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 ...

On this day (November 20) in 1887, Alexander “Eck” Robertson was born in Delaney, Arkansas. After finding his passion for music as a child, he spent most of his life as a traveling musician. After a ...

Trampled by Turtles is not a bluegrass band. Yes, of the six members, there’s a banjo player, a mandolin player, and a fiddle player — all core instruments of traditional bluegrass — but the music ...