Best Old Time Fiddle Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 412: Alice Gerrard (Luther Davis' Fiddling, Tommy Jarrell's Potato Soup, and Identity Movements in Old Time) 52:25

15d ago52:25

52:25

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Alice Gerrard with special guests Tatiana Hargreaves and Reed Stutz. We recorded this at the beginning of July in Port Townsend, Washington. Tunes and songs in this episode: Train on the Island (1:12) Remember Us (Alice Gerrard original) (14:08) Ta…

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Episode 415: Scott Prouty (West Virginia Crookedness, Melvin Wine’s Birthday, and Writing Tunes) 50:35

5h ago50:35

50:35

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Scott Prouty. We recorded this last month at Augusta Old Time Week in Elkins, WV. Tunes in this episode: Ira Mullins’ Cluck Old Hen (0:54) Thomas Dillon’s Grey Eagle (15:21) Trouble at the Border (Scott Prouty original) (32:00) Lovely Jane (38:58) …

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Charley Beller (Won't Come 'Till Morning) 41:41

1h ago41:41

41:41

Hey, it's episode 100! We hear from Charley Beller, Irish flute and guitar player and contra dance musician from Baltimore, Maryland and my spouse. Charley has played guitar on most of the podcast episodes, but this is the first time he shares on the podcast! What's it like to learn a dozen musical instruments? Why would a person practice all the t…

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Episode 302: Highlights from the Recent Newfoundland Labrador Folk Festival 1:55:15

1h ago1:55:15

1:55:15

Music highlights from the Newfoundland-Labrador Folk Festival held in Bannerman Park, St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador, July 11-13. https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18By Ron Moores

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Episode 414: Justin Robinson (German Influence and Old Time Down the Mountain) 55:30

27m ago55:30

55:30

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Justin Robinson. We recorded this last week at Augusta Old Time Week in Elkins, WV. Tunes in this episode: Chickens Crowing at Midnight (or Going to Raleigh) (0:50) Dancing Ladies (14:19) Little Brown Jug (25:47) Morning Star (or Virgil Craven’s Br…

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Why we squeak (Cumberland Gap) 9:50

9d ago9:50

9:50

Why does the fiddle squeak? If only we knew. Hang on, we do know! I offer lots of diagnosis and advice for how to get to the bottom of squeaking. Together we can not squeak as much. The tune for this week is Marion Reece's version of Cumberland Gap. Email me at meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com. Listen and subscribe on Apple Music, Spotify, or Buzzsprou…

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Episode 413: Nathan Vargo (Diva Fiddling and Flatfooting) 57:33

3h ago57:33

57:33

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Nathan Vargo. We recorded this on Sunday at his home in Pittsburgh. Tunes in this episode: Rat Cheese Under the Hill (0:34) Old Jake Gillie (18:28) Sally Ann (33:57) Sandy River Belle (45:14) Ernie Carpenter’s Shelvin’ Rock (53:50) Bonus Track: Bla…

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The best age to start (Horses in the Canebreak) 9:59

16d ago9:59

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What is the best age to start? There is an exact and definite best age to begin playing the fiddle and if you don't start then you're doomed. I'm kidding. The tune for this week is Horses in the Canebreak. Email me at meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com. Listen and subscribe on Apple Music, Spotify, or Buzzsprout. Find me on YouTube and Bandcamp. Here are…

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Episode 301: Encore The Ennis Sisters - interview with Maureen Ennis. 1:55:23

44m ago1:55:23

1:55:23

Encore The Ennis Sisters – Showcase of their release “Keeping Time”. https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18By Ron Moores with Maureen Ennis

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Why play the fiddle? (Sally in the Garden) 8:23

30m ago8:23

8:23

People play the fiddle for all kinds of reasons, and as a fiddler and fiddle teacher they often tell me all about it. I talk about some of the variety of reasons I've heard from adult fiddlers for why they're voluntarily choosing to take up this rewarding and challenging new hobby! Our Tune this week is a funky Sally in the Garden I got from Marion…

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Episode 411: Earl White (Green Grass Cloggers and Spreading the Old Time Gospel) 1:13:40

3d ago1:13:40

1:13:40

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Earl White. We recorded this on Saturday in Port Townsend, Washington. Tunes in this episode: Cumberland Gap (0:30) Sopping Gravy (11:56) Four Miles to Cumberland (29:03) Uncle Noah Jamison (59:31) Polly Put the Kettle On (1:10:33) Bonus Track: Fid…

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Busking on the fiddle (Old Aunt Jenny With her Night Cap On) 12:20

24d ago12:20

12:20

Busking is playing in the street for money. I've done it. In fact, I've done in New York City in the subway! A few thoughts on busking, and some busking stories. Fun tune this week, Old Aunt Jenny With Her Night Cap On. Email me at meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com. Listen and subscribe on Apple Music, Spotify, or Buzzsprout. Find me on YouTube and Band…

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Episode 300: Preview of the 48th. Annual Newfoundland-Labrador Folk Festival (July 12-14) 1:24:35

28d ago1:24:35

1:24:35

Preview of the 48th. Annual Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival with Artistic Director Mary Beth Waldrum, featuring music from Nico Paolo, William Prince, Dave Paddon, Karla Pilgrim, Duane Andrews, Maria Cherwick, Richard Neville, de Temps Antan, Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, and the Ennis Sisters. https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18…

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Episode 410: Collin Stackhouse (Friend with a Podcast Tax and Health Care for All Oregon) 43:56

10d ago43:56

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Collin Stackhouse. We recorded this on Monday at my home in Portland, Oregon. Tune in this episode: Waverly (0:35) Salt River (8:08) 44 Gun (30:47) Narrative Arc/Utopia (Collin Stackhouse original) (34:31) Tommy Jarrell’s Cumberland Gap (40:51) Bon…

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I try to play jazz (Cluck Old Hen, Ed Weaver's version) 10:22

21d ago10:22

10:22

Recently I tried to play jazz. It got me thinking about jazz, so I share some thoughts about playing jazz as a violinist, how I approach it, what it's like, how I practice, and how I take a solo. The tune is Ed Weaver's Cluck Old Hen. In the words of my friend Shane, it's a "nice, meditative tune". Email me at meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com. Listen a…

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Episode 299: Music from the PEI Small Halls Festival Closing Concert Fit for Kings 47:21

16d ago47:21

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Selections of music from this year’s closing concert on the PEI Festival of Small Halls, held at the King’s Playhouse in Georgetown PEI. Featuring performances by Meaghan Blanchard of the Northern Lights Group, and Mary Francis and Michael Leahy, children of the Natalie MacMaster/Donnell Leahy Family. https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18…

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Episode 409: Call Up in the Cool No. 4 58:24

28d ago58:24

58:24

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are a handful of listeners who called in with a question and a tune or song request because this is another Call Up in the Cool episode. Tunes in this episode: Last Chance (1:34) Policeman (25:40) Twenty Eighth of January (32:40) Kenny Baker's Sail A…

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Consider the mandolin (Shippensport) 13:32

1M ago13:32

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Have you thought about playing the mandolin? You could do worse. Welcome back to our regularly scheduled episodes, featuring a bunch of Old-Time tunes for the rest of June and July. We get caught up and talk about the mandolin. You may already know this, but the mandolin is tuned the same as a fiddle. Interesting! This week the tune is Shippensport…

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Episode 298: New Songs from Recent Releases from Atlantic CanadaEpisode 1:12:00

1M ago1:12:00

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New songs recently released from artists throughout Atlantic Canada, including: Richard Neville, The Once, Sherman Downey, Kelly Loder, Aaron Collis, Dave Gunning and J.P. Cormier, Jimmy Rankin, Jessica Rhaye, the East Pointers and Tara MacLean. https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18By Ron Moores with artists from all over Atlantic Canada.

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Episode 408: Northern Resonance (with Tall Poppy String Band) 54:09

26d ago54:09

54:09

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Anna Ekborg Hans-ers, Jerker Hans-ers, and Petrus Dillner of Northern Resonance, with special guests George Jackson and Morgan Harris! We recorded this in Viroqua, Wisconsin towards the end of our tour back in April. Tune in this episode: Pride o…

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BEST OF: Double Stops and Drones (Tail Toddle) 8:43

1M ago8:43

8:43

Starting summer vacation this week so I'm replaying an episode I recorded in December of 2022 about double stops and drones. I'll be back next week with Old-Time tunes. My course for double stops and drones can be found here. This episode covers how Megan helps her students learn to play double stops and drones and presents a setting of Tail Toddle…

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Episode 297: Music from Venues in Atlantic Canada 1:17:28

2M ago1:17:28

1:17:28

Featuring music from artists who have appeared at this year’s “ECMA’s” in Prince Edward Island, “Trails Tales and Tunes Festival” in Newfoundland and at the “Festival of Small Halls” in Prince Edward Island, including Jimmy Rankin, Morgan Toney, Tim Baker, The Bombadills, Rum Ragged, The Once, Shermanm Downey, David Francey, Richard Neville, Craig …

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Episode 407: Steve Rosen (Banjo Whimsy) 46:17

1M ago46:17

46:17

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Steve Rosen. We recorded this at The Old Town School of Folk Music. Tune in this episode: Forked Deer (0:57) Chief O’Neill’s (13:08) Nail that Catfish to a Tree (Steve Rosen original) (26:52) Mississippi Sawyer (35:15) Mary Blacksmith (42:54) Bonus…

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Ellery Klein (York Street Stepper) 39:40

1M ago39:40

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This week I have a conversation with Irish fiddler Ellery Klein. Ellery Klein performs across New England with the fiddle, flute, and guitar trio Fódhla and nationally with the three-fiddle Celtic powerhouse group, The Bow Tides, whose debut album, Sailing On, was released in 2022. She also teaches fiddle to all ages in the Boston area and beyond. …

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Episode 296: Preview PEI Festival of Small Halls 1:24:22

2M ago1:24:22

1:24:22

Preview of the PEI Mutual Festival of Small Halls - who’s playing and where they’re playing in towns and villages throughout Prince Edward Island with special guest Josh Ellis, Executive Director of the Festival. Artists from PEI, Atlantic Canada and abroad include “Maukin” (formerly 3 members of Ten Strings and a Goatskin”, Dave Gunning and son Ju…

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Episode 406: Smack Young Walser (Sweet-tooth Fiddling) 48:22

2M ago48:22

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Smack Young Walser. We recorded this at his home in Minneapolis. Tune in this episode: Luther Davis’ Sugar in the Gourd (0:34) Dick Sand’s Hornpipe (11:35) Old Mother Logo (32:02) Gotta Get a Job (Dave Landreth original) (38:20) Poor Little Johnny’…

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Harmonizing on the fiddle (Stoney Steps) 8:29

1M ago8:29

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Let's talk about playing harmonies on the fiddle. How can you get started with learning and playing harmonies and how do you get better at coming up with them on the fly? Our tune this week is the Irish single reel in D, Stoney Steps. Email me at meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com. Listen and subscribe on Apple Music, Spotify, or Buzzsprout. Find me on Y…

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Episode 295: Encore Interview with Newfoundland-Labradorian singer –songwriter Craig Young. 1:11:05

2M ago1:11:05

1:11:05

Interview with Newfoundland-Labradorian singer –songwriter Craig Young. https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18By Ron Moores with Craig Young

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Episode 405: Bobcat Opossum (Tune Scavengers) 56:19

2M ago56:19

56:19

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Ellen Coplin and Sean Michael Hoffman of Bobcat Opossum. We recorded this at their home in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Tune in this episode: Charles Bee’s Old 22 (0:30) 12/31/23 (Sean Michael Hoffman original) (10:14) Bill Malley’s Polkas (25:03) South …

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Andrew VanNorstrand (Lost River) 40:43

2M ago40:43

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Andrew VanNorstrand performs with his brother Noah VanNorstrand and Chris Miller in the Faux Paws, a contemporary folk band that plays fiddle tunes and original songs with just about the best groove around. The Faux Paws are making an album and you can get involved and find out more here. The time window is closing soon! Andrew grew up playing fidd…

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Episode 294: Music and Stories from the recent ECMA’s Down East Style. 1:08:16

2M ago1:08:16

1:08:16

Music from selected winners from this year’s East Coast Music Awards held recently in Charlottetown PEI including “Songwriter’s Circle” co-chairs Damnhait Doyle and Rose Cousins, Neon Dreams, Kayo, Émilie Landry, Kellie Loder, Morgan Toney, the East Pointers, Mary Beth Carty, Richard Wood, Rachel Davis and Darren McMullen, and Rum Ragged. https://w…

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Episode 404: Calvin Woodring (Old Time Harmonica) 45:13

2M ago45:13

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Calvin Woodring. We recorded this at his home in Madison, Wisconsin. Tune in this episode: Merriweather (1:08) Mama Blues (14:08) Zinger (21:47) The Walker Street Reel (35:51) Polecat Blues (41:11) Bonus Track: Rocky Road to Jordan The Stop and Lis…

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Novels with fiddlers (Donnybrook Fair) 14:33

3M ago14:33

14:33

If you're a reader and a fiddler, here are some recommendations for books from children's books to YA and general fiction that feature fiddlers and fiddling. Some of these books have even been known to inspire folks to pick up the fiddle! Kids books: Mole music Just Enough and Not Too Much Fiddling Sam Nina’s Waltz A Fiddle for Angus YA or chapter …

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Adventure Ahead - The Talking Drums 29:27

3M ago29:27

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Adventure Ahead - The Talking Drums

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Adventure Ahead - Toby Tyler Or Ten Weeks With a Circus 29:28

2M ago29:28

29:28

Adventure Ahead - Toby Tyler Or Ten Weeks With a Circus

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Episode 293: Preview Trails, Tales and Tunes Festival 1:31:31

2M ago1:31:31

1:31:31

Preview of the Trails, Tales and Tunes Festival in Norris Point, Gros Morne National Park, Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador. Features interview with Festival Program Chair Wayne Parsons (Anchor’s Aweigh), and a tour of the festival, including music from selected artists appearing at the festival (10 days - from May 17-26, 2024)…

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Episode 403: Lillian Werbin (Elderly Instruments) 51:11

3M ago51:11

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Lillian Werbin. We recorded this at Elderly Instruments in Lansing, MI. Tune in this episode: High on the Mountain (1:13) West Virginia, My Home (12:38) Red Rocking Chair (26:20) Darling Corey (42:30) Handsome Molly (48:07) Bonus Track: Troubles Vi…

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Trying a Tune in Different Keys (Maid of Mt. Kisco) 11:49

2M ago11:49

11:49

We talk about the personalities of the different major and minor keys. What makes C sound so different from A on the fiddle? Why do players try out a tune in different keys, and how do the keys lay out on the instrument? Our tune is the Irish E minor reel Maid of Mt. Kisco. Love this one! Email me at meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com. Listen and subscri…

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Adventure Ahead - A Tooth For Paul Revere 28:27

3M ago28:27

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Adventure Ahead - A Tooth For Paul Revere

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Episode 292: Music from this year’s ECMA Winners 45:36

3M ago45:36

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Music from selected winners from this year’s East Coast Music Awards in Charlottetown PEI including “NeonDreams”, Charlie A’Court, The East Pointers, Jason Benoit, Tim Baker, Julie Aubé, Morgan Toney, “Flying Pooka”, The Bombadils, Jenn Grant, and the Deriva Harvey Band. Includes a tribute to Bruce Guthro. 2 https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18…

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Episode 402: Sweet Milk and Peaches (Midwestern Schottisches, Polkas, and Jigs) 50:26

2M ago50:26

50:26

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Liz Voz and Jesse Downs of Sweet Milk and Peaches. We recorded this last week in Viroqua, Wisconsin. Tune in this episode: Step Up, Susie (1:10) Little Red Barn (9:02) Grandma’s March (18:34) A Capital Ship (28:42) The Cuckoo Schottische (39:50) …

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Rachel Eddy (Rose in the Mountain) 42:23

3M ago42:23

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This is my second conversation with Rachel Eddy, since I forgot to record the first one! We talk about finding flow in fiddling, learning tunes off recordings (or not), remembering tunes, singing, some great stories about Rachel's dad and his fiddle journey, and some ideas for fiddle students to help relax and get balanced while playing. Rachel Edd…

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Adventure Ahead - Robinson Crusoe 29:27

3M ago29:27

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Adventure Ahead - Robinson Crusoe

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Episode 291: Music from LAST year’s ECMA Winners 1:10:34

3M ago1:10:34

1:10:34

Music from selected winners from LAST year’s East Coast Music Awards in Halifax Nova Scotia including David Myles, Allen Snow, The East Pointers, Mallory Johnson, Fortunate Ones, Morgan Toney, Lisa LeBlanc, Shannon and Tony Quinn, Dylan Menzie, Jing Zia, Adam Baldwin and Kellie Loder. https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18…

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Episode 401: Keala Venema (Old Time Fiddle, Shamisen, and Chatting with Instruments) 49:17

3M ago49:17

49:17

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Keala Venema. We recorded this last week in Lansing, Michigan. Tune in this episode: Texas (1:04) Candy Girl (16:39) Cluck Old Hen (33:58) Julianne Johnson (39:52) Billy in the Lowground (44:38) Bonus Track: Big Scioty Follow Keala Venema on Instag…

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Tapes on the Fiddle (Broken Down Gambler) 10:15

2M ago10:15

10:15

We're talking about tapes on the fiddle, or stickers, or fingerboard stick on charts, or whatever you're curious about. Did you use tapes when you started? What are they useful for and how long does it make sense to use them? Our tune is Broken Down Gambler, an Old-Time reel in G. Email me at meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com. Listen and subscribe on Ap…

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