News, Tunes And Writings
The Elmo Wick Project
August 21, 2024
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It’s hard to believe that is it getting close to 10 years ago when I stopped by Orpha and Dan Radford’s house to pick up …
Fiddle Music from the Upper Midwest
August 21, 2024
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A few years ago, I embarked on a project to create a common repertoire for people throughout the Upper Midwest who are discovering heirloom fiddle …
The Real Pa’s Fiddle – Dance Music of “Pa” Ingalls from Little House on the Prairie
December 30, 2020
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Up on the Housetop
December 10, 2020
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As a kid, my favorite Christmas Song was “Up on the Housetop,” which was likely a foretelling of my later interest in traditional music. I …
The Real Pa’s Fiddle
September 21, 2020
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Throughout the widely read children’s book series “Little House on the Prairie” and the autobiography “Pioneer Girl” Laura Ingalls Wilder painted a portrait of her …
Fiddle Contests – 1926
August 6, 2020
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Here’s a great scrapbook of articles and ads from local newspapers in Minnesota featuring fiddle contests held in 1926. It is such fun to read through to …