American Songwriter

Born on This Day in 1887, the Legendary Fiddle Player Who Recorded the First-Ever Country Songs, Years Before the Bristol Sessions

One hundred thirty-eight years ago today, the legendary fiddler who made the first country recordings was born in Arkansas.
WOWT.com

Century-old time capsule found at a Utah church evokes memories of a now fleeting Japantown

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A historian’s hunch about what might lie hidden within the walls of a Japanese church in Salt Lake City led congregants to uncover a century-old snapshot of a once vibrant ...
The Scranton Times-Tribune

Annual Fall Fiddle Festival set for Oct. 26

The Old Time Fiddlers of Northeast Pa. will host their 34th annual Fall Fiddle Festival on Sunday, Oct. 26, at Beach Lake Fire Hall, 1033 Beach Lake Highway, Beach Lake, Wayne County. Free admission ...
WAFF

City of Athens hosts Old Time Fiddlers Convention

ATHENS, Ala. (WAFF) - Folk fans from all over the Tennessee Valley flocked to Athens State for the Old Time Fiddlers Convention. Saturday marked the final day of the event, with hundreds of fiddlers ...
AOL

Old Time Fiddlers keep tradition alive at senior center

Joel Martin, Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wash. Oct. 1—MOSES LAKE — Old-time music is alive and well once a month at the Moses Lake Senior Center. "Anybody can join," said Charlie Root, the ...