Patrik Ahlberg

Sweden to Chicago. See Vidar Skrede & Patrick Ahlberg

Mary Allsopp

Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Leader of Chicago Spelmanslag. (See also Chicago Spelmanslag)

GL201 IMH - 2004. With Diane London (fiddle) & Anita Olsen (sitra). Studio session in Evanston, Illinois for Folk Songs of Illinois project for the Illinois Humanities Council. (See also Chicago Spelmanslag.)

• Polska efter Nall Jon Eriksson
• waltz
• Sigurd Olsen

GL201 MFC - 2004 & 2005. With Andres Peekna (kannel) & Tuuletargad (Estonian Wind Wizards) at Giddings Plaza in Chicago.

2004
• Suve valss

2005
• Estonian tune
• Vigala Reinlander

GL238 MFC - 2008. With Chicago Spelmanslag in the Fiddle Band Division at Folk & Roots Festival in Welles Park, Chicago.

2004
• unnamed tune
2005
• Swedish polska
• Swedish polska

GL250 OTS - 2010. With Tim Anderson (octave mandolin). World Music Wednesday workshop in Chicago.

• Hardu Sit Man Far
• Upp o Ut o Gar
• Druttjenkjaerleken Masurka

GL254 FCW- 2011. With John Hall (nyckleharpa) & Tim Anderson (octave mandolin) at the Atlantic Bar & Grill.

• Byss Kalle (slangpolska with dancers)
• Dalarna polska

• Lorigs polska (from Orsa)
• Halling springar (from Orsa)

Apolsky Ukrainian Orchestra

DD132 IMH Chicago - 1929. 78s - Victor Records. (See also George Gretsis.)

• Hutzulka Iz Kolomeji

• Harkan

David "Tex" Atchison with the Prairie Ramblers

DD123 NBD Rosine, Kentucky to Chicago - 1937. Chick Hurt (mandola), Salty Holmes (g) & Jack Taylor (bass). 78s - ARC Records. (See also Alan Crockett.)

• Bacon Rind

• Kansas City Rag

Bela Balog

DD134 IMH Chicago - 1941 to 42. With Braca Kapugi Tamburita Orchestra (Kapugi Brothers). 78s - Victor Records.
GL207 IMH Chicago - 2005. Interview with Marty Kapugi.
(See also Milovan Dokich.)

1941 - Kapugi Brothers w/ Edo Ljubic
• Aj Bon Janjo (My Dear Janjo)

1942
• Devoijcice Mala (The Young Maiden)

1941 - Edo Ljubic & Balkan Tamburitza Ochestra
• U Stambulu (In Istanbul)
• Nekad Cvale Bjele Ruze (Blooming White Rose)

Katie Bern

GL221, 222 & 238 MFC Palos Heights, llinois - 2006 to 2008. With Matt Danaher (mandolin) at the Folk & Roots Festival in Giddings Plaza and Welles Park in Chicago.

2006
• Poor Muriel-St. Anne's Reel (c. John Parrott/trad)


• El Cumanchero

2007
• Woodchoppers Reel-Cuckoo's Nest

2008
• Lonesome Fiddle Blues-Cherokee Shuffle

GL265 FCW  - 2012. With her teacher, Ed Cosner (fiddle & guitar), from Portage, Indiana. At the Old Town School of Folk Music. (See also Indiana Fiddlers.)

• Lover's Waltz (c. Jay Unger & Molly Mason)

• Limerock

Kristen Bern

GL221, 222 & 251 MFC Palos Heights, llinois - 2006 to 2010. With Maggie Danaher (fiddle) & Andrew Serb (guitar) & others. At the Folk & Roots Festival in Giddings Plaza and Welles Park in Chicago. (See also Maggie Danaher.)

2006
• set of jigs
• Rights of Man Hornpipe-unnamed reels

2007
• set of reels with Kevin Cary (flute)

2010
• Gentle Maiden-Tommy People's Reel

Brandi Berry

GL304 FCW Chicago - 2016. Baroque violin with Brandon Akers on baroque guitar. At Seman Violins.

• Johnny Cock Thy Beaver-Bottom of the Punch Powl (Oswald)
• For Lack of Gold I Lost Her (Oswald)

• Scotch Humour
• John Walsh tune

fiddlers for Józef Brangel i Wiejska Orkiestra

DD128 IMH Chicago - 1928. Joseph Brangel possibly 1 of 3 violins with Piotr Kopacz (clarinet) & unknown bass. 78s - Victor Records. (See also Jozef Kmieca.)

• Oberek z Migroda

• Polski Oberek

William "Big Bill" Broonzy

DD136 IMH Chicago - 1934 to 35. With Black Bob (piano) or the State Street Boys. 78s - Okeh & Vocalion Records.
(See also Eddie South; Dad Tracey; & Robert Waugh.)

1934 - w/ Black Bob (ARC)
• C-C Rider (Take A)

1935 - State Street Boys (Vocalion)
• Rustlin' Man

1935 - (Okeh)
• Sweet to Mama
• Midnight Special

Matt Brown

GL268 FCW/OTS Chicago - 2012. With Brown's Dream: Steve Rosen (banjo), Greg Reish (guitar), Jesse McQuarters (bass) & Paul Tyler (caller) at the Square Roots Festival in Lincoln Square in Chicago. (See also Fiddlers from Here & There.)

• Forked Deer

• Breaking Up Christmas

Catherine "Cat" Buckley Werner

GL315 FCW Chicago - 2019. Fiddle & nyckleharpa with Tim Anderson (octave mandolin). At the Grafton Pub.

• Josefine's Dopvals
• Tero's tune

• Bette Polska
• The One

Fred Campeau

Skokie, Illinois. Member of the Volo Bogtrotters.
(See also Chirps Smith.)

GL212, 220 & 222 MFC - 2004 to 2006. With Chirps Smith (fiddle) & Smith Koester (banjo) at the Folk & Roots Festival in Giddings Plaza and Welles Park.

2004
• Reel de Barzas

2005
• Mike in the Wilderness

2006
• Washington's March

GL277 FCW/OTS - 2013. With the Money Creek Boys: Jeff Krauss (banjo), Steve Rosen (guitar), Emery Langmar (bass) & Paul Tyler (caller) at the Square Roots Festival in Lincoln Square in Chicago.

• Sunny Home in Dixie
• Turkey in the Straw
• How Long

GL307 FCW - 2018. Acc. by Paul Tyler (guitar) at the Grafton Pub.

• Mississippi Echoes
• Rocky Pallet

• Ninth of January
• Apple Blossom

Liz Carroll

GL128 ITT Chicago, Michigan - 1989. With Kevin Carroll (father) on button box at an Adler House concert in Libertyville, Illinois.

• Joe Cooley reel-Hare's Paw-Castle Kelly
• The West Way Home-Cuckoo Waltz

• Grandfather's tune-Father's tune
• Farrell O'Gara-Lisa Ornstein tune

GL137 ITT - 1992. With John Willams (button box) & Jim DeWan (guitar) at an Adler House concert in Libertyville, Illinois.

• Reel Beatrice
• John Kimmel's Hornpipes

• Paddy O'Brien Jigs
• Wilson and Mary's Reels

GL293 OTS - 2015. With Pat Broaders (bouzouki) in a performance at a Pink Line CTA stop for the Iron Heart project.

• Barney Brannigan-unnamed jig
• Cooleys Reel-unnamed reel

EF014 - 1976. With James Keane, Jr. LP - Irish Traditional Instrumental Music from Chicago.

• McGlinchey's-New Ivy Leaf
• Green Mountain/ Eddie Kelly's/ Love at the Endings

Tom Cawley

DD117 IMH Chicago - 1929. With Francis Cashin (fiddle) & Ford (piano). 78s - Columbia Records. (See also John McGreevy; & Patrick Stack.)

• Mountain Lark/ Wheels of the World

• Bashful Bachelor/ Sunshine Hornpipe

Renato Ceron

GL212 MFC Lockport, Illinois - 2004. At the Folk & Roots Festival in Giddings Plaza in Chicago.

• La Pachuca
• Juan Reynosa polka

MF173 - c2008. CD - Navegando

• Petenera Huasteca

Chicago Spelmanslag

GL277 FCW/OTS Chicagoland - 2013. Mary Allsopp, Cat Buckley, Bob Behre & Ken Alvord (fiddles), Tim Anderson (guitar) & Tim Eischen (recorder). Square Roots Festival in Lincoln Square in Chicago. (See also Mary Allsopp.)

• 1812-Pariser Polka
• Shottis fra Idre

• Hast Shottis
• Waltz

GL270 Chicagoland & Finland - 2012. Private jam session hosted by Andres Peekna (kannel) at Estonian House in Deerfield, Illinois. It included a touring Finnish folk ensemble and members of Chicago Spelmanslag, led by Mary Allsopp (fiddle). Also in attendance were Arto, Anti & Mauno Järvelä of JPP (after performing at the Chicago World Music Festival) and Maria McCullough (fiddle), Yahvi Pichardo (guitar) & Paul Tyler (fiddle) of the Fantastic Toe Trippers Orchestra.

• Bingsjö waltz (slangpolska with dancers)
• Minuet after Matti Haudenman

• Purple Lillies Polka-La Cirerita (led by the Fantastic Toe Trippers)
• Kostner Avenue Waltz

Chicagoland - 2013 to 2022. Informal Scandijams with DrDosido and members of Chicago Spelmanslag: Mary Allsop (fiddle), John Hall (nyckleharpa), Catherine "Cat" Buckley (fiddle & nycleharpa) & Tim Anderson (mandolin & octave mandolin). Held in Wheeling, Illinois, except where noted.

GL278 - 2013

• Til Mor
• Hip o Hi o Hay

GL306 - 2018 (a small gathering featuring John Hall)

• Pelle Peker
• unnamed tune

GL316 - 2021 (Pandemic jam in Glen Ellyn, Illinois)

• Hopsar
• Three Marks Polska

GL318 - 2022 (Tim's birthday)

• The Lounge Bar
• Lili Harbres Waltz
• Polska from Kumla

Stephanie Coleman

GL201 IMH - 2004. With Chirps Smith (fiddle) & Paul Tyler (guitar & fiddle). Studio session in Evanston, Illinois for Folk Songs of Illinois project for the Illinois Humanities Council.

• Pete and Nancy
• Wind That Shakes the Barley

• Old 22
• 'Ol Woodard's Tune [Indian Corn]

GL212 & 220 MFC - 2004. With Steve Rosen (banjo) at the Folk & Roots Festival in Giddings Plaza and Welles Park in Chicago.

2004
• Sally Ann
• Rocky Pallet

2005
• Salt River
• Rebel's Raid

GL290 FCW Skokie, Illinois - 2015. With Fred Campeau (banjo & guitar) at Seman Violins.

• Jaybird Died of a Whoopin' Cough
• Biddie-Irish Polka
• Peg Leg

• Shakin' Down the Acorns
• Johnny Cope
• Vance No More-Speed the Plough

Sean Colledge

GL211 MFC Chicago - 2004. With Steve Rosen (banjo) at the Folk & Roots Festival in Giddings Plaza in Chicago.

• unnamed tune

• unnamed tune

Alan Crockett

DD123 NBD California to Chicago - 1941. With Arkansas Woodchopper & His Square Dance Band, possibly including Doc Hopkins on banjo. 78s - Okeh Records. From the Collection of Joe Bussard. (See also Tex Atchison.)

• Sally Goodwin
• Walking Up Town

DD123 NBD Chicago - c1945. With Doc Hopkins & His Boys. M.M. Cole transcriptions dubbed from the collection of Kerry Blech.

• I Got a Girl in the Valley
• Lamplighter's Hornpipe

DD123 NBD Chicago - c1945. As Fiddlin' Dave & His Boys. Keystone transcriptions dubbed from the collection of Paul Wells.

• Limber Up
• Old Granite State Reel
• Connellys Ale Jig
• Ivy Leaf

Edward Cronin

DD130 IMH Chicago - c1904. CD (compilation) - The Francis O'Neill Cylinders. (See Ward Irish Music Archives.) (See also John McFadden.)

• Banish Misfortune

• The Blackbird

Artie P Crowder

GL202 IMH Harvey, Illinois - 1977. Acc. by Ron Brown on guitar. Recorded and shared by Ron Brown.

• Broken Chain
• Wink the Other Eye

• Citaco
• When My Las' Old Dollar's Gone

Maggie Danaher

GL222 & 257 MFC Palos Heights, llinois - 2007 & 2011. As Stil Nua, or Chirish. With, variously, Kristen Bern (fiddle), Monica Severance (concertina) & Andrew Serb (guitar). At the Folk & Roots Festival in Giddings Plaza and Welles Park in Chicago. (See also Kristen Bern.)

2007
• Planxty Irwin
• Paddy Fahey's Jig

• The New Mown Meadow

2012
• Fanny Power-2 reels

Tommy Dandurand

DD103 NBD Kankakee, Illinois to Chicago - 1927. 78s - Gennett Records. From the collections of Joe Bussard and Paul Gifford.

• The Campbells Are Coming
• Leather Breeches

• Over the Ocean Waves
• Buffalo Girl

Milovan "Mel" Dokich

IMH Pittsburgh to Detroit to Chicago. Son of a leading tamburitza musician, Djoko Dokich.
(See also Indiana Fiddlers & Bela Balog.)

EO109 - c1945. 78s recorded with Djoko Dokich

• Ko Se Ono Bregom Sece (Who Is That Walking on the Hill)
• Ne Plac Mala (Don't Cry Little One)

- c1955. 78s recorded with Marty Kapugi & Sar Planina

• Kazi Mi Kazi Diko
• Mjesecina Kao Dan

EF220 Chicago - c1970. LP - Drina Tamburitza Orchestra: Featuring Mel Dokich.

• Jovanka
• Gypsy Kolo

EF206 Chicago - 1987. CD - Marty Kapugi Sar Planina On the Air.

• Kolo
• Dunave

Franciszek "Frank" Dukla

DD118 Chicago - 1926 to 27. With orchestra. 78s - Victor Records. Thanks to Selections from Mills Music Library

1926
• Na Okolo Czarny Las (A Dark Forest Around)-Polka
• Obertas z Dukli (Oberek from Dukla)

1927
• Nikto to Nam Niemo Ze - Mazur
• Polka z Gory Marcina

Irekani Ferreya

GL268 FCW/OTS Chicago - 2013. With Tarima Son at the Square Roots Festival in Lincoln Square.

• Mexican son
• Jesusita en Chihuahua-Las Perlitas-huapango

• huapango

GL238 MFC - 2008. At Folk & Roots Festival

• huapango

Dorian Gehring

Chicago - 2012. Of the Cajun Vagabonds, which includes his father, Stuart Gehring, a member of the Chicago Cajun Aces.

GL251 MFC - 2010. With the Cajun Vagabonds at the Folk & Roots Festival in Welles Park in Chicago.

• Viens Me Chercher (Come And Get Me)
• Lacassine Special

GL266 FCW - 2012. At the Old Town School of Folk Music.

• French Blues
• Denis McGee waltz
• Green Oak Tree

GL268 FCW/OTS - 2010. With Heather Mullins (fiddle & vocals) & the Cajun Vagabonds: Charlie Terr (accordion) & Stewart Gehring (guitar). At the Square Roots Festival in Lincoln Square in Chicago.

• two-step #1
• De Pardone (Come And Get Me)

• two-step #2
• Rolling Pin Special (Come And Get Me)

Steve Gibons

GL305 FCW Chicago - 2017. Of Swing Gitan. Workshop at Seman Violins. The Doina features Laura Hurwitz on cello.

• Taksim

• Doina-Klezmer Waltz

Dan Gillespie

GL276 MFC Chicago - 2013. With Evan Collins Brayer (banjo) at the Square Roots Festival in Lincoln Square.

• unnamed tune
• unnamed tune

• Ms P's Waltz
• Big Sciota

George Gretsis

DD132 IMH Chicago - 1926. With Spiros Stamos (santuri). 78s - GRC Records. (See also Apolsky Ukrainian Orchestra.)

• Greek Rhapsody

Mark Gunther

FF098 Chicago - 2002. With the Chicago Barn Dance Company. Recorded and shared by Joe Samojedny.

• Forked Deer

• Gary Harrison's Folly

Genevieve Harrison Koester

Chicago. With Smith Koester (husband) on banjo & guitar. Both played with Garry Harrison (father) in the Mule Team. (See also Garry Harrison in Indiana Fiddlers.)
GL221, 222 & 238 MFC Chicago - 2006 to 2008. At Folk & Roots Festival in Giddings Plaza and Welles Park.

2006
• Old Bob


• Jenny Get Your Hoecake Done

2007
• Little Doney
• Wolves a-Howlin'

2008
• Pride of America
• Yellow Jacket

GL224 - 2008. University of Chicago Folk Festival workshop.

• Courtin in the Kitchen
• Gallatin Special

GL249 FCW - 2010. At the Leadway Bar & Grill.

• Flint Rock River
• Come Here Ma'am, Look at Sam
• Litchfield
• Turnip Patch

GL275 - 2013. Fiddle Showcase at the Bluff Country Gathering in Lanesboro, Minnesota.

• Legshy
• Money in Both Pockets
• tribute to Garry Harrison (father)
• White River

GL295 FCW/OTS Chicago - 2013. With White Mule & Paul Tyler (caller) at Square Roots Festival in in Lincoln Square.

• unnamed tune (with calls)
• Robinson County (with calls)
• Billy in the Low Ground
• Forty Miles from Georgetown Without Any Whiskey

GL310 FCW - 2019. At the Grafton Pub.

• Four and Twenty Blackbirds-Who'll Cut the Britches
• Tight Line Fishing
• You Are the Girl that I Love Best
• Lost Indian-Snowbird in the Ash Bank

Judy Higgins

GL281 FCW Chicago - 2014. With The Big Dogs: Paul Tyler (fiddle), Steve Rosen (banjo), Chris Walz (guitar) & Eric Zorn (caller). Square dance at the Atlantic Bar & Grill, marking the completion of Illinois Arts Council Master-Apprentice Program.

• Durang's Hornpipe-Rush and the Pepper
• Willow Waltz

• Lloyd Kilt's Two-Step
• Pete Smith's F & C Quadrille

Don Ricardo Ibarra

GL302 FCW Chicago - 2016. Son Caletano with Miguel Ibarra (guitar) & Juan Rivera. At Seman Violins.

• Que Triste Vivo en el Mundo
• Marcha Zirandaro

• Polka Extraño
• Jamas

Kathleen Keane

GL256 FCW Chicago - 2011. Irish fiddle workshop at the Atlantic Bar & Grill.

• unnamed jig-East Clare Reel-Merry Blacksmith

• Golden Stud-The Banshee-Merry Blacksmith

Józef Kmiec

DD128 IMH Chicago - 1928 to 29. With Orkietra Józefa Kmiecia: unknown 2nd violin, clarinet & bass. 78s - Victor Records. (See also Jozef Brangel.)

1928
• Ogrowiny Wesela (Party Before the Wedding)

• Oj, W Bernie w Magazynie (The Magazine in Berno)

Liz Knowles

GL247 FCW Westville, Illinois - 2010. With Pat Broaders (bouzouki & vocal) at the Leadway Bar & Grill.

• The Pride of Petravore-Byrne's March

• Paddy's Trip to Scotland-John Brennan's-The Boy in the Boat-Wheels of the World

Elizabeth Lamberti

GL220 MFC Chicago - 2005. With Chris Perakos (accordion) & Clayton Brown (bass) at the Folk & Roots Festival in Giddings Plaza and Welles Park.

• Tango Caliente
• Two French Waltzes

• Helena
• Valse Manouche-Milko

Tim Langen with John Williams & the Chicago Irish All-Stars

GL144 ITT Minnesota to Chicago - 1994. At Adler House World Music Festival in Libertyville, Illinois.

• Paddy Fahy's reels

• If Ever You Were Mine-unnamed tunes

Tim Macdonald

GL276, 283 & 294 MFC Chicago - 2013 to 2015. Scottish tunes solo and with Jeremy Ward (cello). At the Square Roots Festival in Lincoln Square in Chicago.

2013
• Captain Campbell-The Hurricane-The High Road to Linton


• Miss Lyall-The Blackthorn Stick-Brian Borouhme-The Stool of Repentance


• The Mason's Apron-Soldier's Joy-Clean Pea Strae-Speed da Plough

2014
• Bonnie Jean of Aberdeen

2015
• Robert MacIntosh minuet with Jeremy Ward (cello)
• strathspey and reel set

GL299 FCW Chicago - 2016. With Jeremy Ward (cello) at Seman Violins.

• Johnnie Cope-Lady Dalrymple Strathspey-Green Grow the Rashes
• Niel Gow's Lament for the Death of his Brother
• Miss Henderson's Minuet-Lady Wallace's Reel-Lady Charlotte Campbell's Reel-Lady Baroness Keith

• Farewell to The Unicorn
• The East Neuk of Fife

Colby Maddox with Sunny-Side Up

GL292 FCW Chicago - 2015. With Mike Church (guitar) & Aaron Smith (bass & vocal) at Seman Violins.

• High on the Mountaintop

• Strawberry Point

William McCormick & Joe Owens

DD117 IMH Chicago - 1927. With Bowen's Irish Orchestra: possibly Patrick Doran (flute), Joseph Sullivan or Dennis Flynn (uillean pipes) & Mike Hart (piano). Columbia Records.

• Galway Girl/Stokestown Reel

• The Lass of Slievenamon/Behind The Bush in the Garden

Maria McCullough

GL220 & 222 MFC Chicago - 2005 & 2007. With Yahvi Pichardo (jarana, vihuela & guitar) at Folk & Roots Festival in Giddings Plaza and Welles Park.

2005 - With Zabe Pichardo
• El Gustito


• La Tortolita-La Radia

2007
• La Mariquita
• El Juachito

GL296 FCW - 2015. With Yahvi Pichardo (jarana, vihuela & guitar) at Seman Violins.

• Viva Zirandaro
• Gusto
• Dime Morenita Mia
• El Apasionado

• Son por Salomón Trujillo Mercado
• Paraiso Soñado
• El Tecolote
• Pajarito Arrocero

Buddy McDowell

DD113 Van Wert, Ohio to Chicago - 1934. 78s - Rustic Revelers. Decca Records. From the collection of Joe Bussard. (See also Great Lakes Fiddlers.)

• Knickerbocker Reel
• Chicken Reel

• Sunshine Special
• Dixie Get-Together

John McFadden

DD130 IMH Chicago - c1904. CD (compilation) - The Francis O'Neill Cylinders. (See Ward Irish Music Archives.) (See also Edward Cronin.)

• Doctor O'Neill

• The Swallow's Tail

John McGreevy

GL025 IFG Chicago - 1982. Acc. by Kevin Henry (flute) & Eleanor Kane O'Neary (piano) at the Tippecanoe Battlefield Memorial in Battle Ground, Indiana. (See also DD117-Tom Cawley; & Patrick Stack.)

• Lucy Campbell
• Rakish Paddy
• Harvest Home-Plains of Boyle

• Grand Spey
• Rose in the Heather
• Jolly Tinker

EF181 DACC Chicago - 1987. With Joe Shannon on uillean pipes. for an Adler House Illinois Traditional Music Award concert in Libertyville, Illinois.

• Banks of Newfoundland-The Joy of My Life

• Drowsy Maggie-Scotch Mary-Flagon Reel

GL128 ITT Chicago - 1989. With Pat Cloonan (button box) for an Adler House concert at the high school in Libertyville, Illinois.

• Liz Carroll's Favorite-Trip to the Cottage
• The Pigeon on the Gate-Tear the Calico
• The Harvest Home-The Boys of Bluehill

• untitled air-The Moving Bogs
• Sally Gardens-Duke of Leinster
• The Lark in the Morning

EEF003 - 1974. LP with Seamus Cooley - McGreevy and Cooley.

• Chicago Reel-Reidy's

With Seamus Cooley (flute)
• The Trip to Vermont

EF014 - 1974. LP - Irish Traditional Instrumental Music from Chicago, Vol. 2.

With Joe Shannon (uilean pipes)
• New Steampacket-Bucks of Oranmore

With Eleanor Kane Neary (piano)
• Around the World for Sport

DD117 IMH - 1934. 78 - With Pat Roche's Harp & Shamrock Orchestra. 78s - Decca Records.

• Green Mountain/ Longford_Maid
• The Rocky Road to Dublin

- 1935. 78 - With Eleanor Kane (piano). 78s - Decca Records.

• Bank of Ireland/ London Lassies
• Slievenamon Dublin

Jess McIntosh

GL283 MFC Chicago - 2014. At Square Roots Festival in Lincoln Square.

• Shove the Pig's Foot a Little Further in the Fire

• The Irish Wedding

GL313 FCW Chicago - 2018. Acc. by Paul Tyler (guitar) at the Grafton Pub.

• Sweet Nell-Half Past Four
• How Do We Sing

• December
• Spider Bit the Baby

Izaki Metropoulos

GL295 FCW/OTS Chicago - 2015. with the Jim Stoynoff Greek Band: Jim Stoynoff (clarinet), Eve Monzingo (santur), Sophia Metopoulos (guitar) & George Lawler (percussion) at the Square Roots Festival in Lincoln Square.

• Syrto
• Greek song

• unnamed two-step

GL293 OTS - 2015. Jim Stoynoff Greek Band performs at a Blue Line CTA stop,  for the Iron Heart project in Chicago.

• Syrto
• Grigoro Hasapiko
• Kalimantiano

GL244 MFC Chicago - 2009. With the Orpheus Hellenic Folklore Ensemble at the Folk & Roots Festival in Welles Park.

• slow Syrto
• Greek tune
• Greek tunes

Ji Qiu Min

GL134 ITT Libertyville, Illinois - 1991. Chinese erhu. An Adler House In the Tradition Concert. Original tape is at David Adler Cultural Center. DrDosido has no copy.

Sargon Mirza

GL150 ITT Chicago - 1995. With George Jubran (oud). At Adler House World Music Festival in Libertyville, Illinois.

• Arabic maqam

• Arabic maqam

National Barn Dance Orchestra

DD113 Chicago - 1933. Unknown personnel. 78s - Bluebird Records. From the collection of Joe Bussard.

• Barn Dance, Pt 1

• Barn Dance, Pt 2

Horatiu Ormindeanu with Nicolae Feraru & His Gypsy Orchestra

GL295 FCW/OTS Chicago - 2015. Romani music at the Square Roots Festival in Lincoln Square. (See also Ensembles.)

• invartita

• dance tune

fiddler for Tom Owen's Barn Dance Trio

DD102 Chicago - 1926. Possibly William McCormack or Frank Hart on fiddle, unknown tenor banjo & Tom Owens (caller). 78s - Gennett Records. From the collection of Joe Bussard and Paul Gifford. (See also Fiddlers-Great Lakes-Col. John Pattee & B.E. Scott.)

• Buckwheat Batter

• Hell on the Wabash

Victor Pichardo with Sones de Mexico

GL150 ITT Chicago - 1995. At Adler House World Music Festival in Libertyville, Illinois.

• La Peternera

• La Mariposa (The Butterfly)

GL244 & 257 MFC - 2009 ∧ 2011. With Los Pichardo, featuring Juan Rivera & Gabriela "Gabby" Pichardo (daughter) on fiddle. At the Folk & Roots Festival in Welles Park in Chicago.

2009 - featuring Juan & Gabby
• Son Planeco
• La Negra (Dark Woman)

2011 - featuring Gabby
• Mexican son

Pickled Herring

GL150 ITT Chicago & Paxton, Illinois - 1995. Don Peterson (nyckleharpa & viola), Paul Hoglund (nyckleharpa) & Suzanne Person (violin & vocal), joined by surprise guests, Trollrike Spelman, a 10-piece nyckleharpa band from Uppland, Sweden. At Adler House World Music Festival in Libertyville, Illinois.
(See also Don Peterson in Fiddlers-Great Lakes.)

• Anna's Hambo
• The Blue Goat
• unnamed tune
• Annastina's Boys

• Giving Tune
• Urpolska
• She Asked for a Krona
• Talgoxen

GL108 Chicago - 1983. Cassette - Paul Hoglund & Friends Featuring Pickled Herring

• Urspolska
• Schottis från Norbotten

• Jag Ser Uppå Dina Ögon
• Flyttningsgröt

Polish Highlanders

GL201 IMH Chicago - 2004. Andrew Tokarz (cello) with unidentified musicians (fiddle & vocals). Studio session in Evanston, Illinois for Folk Songs of Illinois project for the Illinois Humanities Council.

• Muzyka góralska
• Medley of Wedding Tunes

• Muzyka góralska
• Muzyka góralska

GL041 OTS - 1988. Andrew Tokarz (cello) and unidentified musicians (fiddle & vocals) at Festival of Eastern European Music in Chicago.

• Muzyka góralska
• Muzyka góralska

• Muzyka góralska
• Muzyka góralska

GL144 ITT - 1994. Andrew Tokarz (cello) and unidentified musicians (fiddle & vocals) at Adler House World Music Festival in Libertyville, Illinois.

• Muzyka góralska
• dance tune

• Dance of the Brigands
• traditional polkas

GL212, 238 & 251 MFC - 2005 to 2010. Andrew Tokarz (cello & cimbalom) and unidentified musicians (fiddle & vocals) at Folk & Roots Festival in Giddings Plaza and Welles Park in Chicago.

2005 - in Giddings Plaza
• Muzyka góralska
• polka
• Slovak Czardas

2008 - in Welles Park
• Muzyka góralska
• Muzyka góralska

2010 - as Moravian Cimbalom Village Band
• Moravian song-dance tune

Dave Prine with the Blue Eagle String Band

GL297 FCW Maywood, Evanston & Oak Park, Illinois - 2016. Dave on fiddle, Tyler Wilson on banjo, & Jim Chesney on guitar. At Seman Violins.

• All Around the Mountain
• Georgia Railroad

• Diggin' on the New Railroad
• Hop Along Peter

Michi Regier

GL261 FCW Lake Zurich, Illinois - 2011. With Peasants Abroad: Ashli Fain (mandolin) & Richard Miller (percussion) at the Atlantic Bar & Grill.

• Mouse Dance
• Makedonska Devoiche
• Rachenitsza

• Lesnoto (Vitual, My Birth-Place)
• Setnja
• Hutsul tune

Juan Rivera

GL243 Chicago to Cicero, Illinois - 2009. With Los Pichardo: Victor (jarana), Yahvi (vihuela), Zacbe (arpa) & Gabriela (violin) Pichardo. A concert of Son Planeco at Colibri Gallery in Pilsen (Chicago).

• Son Planeco
• Son Planeco

• Son Planeco
• Son Planeco

GL258 - 2011. With Los Pichardo. Midwest Folklife Festival at Folklore Village near Dodgeville, Wisconsin.

• Jarabe Planeco
• La Nayarita ___

• Jesusita en Chihuahua
• Son Caletano

GL293 & 295 OTS - 2015. At a CTA Blue Line stop for the Iron Heart program in Chicago.

With Lorena Iniquez (jarana) & Juan Dies (bass) in a performance at the Logan Square CTA stop.

• huapango
• polka
• huapango
• zapateado

GL295 FCW/OTS With Los Condedados Huastecos at Square Roots Festival in Lincoln Square.

• Son Huasteca
• El Caballito
• La Preternera
• El Gusto

Steve Rosen

GL220, 267 & 276 MFC Chicago - 2005 & 2012 to 2013. At the Folk & Roots and Square Roots Festivals in Lincoln Square.

2005 - With Paul Tyler (fiddle)
• Run Down Boot
• Muddy Roads
• Lake Charles Hop

2012 - With Paul Tyler (guitar)
• Cherokee Shuffle
• Mississippi Sawyer
• Pole Cat Blues

Stuart Rosenberg

GL279 FCW Skokie, Illinois - 2013. With Arnold Miller on piano at Seman Violins.

• Sephardic tune
• Fiselekh

• Finnish waltz

Joe Samojedny

GL224 Palatine, Illinois - 2008. Midwest Fiddle Tunes workshop at the University of Chicago Folk Festival (see also Chirps Smith, Genevieve Harrison & Paul Tyler).

• Stump-Tailed Dog

• Harrison's Folly

James Sanders with Fruteland Jackson

GL277 FCW/OTS Chicago - 2013. Fruteland Jackson (guitar, banjo & vocals) and Aviv (drums) at the Square Roots Festival in Lincoln Square.

• San Francisco Bay Blues
• Mean Old Frisco

• On Down the Line
• Julie Brown

John Sens

EF200 Chicago - 1974. With Sigi Olsen (fiddle) & Ruth Wirth (banjo) at Club Dalarna in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Recorded and shared by Tyler Wilson.

• unnamed polska
• Schottis efter Timas Hans

• polska från Bingsjö
• Skinnbracka med lucku

EF201 Chicago - 1975. With Ruth Wirth (banjo) & Tyler Wilson (guitar) at the University of Chicago Folk Festival. From the collection of Tyler Wilson.

• Gärdebylåten
• Knäpp schottis

• Trollpolskan
• Obergs Kesti, polska from Rättvik

Teresa Shines

GL314 FCW Chicago - 1983. With the Irish Music Ensemble from the Old Town School of Folk Music at the Grafton Pub.

• The Bag of Spuds-Father Kelly-St Anne's Reel
• Foggy Dew-Roddy McCorley-Johnny ___

• Off to California-Boys of Bluehill
• Polka Set

Vidar Skrede & Patrik Ahlberg

AF064 FCW Norway to Chicago to Milwaukee; Sweden to Chicago - 2019. Both play fiddle & guitar at the Grafton Pub.

Vidar Skrede (fiddle)
• Vokal tune
• Three Daughters-Goodman's Dance (polka)

Patrik Ahlberg (fiddle)
• Dream Castle (polska)
• Polonaise-Fest Polska

Lynn "Chirps" Smith

GL162 ITT Grayslake, Illinois - 1997. Acc. by Fred Campeau (banjo & Hawaiian guitar) & Rhys Jones (guitar) at an Adler House Fiddlers' Reunion in Libertyville, Illinois. Chirps is a member of the Volo Bogtrotters. (See also Fred Campeau.)

• Sweet Evalina
• Cameron Men Medley

• Six Pounds of Feathers in a Cuckoo's Nest
• Jump Fingers

GL227 FCW Lagrange, Wisconsin - 2008. Acc. by Paul Tyler (guitar) at the Leadway Bar & Grill.

• Ten Strike
• Ten Cents
  

• Old Ladies Pickin' Chickens
• Leonard Finseth's Polka

GL224 - 2008. Midwest Fiddle Tunes workshop at the University of Chicago Folk Festival (see also Genevieve Harrison, Joe Samojedny & Paul Tyler).

• Jump That Log
• Stegen Waltz
• A Bunch of Chickens

GL308 FCW - 2019. Acc. by Paul Tyler at the Grafton Pub.

• The Carraroe-Rambling Pitch Fork
• Oyster River Quadrille
  
• Back Door Schottische

Eddie South

DD136 IMH Chicago - 1928 & 1933. And His Alabamians. 78s - Victor & Columbia Records.
(See also Bib Bill Broonzy; Dad Tracey; & Robert Waugh.)

1928 - (Victor)
• That's What I Call Keen

1933 - (Columbia)
• Gotta Go!

Patrick Stack

DD117 IMH Chicago - 1926. With Edward Mullaney (uilean pipes). 78s - Victor Records. (See also Tom Cawley; & John McGreevy.)

• Harvest Home
• Maid in a Cherry Tree
• Four Courts of Dublin

• Mullaney's Favorite/ Ladies' Pantalettes-Reels
• The Chicago Reel
• Rambling Pitchfork

Don Stiernberg

GL282 FCW Skokie, Illinois - 2014. With Chris Walz (guitar) at Seman Violins.

• Take Me Back to Tulsa
• Brain Cloudy Blues
• Corinna, Corinna

• Wabash Blues
• Old-Fashioned Love
• Gold Rush-Sally Gooden

Karol Stoch

EO049 IMH Chicago - 1928 to '29. With the Karola Stocha Oryginalna Muzyka Góralka. CD - Fire in the Mountains: Polish Mountain Fiddle Music - Vol. 1. Original recordings were 78s - Victor Records.

• Spiew Juhasa (Song Of The Young Shepherd)
• Piesn Zbojnicko (Song Of The Brigand)
• Przewodnika (Mountain Guide's Song)

• Taniec W Karczmie (Dance In The Stone Tavern)
• Dobra Noc Weselno (Part 1) (Good Wedding Night)
• Dobra Noc Weselno (Part 2) (Good Wedding Night)

Kalman Strauss

GL276 MFC Chicago - 2013. Acc. by his mother on piano at the Square Roots Festival in Lincoln Square.

• Zemer Atik-Kolomeike

• Brivele der Mamen

Emil Swanson

GL125 ACC Zion, Illinois - 1987. Acc. by his wife Blanche on piano.

• Turkey in the Straw
• Soldier's Joy
• Lop-Eared Mule

• Buffalo Gals
• standard schottische
• tune 1

Dad Tracey

DD136 IMH Chicago - 1935. With Joe Williams Washboard Blues Singers. 78s - Bluebird Records.
(See also Big Bill Broonzy; Eddie South; & Robert Waugh.)

• Baby, Please Don't Go

• Wild Cow Blues

Rick Veras

GL212 & 244 MFC Chicago - 2004 & 2009. With Chico Welch (fiddle) & Reggio "The Hoofer" McLaughlin (feet) at the Folk & Roots Festival in Giddings Plaza and Welles Park.

2004 - with Chico
• Panhandle Rag
• Minor Swing

2009 - with Reggio
• Sweet Georgia Brown

Volo Bogtrotters

Fred Campeau & Chirps Smit (fiddle), Steve Rosen (banjo), Jim Nelson (guitar), Paul Tyler (guitar & fiddle) & Tony Scarimbolo (bass).
(See also Fred Campeau & Chirps Smith; also Dickey's Disciples on Lotus Dickey's Repertoire.)

GL164 Chicago - 1995. Chicago Barn Dance Company at Esperanza School. Paul on guitar. Eric Zorn-caller.

• Lowerys Quadrille (from John Summers via Armin Barnett)
• Pete and Nancy (from Fletcher Fulk via Garry Harrison)

GL283 Batavia, Illinois - 2013. House concert for Fox Valley Folklore Society.

• The Baltimore (from Lotus Dickey)
• Cindy/ The Whiskey Medley (Old Kentucky Whiskey/ Little Whiskey)

GL287 Urbana, Illinois - 2014. Square dance at Folk & Roots Festival. Pop Wagner-caller.

• Rush and the Pepper (from Jess Abbott via Garry Harrison)
• Bell Cow (from Pappy Taylor via Garry Harrison)

FP198 & 199 c1995. Indiana Fiddlers Gathering CDs - Old-Time Music in the 90s.

• Old Blue Sow
• Ninth of January (from Bob Holt)

Charlie "Possum" Walden

Evanston, Illinois - 2011 & 2019. With Patt Plunkett (piano).

GL225 FCW - 2011. At the Atlantic Bar & Grill.

• Acorn Hill Breakdown
• Virginia Darling
• Goodnight Waltz
• Maggie Brown's Favorite-Little Burnt Potato
  

GL311 FCW - 2019. At the Grafton Pub.

• Nine Mile-Climb Upstairs the Monkey-Ragtime Annie
• Homage du Joseph Bouchard-Boston Life-Charlie Hunter's Jig-Stan's Jig
  
• Waltz Blue
• Whitewater Jig-Wilfred's Fiddle-Scotch Style Jig
  

Robert Waugh

DD136 IMH Chicago - 1929. With Banjo Ikey Robinson & His Bull Fiddle Band. 78s - Brunswick Records.
(See also Big Bill Broonzy; Eddie South; & Dad Tracey.)

featuring Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
• My Four Reasons
• Rock Me Mama

• You've Had Your Way
• Without a Dime

Chico Welch

GL276 MFC Chicago - 2013. With unknown accompanist (guitar) at the Square Roots Festival in Lincoln Square.

• Midnight on the Water
• Sally Gooden

• Waltz
• Vamp in the Middle-Black Mountain Rag Sciota

Will & Holly Whedbee

GL221 MFC Chicago - 2006. Folk & Roots Festival in Giddings Plaza and Welles Park.

• Port Arthur Blues


• Fruge's Reel

• Happy One-Step
• unnamed two-step

GL229 - 2008. Cajun-style twin fiddling at the Leadway Bar & Grill.

• Happy One-Step
• Courville Reel
• Kathleen's Waltz

• Balfa Waltz
• Chopique Two-Step
• Lake Charles Two-Step