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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peter Xiong / EyeEm / Getty Images Any Southern native, or transplant for that matter, has a general idea of what a fiddle is. You ...

Before she first picked up the instrument at age nine, Natalie MacMaster had long admired her uncle for his style of Cape ...

"When I learned how to play the drums correctly, it was all about timing," Toney tells CBC Music over Zoom backstage from his show at Destination Cape Breton. "I had to make sure my timing was on ...

While musicians around the globe rosin up their bow in celebration of World Fiddle Day, Cape Breton player Donald MacLennan attempts to answer the age old question: What is the difference between a ...

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From his home in Windsor, Ont., the often-controversial fiddler Ashley MacIsaac speaks about Crossover, his new album of rockified Celtic music. Given that your new album is being compared to 1995's ...