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Janet Foster
I am standing in the backyard of my house with a bag of trash. I look up at the house and it is glowing, with music and laughter escaping from every window. I think the house is actually swaying. I come in and count seven distinct jam clusters. It’s...
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Ask Craig: FAQ for oldtime fiddle

Here Craig Judelman gives answers to some of the most common questions oldtime fiddlers have. Of course, in oldtime there are no "right" answers,...
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Banjo Resources

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...

Fiddle Resources

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There's a ton of resources out there on the web to help you learn oldtime fiddle. This is a...

Decolonizing the Music (Room)

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

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

Clifftop: a Beginner’s Guide

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All photos by Sandra Parks Three to four thousand old-time musicians, all in one place. If you’re one of the...

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