With very few exceptions, the only difference between a fiddle and a violin is the performer holding the bow. This ancient instrument, an art form crafted of thin wood, varnish, and gut strings, ...

WILLIAMSTOWN — Early music band Ruckus will live up to its boisterous name with a rousing concert of 18th-century Scottish airs and melodies at the Clark Art Institute. The concert, “The Edinburgh ...

Prof. Craig Womack, English, Emory University, sang a Creek hymn to audience members in Caldwell Hall on Friday, recounting stories from his role as a fiddler in traditional dances at Oklahoma’s ...

At first glance, the fiddle looks a lot like a violin. The biggest difference is the piece that holds the strings together. "The bridge itself can be a little bit flatter, so you can play multiple ...

From playing gigs with her acoustic bluegrass band Masontown to serving as associate concertmaster of the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra for six years, Padilla — also a classical violinist — remains ...

CAMBRIDGE, Minnesota — The strings on his fiddle dance with the bow while Gene Van Alstine waltzes with his past. On a summer afternoon, Gene plays fiddle solo in his workshop a few steps from a ...

Do fiddler crabs play the violin?! The name ‘Fiddler crab’ means ‘a crab that plays the violin.’ It gets its name because the way it waves its large claw up and down during its courtship dance looks ...

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 neighbor remark that they're feeling "fit as a fiddle." Zenas ...

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 ...