There are a few country songs that give the fiddle the spotlight. Revisit four of the most essential fiddle moments in country music.

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 ...

EAST GRAND FORKS — Jeanne O’Neil, co-founder of North Country Fiddle and Dance, isn’t worried about the traditional songs and dances her organization helps put together going away anytime soon. While ...

Joshua Hedley's new album 'All Hat' is a tribute to Western swing; the Nashville musician says the authenticity argument in country is 'bullshit.' ...

Country music rose from deep and intertwined roots – from fiddle tunes and hymns and from work songs and ballads; from smoky saloons and secluded Appalachian hollows; from barrios along the southern ...

“People ask me all the time, ‘Where do you like to play?’ I say, anywhere I can get grits for breakfast. I don’t think that’s a problem in Montgomery,” Charlie Daniels told me with a laugh four years ...

ANACONDA — The Scott Woods Band, featuring old time country and fiddle music, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, in the Washoe Theatre. The performance is presented by the Anaconda Live ...

Alan Jackson doesn't mince words when he shares his thoughts on the current landscape of country music. As a traditionalist who built his career on a collection of classic country songs like "Drive," ...

It survived the bombs of World War II, flew across the Atlantic Ocean and sang in the hands of a country music legend for decades. Now, Roy Acuff’s prized fiddle has found a permanent home at the ...