Fiddle Journeys: 400 Years of Tune Migrations
Tracing the movement, transformation and evolution of fiddle tunes – from Europe to colonial America, through westward migrations and immigration to the present day – reveals much about the American experience. Master fiddlers from different regions and musical traditions share tunes and tales in this fascinating time travel.
(Featuring with Brendan Mulvihill, Lester McCumbers, Charlie “Possum” Walden and Jim “Texas Shorty” Chancellor)
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Brendan Mulvihill: [audio:http://media.rvanews.com/FolkFestival/audio/BrendanMuvihillTheMorningDew.mp3|artists=Brendan Mulvihill|titles=The Morning Dew]
Charlie Walden: [audio:http://media.rvanews.com/FolkFestival/audio/CharlieWaldenDundeesHornpipe.mp3|artists=Charlie Walden|titles=Dundees Hornpipe]
Texas Shorty: [audio:http://media.rvanews.com/FolkFestival/audio/TexasShortyLastWaltz.mp3|artists=Texas Shorty|titles=Last Waltz]
- Irish, Virginia, Missouri and Texas fiddle
From the Dean’s Desk »
This group will be an interesting “meeting of the minds.” They all have their own bag, like Mulvihill’s Irish playing and McCumbers’s down-home old-time fiddling, and to see them all collide (read: collaborate) should be a treat. In its various forms of music, the fiddle is often the show stopper, spotlight stealer, and the soloist extraordinaire. Does anyone even know what four fiddlers fiddling sound like?
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Tracing the movement, transformation and evolution of fiddle tunes – from Europe to colonial America, through westward migrations and immigration to the present day – reveals much about the American experience. Master fiddlers from different regions and musical traditions share tunes and tales in this fascinating time travel.
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