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Recent Examples of fiddler
Classic Americana events include yearly bathtub racing, a peach festival, and a fiddler's convention.
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Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
14 May 2026
The group was founded in 1986 by the now-legendary Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser and his wife Sally Ashcraft, and now features more than 200 members.
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Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
7 May 2026
Taylor resumed his music career in 1995 and launched an independent label, Train Wreck Records, in 2007, intimate, Americana tunes with the likes of singer-violinist Carrie Rodriguez, guitarist John Platania, bassist Tony Mercadante and singer-fiddler Kendel Carson.
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Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Mar. 2026
The fierce and feet-pounding new cast includes four-time World Champion Irish dancer Keeva Corry and Australia’s competitive Irish dancers and brothers Will and Kieran Bryant, along with Will’s girlfriend, fiddler Haley Richardson.
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Marcia Luttrell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
Cleland is a master fiddler and executive director of the Irish Music School of Chicago, according to the district’s website.
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Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026
The area hums with culture, from galleries and artisan boutiques to live music at Stinky’s Bait Shack (go Fridays and see Matt Miller, fiddler extraordinaire) and the 30A Songwriters Festival.
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Carrie Honaker,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 Feb. 2026
The event marks exactly 100 years since the original broadcast featuring fiddler Uncle Jimmy Thompson.
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Caché McClay,
Nashville Tennessean,
28 Nov. 2025
Playing just with longtime Dave Matthews Band guitarist Reynolds and later guest fiddler Jake Simpson, rather than formally under the group’s moniker, Matthews and an almost bluesy Reynolds were both in the zone on acoustic guitar.
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Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
21 Sep. 2025
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
14 May 2026
The group was founded in 1986 by the now-legendary Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser and his wife Sally Ashcraft, and now features more than 200 members.
—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
7 May 2026
Taylor resumed his music career in 1995 and launched an independent label, Train Wreck Records, in 2007, intimate, Americana tunes with the likes of singer-violinist Carrie Rodriguez, guitarist John Platania, bassist Tony Mercadante and singer-fiddler Kendel Carson.
—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Mar. 2026
The fierce and feet-pounding new cast includes four-time World Champion Irish dancer Keeva Corry and Australia’s competitive Irish dancers and brothers Will and Kieran Bryant, along with Will’s girlfriend, fiddler Haley Richardson.
—
Marcia Luttrell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
Cleland is a master fiddler and executive director of the Irish Music School of Chicago, according to the district’s website.
—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026
The area hums with culture, from galleries and artisan boutiques to live music at Stinky’s Bait Shack (go Fridays and see Matt Miller, fiddler extraordinaire) and the 30A Songwriters Festival.
—
Carrie Honaker,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 Feb. 2026
The event marks exactly 100 years since the original broadcast featuring fiddler Uncle Jimmy Thompson.
—
Caché McClay,
Nashville Tennessean,
28 Nov. 2025
Playing just with longtime Dave Matthews Band guitarist Reynolds and later guest fiddler Jake Simpson, rather than formally under the group’s moniker, Matthews and an almost bluesy Reynolds were both in the zone on acoustic guitar.
—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
21 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiddler
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He is lured by the sound of music down a Montmartre street to Nicholas de Lenfent (Joseph Potter), an old friend from his village who has grown up to be a talented violinist and rakish twink.
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Ray McMillian is a talented Black classical violinist who defies systemic racism and his family’s discouragement to achieve musical success.
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Drones and water choreography, acrobats, and a floating pianist paired with over-the-top performances by Leona Lewis and opera singer Joseph Calleja transformed the night into a spectacle.
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The Fremont software engineer and entrepreneur has carved out a bustling career as a jazz pianist, a realm where children of the Great Depression share the bandstand with Gen Z teenagers.
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Richards will perform with guitarist Lenny Smith with the Lenny Smith Project.
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The headliners are The Breaks, a jazz/funk/roots super-trio of sorts featuring Galactic drummer Stanton Moore, Greyboy Allstars organist Robert Walter, and New Mastersounds guitarist Eddie Roberts.
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The accordionist stomped sideways under the stage lights, sweat running down his temples, looking like Angus Young sans schoolboy shorts.
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Like most of her bandmates, Madden grew up in a musical family; her dad was an accordionist who played hundreds of functions in the Northeast.
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The townspeople agreed, and the piper began to play a lively tune upon his fife.
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Sommer, a second-generation piper who lives near the cemetery, played Amazing Grace on her bagpipes while weaving through the graves to pay tribute to those who lost their lives.
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Playing bass in his place is Rob Jost, while harpist Mikaela Davis hops on a few tracks for levity, too.
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Now, local harpist and songwriter Calvin Arsenia is working to ensure that legacy continues.
Noun
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The headliners are The Breaks, a jazz/funk/roots super-trio of sorts featuring Galactic drummer Stanton Moore, Greyboy Allstars organist Robert Walter, and New Mastersounds guitarist Eddie Roberts.
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The head drummer of the colonial fife and drum band was a Black man in a Revolutionary War costume, his dreadlocks peeking from under a powdered wig.
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The core group now augments itself with the bass clarinetist Madison Greenstone, trombonist Weston Olencki, and, for the first time in the band’s history, vocals.
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Rollins and his two older siblings were all introduced to music early by their father, who was a clarinetist.
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