When Narmour got a chance to record for Okeh Records as a prize for winning first place in a 1928 fiddle contest, he recommended Hurt to Okeh Records producer Tommy Rockwell.

" The Mountain Whippoorwill " is the title of a poem written by Stephen Vincent Benet about a fiddling contest, won by Hillbilly Jim, who refers to his fiddle as a whippoorwill and identifies the bird with the lonely and poor but vibrant life of the mountain people.

He is bound by the Fairness in Hell Act of 2275, allowing anyone who can defeat him in a fiddle contest with a solid gold fiddle to win their freedom, as well the golden fiddle itself, a reference to the song " The Devil Went Down to Georgia ".

Should the individual lose the fiddle contest, they will only receive a smaller, silver fiddle and the Robot Devil may kill them at his discretion.

tribbiera ) or threshing songs ); songs of mule-drivers ; chjam ' è rispondi (‘ call and response ’, a contest in improvised poetry ); the currente ( e. g. greeting guests ; these have a distinctive fiddle accompaniment ) and the cuntrastu ( an exchange between a young man and woman ).

In the 1990s Georgia honored Franks for his work to preserve the heritage of Georgia ’ s fiddling by naming a state-sponsored fiddle contest in his honor hosted then at Lake Lanier Islands.

He and Spawn compete in a fiddle contest reminiscent of " The Devil Went Down to Georgia " by the Charlie Daniels Band.

Zonn first met Alison Krauss at a fiddle contest at the Champaign County Fair when she was 10 ( and Alison 8 ).

** The Northumbrian fiddle style, which features " seconding ", an improvised harmony part played by a second fiddler.

One of Strabane's most notable features are five steel structures on the banks of the river: two dancers and a fiddle player on the Lifford side, a flute player on the Strabane side and a drummer in the middle.

These tunes display several features distinguishing them from music for fiddle, Northumbrian pipes and Highland pipes.

Among the unique contributions of Mongolia to the world's musical culture are the long songs, one of the greatest features of the Mongolian music, overtone singing and morin khuur, the horse-headed fiddle.

Like the morin khuur of Mongolia, the igil typically features a carved horse's head at the top of the neck above the tuning pegs, and both instruments are known as the horsehead fiddle.

The album features Dave Swarbrick playing fiddle on a number of the tracks.

The bòòríí cult features trance music, played by calabash, lute or fiddle.

* Peter is concentrating on developing his Trio ' Gigspanner ' which features himself on fiddle, Vincent Salzfaas on percussion and Roger Flack on semi-acoustic guitar.

Long Hard Ride, the band's fifth consecutive gold album, was released in 1976, and its instrumental title track ( which again features Charlie Daniels on fiddle ) was nominated for a Grammy.

Plying their talents in the Miners over the years have been long time stalwarts Rob Thomson ( guitar / vocals ), Ike Eidsness ( drums ) and Paul Gould ( mandolin The band also features the string wizardry on guitar and fiddle of Sexy Pierre Lumoncel who joined the band in 1990 and toured and recorded with the band throughout.

The album features Craig Frost on organ, clavinet, harpsichord, and piano ; and Doug Kershaw on electric fiddle.

In fact, slaves influenced early development of the music that became country and bluegrass, through the introduction of the banjo and the innovation of musical techniques for both the banjo and fiddle.

** Røros and Nord-Noreg styles, both using the standard fiddle.

** Voss and Telemark styles, both using the Hardanger fiddle.

** Northwest fiddling, with influences from both Ozark and Midwestern fiddle styles, though with a strong emphasis on competitive playing like Texas fiddling.

The nyckelharpa ( keyed fiddle ) is similar to both a fiddle and a hurdy-gurdy, and is known from Sweden since at least 1350, when it was carved on a gate in a church in Gotland.

The modern Ongnyugeum zithers and the Sohaegeum four stringed fiddle are North Korean modernized versions of traditional Korean musical instruments, both used in traditional and modern musical forms.

He was both a master boatman and fiddle player.

The fiddle, well established in England by the 1660s, was unusual in being a key element in both the art music that developed in the baroque, and in popular song and dance.

Aside from drums, whistles, bull-roarers and buzzers are also widespread, and the jaw harp and fiddle are both found, most likely recent imports.

Alabama has played a central role in the development of both blues and country music, plus Appalachian folk music, fiddle music, gospel, spirituals, and polka have had local scenes in parts of Alabama.

Instruments used in both traditional and modern genres of Bhutanese music include the lingm ( six-holed flute ), the chiwang ( Tibetan two-stringed fiddle ), and the dramnyen ( similar to a large three-stringed rebec ); modern musicians often update these instruments for use in rigsar.

There are two sizes of bamboo flutes, both used in theatrical music, and a rebab ( two-stringed spike fiddle ).

Choral events ( in Gaelic, both solo and choirs ), and traditional music including fiddle, bagpipe and folk groups dominate.

Featuring bagpipes, guitar, fiddle, and drums ( bodhrán and conga drums ), they play traditional Celtic music ( both instrumental and vocal ) as well as some modern tunes ( including some originals ) in a Celtic style.

From 1770-2 William Vickers made a manuscript collection of local dance tunes, of which some 580 survive, including both pipe and fiddle tunes, many of which are from Scotland, southern England, Ireland and even France, revealing the very extensive and varied repertoire of local musicians at that time.

Over the next six years, Fullmer proceeded to build approximately 30 guitars, craftsmanship that was both self-taught and mentored by an old country western fiddle maker named Tom.

It showed itself in the art of storytelling, legends, fairy-tales, in a rich decorative style, " rosemaling ", woodcarving, silversmithing and folk-music, both on the Hardanger fiddle and the regular violin.

Their musical traditions, especially in the case of fiddle music, was derived from both British Isles and French origins, as was the Métis traditional dance referred to as " jigging ", or the " Red River Jig ".

Before both songs were produced Williamson was introduced to Pixie Jenkins, an Australian fiddle player.

He was inspired to study both classically with Donald Grisier, Ph. D. and at the feet of some of Georgia ’ s fiddle legends such as the Skillet Licker Gordon Tanner, WSB Barndance host Cotton Carrier, Anita Sorrells Mathis and Dallas Burrell.

Small was musical and could play both the fiddle and the double bass.

Wickham plays both rock and roll and traditional Irish music, and has developed a rock music technique for violin he calls the " fuzz fiddle ".