...

When Aaron Weinstein, a brilliant, now 28-year-old master of the hot jazz fiddle, was only 13, his life was turned around forever when he first heard a recording by the late Joe Venuti, the pioneering ...

Gabriel Dubreuil’s history with Festival du Bois is a long one, with his earliest memories not just about the music but instead the overall vibe. Raised in a proudly Francophone family on the West ...

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Jazz, America’s truly indigenous art form, is playing something of a second fiddle in most the major celebrations here this July 4th. At Kimmel Center, however, the fiddle, by Mark O’ Connor, was ...

We're not letting this instrument play second fiddle anymore. Any Southern native, or transplant for that matter, has a general idea of what a fiddle is. You've no doubt heard your mama or your ...

At first, Basil Alter shied away from talking about being one of only three U.S. violinists selected as a semifinalist in a violin competition in China this summer. That’s because to him, being ...

It all started at a luncheon. Thompson Jazz Studies Program Director John Gunther was sitting next to Assistant Professor of Violin Chas Wetherbee. They were just chatting when one of them mentioned ...

Regina Carter loves taking risks with her music. “I try to pull the rug from under my own feet,” she says. “I always try to push myself.” The classically trained violinist started her career playing ...

Whether you’re listening to Patti Smith’s cover of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” or versions of Jethro Tull’s “Locomotive Breath,” it’s not all that uncommon to hear fiddle, especially in later versions ...