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Ask Craig: FAQ for oldtime fiddle

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Here Craig Judelman gives answers to some of the most common questions oldtime fiddlers have. Of course, in oldtime there are no "right" answers, but Craig's combination of experience and technical knowledge is surely a great place to start. What strings should I use?...
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Ask Craig: FAQ for oldtime fiddle

Oldtime Central
Here Craig Judelman gives answers to some of the most common questions oldtime fiddlers have. Of course, in oldtime there are no...
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Oldtime Voices

The Bones and Musical Repatriation

Dom Flemons
Dom Flemons, quoted frequently in last week’s article by Timothy Jones on rhythm bones and old-time music, here tells his story of...
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Gimme that Old-Time Rhythm

Timothy Jones
At first, as I was coming to love oldtime music as an adult, I found it curious that percussion and rhythm...
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Musician Profiles

Tricia Spencer: interview + tunes

Rachel Krause
Like all performers and teaching musicians, Tricia Spencer’s life looks a lot different this year. While she’d typically be in the...
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Sourwood Mountain: oldtime fiddle lesson with Craig Judelman

Oldtime Central
Oldtime fiddler Craig Judelman teaches the classic Sourwood Mountain, similar to versions by Clark Kessinger, Ernie Carpenter and Albert Hash, but one...
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Katherine Jackson French: Kentucky’s Forgotten Ballad Collector

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Congratulations on publishing your new book, “Katherine Jackson French: Kentucky’s Forgotten Ballad Collector” (University Press of Kentucky). Who was Katherine Jackson...
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Banjo Resources

Oldtime Central
Oldtime banjo players are probably the luckiest of the lot in finding learning materials online. I have no good explanation for why, but there's...
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Fiddle Resources

Oldtime Central
There's a ton of resources out there on the web to help you learn oldtime fiddle. This is a compilation of various places you...
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Decolonizing the Music (Room)

Oldtime Voices Oldtime Central
Brandi Pace is an African-American music educator, now teaching elementary music in Fort Worth, Texas for almost...

Is oldtime out of tune?

General Benjamin Smith
Whether we admit it or not, almost all of us have had that moment of listening...

Clifftop: a Beginner’s Guide

Festival Profiles Hilarie Burhans
All photos by Sandra Parks Three to four thousand old-time musicians, all in...

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Resources Oldtime Central
There's no where near as many resources out there for oldtime backup guitar players. That's a shame because it's...

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