The Cornell Daily Sun

Lecturer Details Effort to Preserve Fiddle Dance, an Indigenous Creek Tradition

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 ...
katc

Fiddle competition helps 'preserve and promote Cajun heritage and music'

JENNINGS, La. — Registration is open for the seventh annual “Battle of the Bows” Cajun Fiddle Competition. The competition is open to all Cajun-style fiddle playing. This year’s event will be held ...
The Inlander

The Northwest Regional Fiddle Contest celebrates 50 years of traditional tunes this weekend

Emilie Miller is tapping her cowboy-booted foot in time to her father Ed's guitar strums. Her flowy red dress sways subtly as she saws on her fiddle and steps up to the microphone to sing. It's early ...
The Columbian

Musicians in state fiddle competition keeping traditional music alive

This year is the first at the 149-year-old Clark County Fair for the Washington State Fiddle Championship, which drew fiddle players from around the region to compete. Portland’s Eileen Walter watched ...