Fiddle Club of the World (Chicago Chapter)
Featured Guests
Highlighted names link to recordings made by the guest artists for Fiddle Club workshop/sessions. Click on highlighted dates to access recordings from Fiddle Club meetings.
| Date | Artist | Hometown | Style | Ethnicity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/14/2008 | Paddy Jones | County Kerry, Ireland | sliabh luachra | Irish |
| 04/20/2008 | Chirps Smith [more tunes] | Lagrange, Wisconsin | Midwestern old-time | |
| 05/10/2008 | Will & Holly Whedbee | Chicago | Cajun | |
| 07/20/2008 | Felipe Valle & Juan Rivera | Mexico City & Chicago | son huasteca | Mexican |
| 10/04/2008 | Frank Ferrell | Bath, Maine | New England | |
| 10/30/2008 | Alan Jabbour & Ken Perlman | Washington DC | traditional | |
| 11/30/2008 | Karen Solgard | Minneapolis, Minnesota | hardingfele | Norwegian |
| 03/28/2009 | Dan Gellert | Dayton, Ohio | traditional | |
| 09/25/2009 | Arto Järvelä | Ulvsby, Finland | polska, marssi &c | Finnish |
| 10/16/2009 | Pete Sutherland with Jeremaiah McLane & Mark Roberts | Monkton, Vermont | traditional &c | |
| 02/19/2010 | Liz Knowles & Pat Broaders | Chicago | reels, jigs &c | Irish |
| 03/28/2010 | Dennis Stroughmatt | Albion, Illinois | Midwestern French | |
| 04/18/2010 | Genevieve Harrison Koester & Smith Koester | Chicago | Midwestern old-time | |
| 05/02/2010 | Matt Brown | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | traditional | |
| 06/06/2010 | Rudi Pietsch | Vienna, Austria | polka, ländler &c | German |
| 06/08/2010 | Paul Brown with the Mostly Mountain Boys | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | traditional | |
| 06/08/2010 | Polka Chicks | Helsinki, Finland | polkka, polska &c | Finnish |
| 07/16/2010 | Jim & Kim Lansford | Galena, Missouri | traditional | |
| 10/24/2010 | Vesta Johnson with Steve Hall | Kirkwood, Missouri | traditional | |
| 11/21/2010 | Kenny Stone | Dyer, Indiana | bluegrass | |
| 01/16/2011 | Mary Allsopp & Tim Anderson with friends from Chicago Spelmanslag | Glen Ellyn, Illinois | polska, schottis &c | Swedish |
| 02/20/2011 | Charlie Walden & Patt Plunkett | Evanston, Illinois | Missouri old-time | |
| 05/15/2011 | Bruce Greene | Burnsville, North Carolina | traditional | |
| 05/15/2011 | Kathleen Keane | Chicago | reels, jigs &c | Irish |
| 05/29/2011 | Sule Greg Wilson | Flagstaff, Arizona | Black banjo &c | African-American |
| 10/23/11 | Lynn Frederick with Fred Campeau & Steve Rosen | Brady Lakes, Ohio | traditional | |
| 12/19/11 | Michi Regier with Peasants Abroad | Lake Zurich, Illinois | traditional | Slavic |
| 02/24/12 | David Greely | Lafayette, Louisiana | Cajun | French |
| 03/03/12 | Arto Järvelä & Kaivama | Finland/Minneapolis, Minnesota | traditional | Finnish |
| 03/23/12 | Deirdre Ní Chonghaile with Jessica Zeigler | Chicago | reels, jigs &c | Irish |
| 04/14/12 | Ed Cosner & Katie Bern | Portage, Indiana Palos Heights, Illinois |
bluegrass | |
| 05/20/12 | Dorian Gehring | Chicago | Cajun | |
| 06/04/12 | Anders & Maria Larsson | Sweden | traditional | Swedish |
| 07/08/12 | Clarke Buehling | Fayetteville, Arkansas | classic banjo | |
| 09/30/12 | Frank Hall | Ireland | traditional | |
| 11/30/12 | Jutta & the Hi-Dukes | Evanston, Illinois | Balkan, Klezmer | Jewish |
| 01/27/13 | Jimmie Keane, Jr. | Chicago | reels, jigs &c | Irish |
| 03/10/13 | Kirk Sutphin & Bertram Levy | Walkertown, North Carolina & Port Townsend, Washington | traditional | |
| 06/24/13 | Bjärv | Sweden & Colorado | traditional | Swedish |
| 09/29/13 | Vidar Skrede | Helsinki, Finland | traditional | Norwegian |
| 10/13/13 | Stuart Rosenberg | Skokie, Illinois | Klezmer, classical | Jewish |
| 12/01/13 | Dickey's Disciples [Lotus Dickey CD release party] | Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri | traditional | |
| 01/26/14 | Don Stiernberg [more tunes] | Skokie, Illinois | swing, jazz | |
| 04/13/14 | Folkestra | Gateshead, England | traditional | English |