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 ...

MISSOURI — Junior Mariott, 59, of Marshfield, was crowned the winner at the Missouri State Fiddling Championship at the state fair this month. For him, it’s another opportunity to keep one of Missouri ...

Leah Farnes grew up playing in fiddle contests, a junior fiddle group and meeting other kids who played fiddle from around Montana and other states, many of whom she’s still friends with today. Farnes ...

Fiddle players are often at the center of bluegrass music, taking on the role of the lead instrument. Before Bill Monroe became the so-called Father of Bluegrass, he was influenced by other musicians ...

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 ...

The last time I went to Target in Warren, there was a man playing the violin with his two kids sitting next to him and a sign that said that he needed money, he needed help. Now I’m starting to think, ...

I was 20 when I stopped playing the violin. For years afterward, I felt as if I’d lost a part of myself. During those years I moved several times in the Northeast and twice to the Midwest, and ...

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 ...