Following the announcement of their new album and Thrill Jockey debut Needlefall, out March 22nd, Magic Tuber Stringband share new single “Twelfth House.” Dovetailing rich American music traditions of ...

Kenny Kosek has announced the highly anticipated follow-up to his 1997 solo record, Angelwood, by divulging details and sharing notes regarding the Sept. 6 release of Twisted Sage. The forthcoming ...

If it isn't the fact they merge folk with punk and thrash metal, then it might be the way they came together. They formed when Jess Randall (fiddle) required musicians for a folk album she was working ...

On Rise, their second CD, the Crooked Fiddle Band continue their musical manifesto, rallying around the incendiary fiddle of Jess Randall to make music that will make grandmas mosh, punks tango and ...

Alabama is arguably the most successful band in country music history. And on this day in 1984, the group saw one of what would become their career-defining songs top the country charts. “If You’re ...

The Quebe Sisters, all in their 20s, have been playing the fiddle for over a decade. For a twenty-something to have that much consistent experience on an instrument is unique, but for three siblings ...

UNIDENTIFIED MAN: The Texas Playboys are on the air. BOB WILLS: (Singing) Now, listen everybody from near and far, if you want to know who we are, we're the Texas Playboys from the Lone Star State.

BETHEL -- Two hours to gig time, the rhythm section of the Northern Lights band arrived from Napakiak in an uncovered aluminum skiff. Rain pinged the belly of the 18-foot Lund boat. Bassist Larry ...

On this day (July 16) in 1984, Alabama released “If You’re Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band). Originally a B-side, the song went on to become their 14th consecutive No. 1 ...