A few months ago, 90-year-old Harry Lecky thought his fiddle playing days were over. "I was scared of that," said the retired farmer from Milburn, P.E.I. "Since I had the bloody stroke, you forget ...

But the last fiddle player in her family died when she was about 10, and then there was a drift. "That was like a huge culture shock, I'd say, to not have any music anymore," said Lizotte.

Lheidli T’enneh Memorial Park will host two acclaimed fiddlers at the park bandshell Friday, July 25. Fiddle Concert in the ...

John Arcand, famous Metis fiddler and founder of John Arcand Fiddle Fest, in his home outside Saskatoon on Feb. 27, 2018. (Michelle Berg / Saskatoon StarPhoenix) Photo by Michelle Berg / Saskatoon ...

He has received several prestigious awards, including Male Irish Traditional Musician of the Year in 2006 by the Irish American News and the Bravo Award from Trad Magazine in 2007. Manus won the ...

The fiddle contest includes $7,500 in prize money in the open, senior, junior and junior junior categories. There are cash prizes for the top six players in each.

Rebekah Lesko reports – Aug 12, 2017 Now in its 20th year, the John Arcand Fiddle Fest brings together some of the best fiddle players in Saskatchewan. Jordan Daniels, 15, is one of them.

Ron Yule has been a fiddle player for more than 55 years learning how to play when he was in college. I love jamming," Yule said. “I don’t care about performing.

This Celtic Connections collaboration between Canadian new music specialists the Bozzini Quartet and fiddle/guitar duo Sarah-Jane Summers and Juhani Silvola made for intriguing listening, writes ...