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Artist
ID# Project* Hometown or recording location - recording year.
Personnel & instrumentation. Contextual information.
Recorded selections
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Arne Anderdal

HT321 Norway - 2017. On hardingfele (hardanger fiddle) with Vidar Skrede (guitar & hardingfele).  Informal jam session at Gideon Welles Pub in Chicago.

  • schottische from halling
  • hardingfele tune
  • hardingfele duet
  • hardingfele duet

Jørn Steen Anderson

HT329 Roskilde, Denmark - 2023. Wednesday night folk dance with Roskilde Spillemandslaug (Fiddle Club) on the grounds of the Viking Museum.

  • Baglæns Kontrasejre
  • Hemmelig Sekstur
  • schottische
  • Karen Vals
  • Den Gamle Totur fra Vejle
  • Frederik's Kontra

Glenn Berry

HT024 Seabeck, Washington - 1998. With unknown accompanists. Workshop at Festival of American Fiddle Tunes in Port Townsend, Washington.

  • Maple Sugar Waltz
  • Sleeping Giant
  • schottische
  • Jack of Diamonds
  • Glenn's Jig in A
  • Another Jig in A

Harry Bolick

HT273 FCW Mississippi to New York - 2016. At Seman Violins in Skokie, Illinois.

  • Farewell Whiskey
  • Pore Little Mary Sittin' in the Corner/ Rolling them Simelons
  • Soapsuds Over the Fence/ Way Late Last Night When Peter Went A-Fishin'
  • Mary Blain
  • Sweet Milk and Peaches
  • Old Morgan

Matt Brown

HT224 FCW Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 2010. At Leadway Bar & Grill in Chicago. (See also Chicago Fiddlers.)

  • Carrol County Blues
  • Stambaugh Waltz
  • New Five Cent Piece
  • Rolling in the Rye Grass

Paul Brown

GL108 FCW Winston-Salem, North Carolina - 2010. With the Mostly Mountain Boys: Terry McMurray (wife) on banjo & John Schwab on guitar. Fiddle workshop at Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago. (See also Kukka Lehto/Polka Chicks.)

  • Fisher's Hornpipe
  • Sugar in the Gourd

HT255 - 2013. With the Mostly Mountain Boys at the Bluff Country Gathering in Lanesboro, Minnesota.

  • Chapel Hill Serenade
  • Flatwoods
  • Katy Cline
  • Lonesome Road Blues

James Bryan

HT242 Mentone, Alabama - 2012. With Carl Jones on guitar at the University of Chicago Folk Festival.

  • Tombigbee Waltz
  • Murillo's lesson
  • Won't Pick Cotton and Won't Pull Hay
  • Saratoga Hornpipe

Kristian Bugge

HT268 FCW Denmark - 2015. With Mette Jensen (accordion) at Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago.

  • Ingela Valse
  • Brudestk
  • Dwight waltz
  • Polonæse Svøbsk
  • Evadsaet
  • Brykeups Hopsa

HT318 - 2015. Workshop for Chicago Spelmanslag in Wheeling, Illinois.

  • New Schottische
  • Storm

HT274 FCW Denmark - 2016. With Sonnich Lydom (accordion & harmonica) & Alfred Hoirup (guitar & vocal). At Seman Violins in Skokie, Illinois.

  • Gangspil
  • Pigen-Soldaten
  • Rejlaender
  • Dwight-Skaarup
  • Allemagese-Svip
  • 2 Tur/ 4 tur

Kevin Burke

HT002 Ireland to Portland, Oregon - 1982. With Michael O'Domhnaill (guitar). Lark Productions concert in Bear's Back Room in Bloomington, Indiana.

  • bunch of reels
  • set of polkas
  • jigs
  • mazurka

Osiris Caballero

HT225 OTS Mexico - 2010. With Maria McCullough (fiddle) & Yahvi Pichardo (jarana). Visit to a class at Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago.

  • La Tamaulipas
  • Cielito Lindo

Heliodoro Copada

HT203 OTS Ciudad Valles, Mexico - 2003. With Los Camperos del Valle. Workshop for Festival of Mexican Son in Chicago.

  • La Huasanga
  • El Querreque

Roger Cooper

HT023 Lewis County, Kentucky - 1998. With Tim Bing on banjo. At Festival of American Fiddle Tunes in Port Townsend, Washington.

  • Briarpicker Brown
  • Martha Campbell
  • Snakewinder
  • Yellow Barber

HT269 & 270 - 2015. At the Bluff Country Gathering in Lanesboro, Minnesota.

  • Bostony
  • Black and White Rag
  • Turkey Gobbler
  • Old Kentucky Blackberry Blossom
  • Paddy Bids Farewell to America
  • New Money

Eric Corrigan & Eddie Whalen

HT023 & 024 Stoneham, Quebec - 1998. With Guy Bouchard on guitar. At Festival of American Fiddle Tunes in Port Townsend, Washington.

  • Lancers, 2nd Change
  • unnamed galop
  • Sheepskin and Beeswax
  • unnamed quadrille in G
  • unnamed quadrille in D
  • jig in C

Paul Dahlin

GL168 St. Paul, Minnesota - 1998. With unknown second fiddle, sitra & bass. At Festival of American Fiddle Tunes in Port Townsend, Washington. (See also Edwin Johnson.)

  • unnamed polska in A #1
  • unnamed polska in A #2
  • unnamed polska in A #3
  • unnamed polska in Dm
  • unnamed polska in D
  • Jones Olle's polska

GL169 ITT - 1999. Featured at Adler House In the Tradition Fiddlers Reunion in Libertyville, Illinois. Acc. by members of Chicago Spelmanslag. Due to technical difficulties there is no recording of this event.

Michael Barret Donovan

HT328 New York to Oslo, Norway - 2023. Informal session at Irish pub in Oslo city centre.

  • Reinlander
  • Half Irish

Andy Edmonds & Ivy Shepperd

HT278 FCW North Carolina - 2017. With the South Carolina Broadcasters: David (guitar & vocals) & Ivy Shepperd (fiddle, banjo & vocals). At Seman Violins in Skokie, Illinois.

  • Grey Eagle
  • F Tune
  • Let Me Fall
  • Reuben

Betse Ellis (as Betse & Clarke)

HT275 FCW Kansas City, Missouri - 2016. With Clarke Wyatt on banjo. At the Atlantic Bar & Grill in Chicago.

  • Dry and Dusty
  • Susannah's Breakdown
  • Shelvin' Rock
  • Calico
  • Jericho
  • Quail Is a Pretty Bird

Folkestra

HT260 OTS England - 2014. Youth band from Sage Gateshead in Newcastle-on-Tyne, playing for Global Dance Party and jamming with Old Time Ensemble class during residency in Chicago.

  • Northumberland Tune/ Rocket Dog
  • Maldownen Road/ triple hornpipes
  • Morpeth Rant
  • Salmon Tails Up the Water/ Jamie Allen

HT260 FCW Newcastle, England - 2014. Youth band at Seman Violins in Skokie, Illinois.

  • Dunstan Castle-Chebit Runs/ Shetland tune
  • Farewell to Ally Range/ Sammy Tour's Jig
  • Alisdair Anderson tune/ Peacock Follows the Hen
  • Chinquipin Pie/ Reel de Tour

Jamie Fox

HT288 Fort Belknap, Montana - 2020. With Scotty Leach on piano at the University of Chicago Folk Festival.

  • Moccasin Dance tune
  • White Buffalo
  • Joe Plummer's Waltz
  • unnamed tune
  • waltz
  • Moccasin Dance tune

Skip Gorman

HT285 & 286 Grafton, New Hampshire - 2019. At the Bluff Country Gathering in Lanesboro, Minnesota.

  • Weber's Drift (Dry and Dusty)
  • Molly's Tune
  • Utah Waltz
  • Walk Along John to Kansas

Olof Gothlin with Bjärv

HT256 FCW Sweden - 2013. With Bjärv: Ben Teitlebaum (nyckleharpa) & Mikael Grafström (guitar). At Seman Violins in Skokie, Illinois.

  • Hey hus
  • Hey hus
  • Jonsson
  • Polksa
  • Gammas Batt
  • Vi Ska Ut Och Ga

David Greely

HT244 FCW Lafayette, Louisiana - 2012. At Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago.

  • Courville's Favorite
  • Denis McGee tune (Pai Gens ...)
  • Aguillard Two-Step-The Rabbit Stole the Pumpkin
  • Primo's Waltz-Murphy's Waltz
  • Valse de Bambocheur
  • Watermelon Reel

Bruce Greene

GL152 ITT Burnsville, North Carolina - 1996. Adler House Fiddlers' Reunion in Libertyville, Illinois.

  • Johnny Court the Widow
  • Calico
  • Old Billy Hell
  • Pretty Betty Martin
  • Polly Grand
  • Nickson Kidd

HT015 - 1996. Informal jams in Wauconda and Chicago.

  • Rooshian Rabbitt
  • Pleasures of a Single Life
  • Wolf Creek

HT016 ACC - 1996. Adler House fiddle workshop in Libertyville, Illinois.

  • Feather Bed
  • Dance a Tobacco Hill
  • Muddy Creek

HT235 FCW - 2011. At the Atlantic Bar & Grill in Chicago.

  • Brushy Fork of John's Creek
  • Puncheon Floor
  • Hogskin
  • Cold Harbor Bend
  • Flannery's Dream 2
  • Hell and Scissors

Matti Haudanmaa

WE182 & 203 Finland - 1935. Selections from Järviseudun Viulumestarit and Arto Järvelä collection.

  • Härmäläinen Hääpolska
  • Rintalan Heitan Polska
  • Syrjälän Kaapoon Polska
  • Hauranmaan Menuetti

Gail Heil

GL236 Spring Grove, Minnesota - 2010. With Bob Bovee (guitar). Warming up before the Lanesboro Barn Dance.

  • Rochester Schottische
  • Storsveen Schottische
  • Monkey Ward Schottische
  • Fort Smith Breakdown

Frank Hietala

EF237 & 240 Alavieska, Finland to Virginia, Minnesota - 1960. Recorded by Elli-Kaija Köngäs-Maranda and shared by Arto Järvela. (Published as Frank Hietalan Nuottikirja.)

  • Joutsen polska
  • Jyrkän Matti faarin polska
  • Antin Mikkon polska
  • Haaviston polska #3
  • Vanha sotiisi
  • Vanha Alavieskalainen valssi
  • Paatespaata
  • Suomen polkka

Bob Holt

GL157 Ava, Missouri - 1996. With Chirps Smith (fiddle), Paul Tyler (fiddle) & others. Jam session at Lake Country Folk Club in Wauconda, Illinois.

  • Fat Meat and Dumplings
  • Arkansas Two-Step
  • Wolves A-Howlin'
  • Bull at the Wagon

Serafin Ibarra

HT204 OTS Ciudad Valles, Mexico - 2005. Workshop for Festival of Mexican Son in Chicago.

  • El Soltero
  • Mexican Son

Alan Jabbour

HT215 FCW Washington, DC - 2008. With Ken Perlmann on banjo. At Paddy O'Splaine's Bar in Chicago.

  • Billy in the Low Land
  • story about meeting Henry Reed
  • West Virginia Gals
  • Rocky Mountain Goat
  • Grover Jones' Waltz
  • Rose Division

Maja Kjær Jacobsen & David Boulanger

HT265 FCW Denmark & Montreal, Canada - 2014.

  • Den Lille/ La Gigue Du Plateau Mont-Royal/ Tretur
  • Ruseren/ Tretur fra Falster/ Bee's Knees
  • Lac de Moiry/ Le Batteux/ Reel Acadien
  • Quebecois tune
  • talk of an Danish island's dance tradition
  • Island dance tune #1
  • Island dance tune #2
  • Island dance tune #3

Arto Järvelä

HT217 to 220 OTS Ulvsby, Finland - 2009. For the month of September, Artos was Fiddler-in-Residence at the Old Town School of Folk Music, and a member of DrDosido's household in Chicago. Tunes from that month are shared on a separate page covering: 1) the residency, 2) music at our house, 3) workshops and a concert at Little Prairie Farm in Lagrange, Wisconsin, and 4) a visit to the Fiddle Club of the World.
(Go to Arto Järvelä Residency.)

A preview: our local attempt to recreate the Huutokatrilli, the Saturday Night square dance that climaxes the Kaustinen Folk Festival in Finland.

WE305 Helsinki, Finland - 2009. Arto with JPP playing for the Huutokatrilli in the Kaustinen Tent erected for Helsinki Day.

HT245 FCW Ulvsby, Finland - 2012. Solo pieces from concert with Kaivama: Sara Pajunen (fiddle) & Jonathan Rundman (guitar & keyboard). At Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago. (See also Sara Pajunen.)

  • Valter Enlund minuet/ polska
  • Victor Andersen menuet/ Johannes Juslin menuet
  • Taklax polska
  • ballad tune/ 2 Stare polskas
  • polska
  • Stare medley (nyckleharpa) - with Kaivama

HT264 FCW - 2014. With Antti Järvelä (guitar). Workshop at Seman Violins in Skokie, Illinois.

  • Reinon Knäpsäys
  • Foops (Spoof #s 8 & 1)

HT325 Kaustinen, Finland - 2023. With Mauno Järvelä leading mid-day Jamiworkshop at Kaustinen Folk Festival.

  • Halsuan Valssi
  • Vaino Nyykoortin Polkka
  • Lundrenin Marssi
  • Hirvi-Frimanin Polkka
  • Pirun Polkka
  • Hyppytahti

Edwin Johnson

AA032, 093 & EF085 St. Paul, Minnesota - 1975 & 1977. American Swedish Spelmans: with Bruce Johnson & Paul Dahlin (fiddles). Selections from LPs - Folk Music in America and Old Country Folk Fiddling. (See also Paul Dahlin and John Sens on Chicago Fiddlers.

    1975
  • Polska from Boda
  • Blan-Olles Ganglat
  • Visby
    1977
  • Vals Fran Ore
  • Ganglat Efter Sens John
  • Sens Vals

Vesta Johnson

HT232 FCW St. Louis, Missouri - 2010.

  • Orvetta Waltz
  • an old schottische
  • Heel and Toe Polka
  • Red Hills Polka
  • Rainbow
  • She Oughta Been a Lady

GL134 Libertyville, Illinois - 1991. Acc. by Steve Hall (grandson) on guitar for an Adler House In the Tradition Concert. Original tape is at David Adler Cultural Center. DrDosido has no copy.

Paddy Jones

HT210County Kerry, Ireland - 2007. With Rus Bradburd (fiddle) at a concert in Silver City, New Mexico. Shared by Rus Bradburd.

  • Ballydesmond Set (polkas)
  • The Cat Jumped in the Mouse's Hole/ If I'd a Wife (slides)

HT210 FCW - 2008. With Jesse Langen on guitar at the Leadway Bar & Grill in Chicago.

  • Dan O'Keefes Slides
  • Pot's On/ Butcher's Knife
  • The Blackbird/ unnamed reel
  • The Holly Bush/ Coughlin Reel
  • Johnny Bailey's Polkas
  • Galtee Rangers/ O'Keefe Reel/ Lord MacDonalds

Indrek Kalda & Tiits Kikas

WE180 Estonia - c2009. Demo - Estonian Folk Music recorded and shared by Jaan Elgula.

  • Tulò aga Tulò
  • Vengerick
  • Tòmba jüri
  • Tibujalg

Ken Keppeler & Jeanie McLerie

HT005 Silver City, New Mexico - 2007. At the Bluff Country Gathering in Lanesboro, Minnesota.

  • Pinto Beans
  • Cuadrilla
  • Santa Rosa
  • Ho-Ho-Kam Polka
  • Libby Birdsong Mazurka
  • Elliott's Special/ Cajun waltz

HT280 FCW - 2017.

  • Sonora Church Two-Step/ Blackie Polka
  • Mercredi Soir Passe (Pass Me the Bottle)
  • Fat Doctor/ Rattlesnake Jig
  • Redondo/ Cuadrilla/ Cotillon
  • Jerusalem
  • Libby Bird Song

Lloyd Lalamondiere

GL147 ITT Festus, Missouri - 1995. Acc. by Jim Nelson at an Adler House In the Tradition Fiddlers' Reunion concert in Libertyville, Illinois.

  • French Village Waltz
  • Vally Winters's Tune
  • Yellow Rose
  • Silver and Gold
  • Forgotten Waltz
  • Daniel's Waltz

GL166 Festus, Missouri - 1998. Acc. by Jim Nelson (guitar) & Paul Tyler (fiddle).

  • Hogs in the Corn
  • Jess Drury's Tune
  • Old Bobby Bowden
  • My Little Home in West Virginia
  • Morningstar Waltz
  • Paris Waltz

Dwight Lamb

HT018 Onowa, Iowa - 1997. With Kenny Applebee on guitar at Missouri Fiddlers Gathering in Bethel, Missouri.

  • Lady of the Lake
  • Old Ladies Picking Chickens
  • schottische
  • Cowboy Waltz

HT269 - 2015. With Bob Bovee on guitar at the Bluff Country Gathering in Lanesboro, Minnesota.

  • Jake's Best Reel
  • Oyster River Quadrille

Jim Lansford

GL169 ITT Galena, Missouri - 1999. With Kim Lansford (guitar). Adler House In the Tradition Fiddlers' Reunion in Libertyville, Illinois.

  • Judge Parker
  • Call Your Dogs, Let's Go Hunting
  • Hell Against the Barn Door-Uncle Pink
  • Callahan
  • Old Sport
  • Black Sally Goodin

HT230 FCW - 2010. With Kim Lansford (guitar) at the Leadway Bar & Grill in Chicago.

  • Money Musk
  • Waverly
  • Piedmont
  • Bear Creek Sally Gooden
  • Natchez Under the Hill
  • Sunday Night Reel
  • Horse and Buggy-O
  • Salty River Reel

Maria Larsson of Svanevit

HT248 FCW Sweden - 2012. With Anders Larssen (husband) on guitar & Frida Rosen (former bandmate) on fiddle. At Old Town School of Folk Music.

  • Slang polska from Murka
  • Polska from Aland
  • polska with Frida Rosen
  • bagpipe tune with Frida Rosen
  • 1812
  • Piku Vals

Kukka Lehto of the Polka Chicks

HT228 FCW Helsinki, Finland - 2010. With Tejia Niku on accordion. Workshop at Old Town School of Folk Music. (See also Paul Brown/Mostly Mountain Boys.)

  • Finnish song
  • Viktor's Vals

Lionel Leleux

HT001 LeLeux, Louisiana - 1980. Concert for the Indiana University Folklore Institute in Bloomington, Indiana.

  • Your Little Kisser Is Sweet
  • Orphan's Waltz
  • Little Blue Flame
  • Hathaway Two-Step

Lorenzo Martinez

HT006 OTS Albuquerque, New Mexico - 1989. With Los Reyes del Albuquerque. At Festival of Latin Music in Chicago.

  • unnamed march-[Repaz Band]
  • Valse de los Panos
  • Polka
  • [Rustic Dance]

Taylor McBaine

GL126 ITT Booneville, Missouri - 1989. Acc. by Cathy Barton (banjo & hammer dulcimer) & Dave Para (guitar) for an Adler House In the Tradition concert in Libertyville, Illinois.

  • Cotton Blossom
  • Hog's Head
  • Clark Waltz
  • Hooker's Hornpipe

Pete McMahan

HT018 Harrisburg, Missouri - 1997. With Kenny Applebee on guitar at Missouri Fiddlers Gathering in Bethel, Missouri.

  • Old Indiana
  • Waltz
  • Wild John
  • Tom and Jerry

Ernest Lon & Bird Dewey Menton

AF065 Blue Earth County, Minnesota - c1960. With Harold Lon Menton on piano. Home recordings "By Uncle Bird Dewey." From the collection of Gene Menton, shared through Al Smitley.

  • quadrille (jig time)
  • unnamed reel
  • quadrille (jig time)
  • Haste to the Wedding
  • quadrille (jig time)
  • ragtime march and two-step
  • unnamed 2-key breakdown
  • waltz

Blake Miller

HT279 FCW Louisiana - 2017. Workshop at Seman Violins in Skokie, Illinois.

  • La Cotillion
  • Derniere Fois

Bruce Molsky

HT022 Arlington, Virginia - 1998. House concert in Chicago.

  • Sollys Little Favorite/ Old Sledge
  • Pickin' the Devil's Eye

Al Murphy

HT282 Iowa City, Iowa - 2018. With Marc Janssen (guitar) at Bluff Country Gathering in Lanesboro, Minnesota.

  • Hogs in the Cornfield (from Delbert Spray)
  • Neeper Rag (from Delbert Spray)
  • Marching Down Broadway (from Otis McCray)
  • Steamboat Quickstep (from Otis McCray)
  • Woodland Whispers (from Otis McCray)
  • Lowry's Quadrille (from John W. Summers thru Art Rosenbaum)
  • Hogs in the Cornfield (from Delbert Spray)
  • Blue Rose Waltz #1 (from Shorty Terrell)
  • Mountain Grove Waltz (from Eddie Benj)
  • Albert's Breakdown in G (from Delbert Spray)

Deirdre Ní Chonghaile

HT246 FCW Ireland - 2012. With Jessica Ziegler (fiddle), Matt Brown (guitar) & others. Dance workshop at Old Town School of Folk Music.

  • polkas-Britches Full of Stitches
  • The Stack of Barley
  • Off to California-Kitty's Wedding
  • jig-slip jig-Poteen O'Rafferty (slip jig)
  • The Blackbird
  • Spotted Pony-Paddy's Return (for Siege of Ennis)

Lisa Ornstein

HT004 Quebec, Quebec - 1983. At the Fiddle & Dance Workshops in Ashokan, New York.

  • Reel du Diablo
  • Alexander McKenzie's March
  • Sheepskin and Beeswax
  • La Cardeuse
  • Quebecois tune #3
  • Galope de la Malbaie

Jaan Palu

WE176 Estonia - 1937. Selections from Pärnumaa Viiuldajad, Teine.

  • Neljäpuari
  • Puusaluu (labajalg)
  • Hiir hüppas
  • Aadu polka

Sara Pajunen

HT245 FCW Minneapolis, Minnesota - 2012. With Arto Järvelä (fiddle & nyckleharpa) & Kaivama: Jonathon Rundman (guitar, mandolin & keyboard). At Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago. (See also Arto Järvelä.)

  • Frank Hietala tune
  • Stack of Wood
  • polska
  • Borlaug polkka
  • Market March
  • unnamed tune

HT276 FCW Minneapolis, Minnesota & Helsinki, Finland - 2016. As Aallotar, with Tejia Niku (accordion & vocals). At Seman Violins in Skokie, Illinois.

  • tune 1
  • tune 2
  • tune 2
  • tune 2

Torsten Pärus & Valter Enlund

WE202 Lappfjärd, Finland - 1990. Recorded and shared by Arto Järvelä.

  • Lyckönskan (polkas)
  • Friarvalsin (slides)
  • Sängknarrn
  • Karis Per's schottis

Rudi Pietsch

HT227 OTS Vienna, Austria - 2010. Visit to Fiddle IV-Twin Fiddle class at Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago.

  • Zwiefacher
  • Yodel with fiddle

HT227 FCW - 2010. With unidentified friend (from Germany) on guitar & Paul Tyler on 2nd fiddle. At Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago.

  • Der Einfache
  • Die Bacherlmuhl
  • Konsta Jylha tune
  • Konsta Jylha waltz
  • bagpipe landler
  • Meraner Jodler-Ischler Schläunige

Joe Politte

EF027 Old Mines, Missouri - 1981. Recorded by Jim & Julia Olin. Shared by Chrus German through Joe Samojedny.

  • C & G Quadrille-Dad's
  • Grand Picnic
  • Hell Against the Barn Door
  • D breakdown #2
  • A & E Breakdown #2
  • Bass in the Holler

Dirk Powell

HT206 OTS Lafayette, Louisiana - 2007. Cajun fiddle workshop

  • Lance May (Skinny Cove)
  • something Port Arthur Blues

Terry Rosenberg

HT287 OTS St. John, Newfoundland - 2016. With Neil Rosenberg (banjo). Invitational jam session in Chicago

  • The Captain and His Whiskers
  • Harbor Lecou/ Squid Jiggin' Ground

Marco Antonio Rubio Jimenez

HT223 Mexico - 2010. With Trio Ollin. Residency at Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago.

  • Mariposa
  • Los Matachines
  • La Madruga
  • El Viento

Tom Sauber

HT282 Alhambra, California - 2018. Workshop at the Bluff Country Gathering in Lanesboro, Minnesota.

  • Buttermilk
  • Ruffled Drawers
  • Darling Honey
  • Lost Goose
  • Dry and Dusty in E
  • Michigan Pioneer

Geoff Seitz

HT018 St. Louis, Missouri - 1997. At Missouri Fiddlers Gathering in Bethel, Missouri.

  • Louisiana Hornpipe
  • Hamilton Ironworks

GL317 & 318 - 2022. Fiddle Showcase and workshop at the Bluff Country Gathering in Lanesboro, Minnesota.

  • Fine Times at Our House
  • Sally Ann Johnson
  • Red Hills Polka
  • Orvetta Waltz
  • Snouts and Ears of America
  • Squirrel Hunters

Vidar Skrede

HT257 FCW Haugesund, Norway - 2013. On hardingfele (hardanger fiddle). At Seman Violins.

  • Springar
  • Halling
  • Mazurka
  • Fanta Vals
  • Kari Trestakk
  • Schottische

HT319 Haugesund, Norway - 2016. With Paul (fiddle) & Maddy Tyler (guitar). Informal jam session at the Captain's Quarters in Haugesund.

  • Eg i Liten Eg
  • Vals in A from Haugesund
  • Hopsa in G from Haugesand
  • Pols

Beverly Smith & John Grimm

HT267 FCW Dahlonega, Georgia - 2015. At the Leadway Bar & Grill in Chicago.

  • Wrassle With a Wildcat
  • Yew Piney Mountain (John on banjo)
  • Sugar in the Gourd (Beverly on guitar)
  • Brushy Run (from post-concert jam)

Karen Solgard

GL108 FCW Minneapolis, Minnesota - 2008. Hardanger fiddle. At the Leadway Bar & Grill in Chicago.

  • Norsk Amerikaneren
  • Tune from the Hill
  • Olav Was Tall (spingar)
  • Steffasgaard Rorospols
  • Hallingdal Traveling Tune
  • Trondelag Bridal March

Tricia Spencer

HT281 FCW Lawrence, Kansas - 2017. With Howard Rains (guitar & fiddle) & unknown (bass & guitar) at the Atlantic Bar & Grill.

  • Take Your Boat to Shore
  • Porter's Reel
  • Miss Mary
  • Walk Around My Bedside
  • Squirrel Hunters
  • Mississippi Snagboat
  • Big Pow Wow
  • Big Strings

Art Stamper

HT021 Louisville, Kentucky - 1998. At the University of Chicago Folk Festival.

  • Dry and Dusty
  • The Nightingale
  • Pretty Betty Baker
  • Oklahoma Red Bird

Rafe Stefanini

HT282 & 283 Elkins Park, Pennsylvania - 2018. At the Bluff Country Gathering in Lanesboro, Minnesota.

  • Irish Boy (Last of Callahan)
  • Hell and Scissors
  • Cotton-Eyed Joe
  • Poplar Bluff

Pete Sutherland

HT222 FCW Montpelier, Vermont - 2009. With the Clayfoot Strutters: Jeremiah McClain (accordion & keyboard) & Mark Roberts (flute & banjo). At the Leadway Bar & Grill in Chicago. (See also Indiana Fiddlers.)

  • Duck River
  • Jimmy Coyle's/ Coachman's Whip/ Donnybrook
  • Jean Paul Loyal jigs
  • Ethiopian tunes

HT2__ FCW - 2009. With Pete's Posse: Oliver Scanlon (fiddle & mandolin) & Tristan Henderson (guitar, jawharp & feet). At Seman Violins in Skokie, Illinois.

  • The Wildcrafter/ Opera Reel/ The Boston Crew
  • Ti May/ Louie Beaudoin F Tune/ Maine Drag
  • Sheep Shuck Corn/ Cattle in the Cane
  • The Echo de Camp/ Quebecois tune (Pete on piano)
  • Dusty Miller
  • Eileen O'Brady Jig/ Spirit of Chris/ The Phantom Snow Day

Kirk Sutphin

HT253 FCW North Carolina - 2013. With Bertram Levy (banjo & concertina) at Seman Violins.

  • Lady of the Lake/ Bill Cheatham/ Old Molly Hare
  • Quince Dillon's High D (4 parts)
  • Devil in the Strawstack
  • George Booker

Eeva Talsi

HT315 Tallinn, Estonia - 2012. With Karoliina Kreintaal (fiddle) & Villu Talsi (guitar & mandolin) at home in Tallinn.

  • Vanais Lugu
  • Labajalg from Hiiuma (hiiu kannel)
  • Labajalg
  • Polkas

Mihkel Toom & Mart Männimets

WE175 Estonia - 1936. Selections from Pärnumaa Viiuldajad, Esimene.

  • Polka
  • Seitse (labajalg)
  • Harju löss
  • Polka

Felipe Valle

HT213 FCW Mexico City, Mexico - 2008. With Juan Rivera (fiddle & vihuela) & Irekani Ferreya (vihuela) at the Leadway Bar & Grill in Chicago.

  • La Xochipitzahuatl
  • La Pollo Pinta
  • El Fandanguito
  • Cielito Lindo

HT239 OTS - 2010. Fiddle workshop at Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago.

  • Las Chaparreras (huapango)
  • Son de Carnival

Pop Wagner

GL288 FCW St. Paul, Minnesota - 2014. With Bob Bovee (guitar & harmonica) at Seman Violins in Skokie, Illinois.

  • Milwaukee Blues
  • Brazilian Tune
  • Silver Creek Hasty
  • Parted Lovers

Patrik Weckman

HT306 Espoo, Finland - 2009. Private jam session in the back room of Old Anchor Inn in Helsinki.

  • Nyberg Polonesse
  • polska in Gm
  • Pinen polska
  • Erkki Metsapelto polkka potpurri
  • Artun polkka in F & Dm
  • Maali Schottische
  • Frank Hietala's Dishwasher Schottische

HT324 Kaustinen, Finland - 2023. Performance of Weckman Mystery Archive at Kaustinen Folk Festival. Plus informal performance at Pelimanni Restarant with Anita Kaustinen on harmonium.

  • Rahapolskas (3 wedding polskas)
  • minuet & polska from Swedish-speaking Ostrobothnia
  • Matti Haudenma polska-Johan ErikTaklax polska
  • Kaustinen Minuet
  • polkka
  • slow tune
  • polkka
  • fast tune

Earl White

HT285 - 2019. At the Fiddle Showcase at the Bluff Country Gathering in Lanesboro, Minnesota.

  • Brush Jack
  • The Rout

George Wilson

HT004 Albany, New York - 1983. With unknown accompanists at the Fiddle & Dance Workshops in Ashokan, New York.

  • Noble Meek's Jig
  • unnamed jig #1
  • Fiddle Tuned Like a Viol
  • So I'm Off With the Good St. Nicholas Boat
  • Quindaro Hornpipe
  • Batchelder's Reel

Nile Wilson

HT018 Bucklin, Missouri - 1997. With Kenny Applebee on guitar at Missouri Fiddlers Gathering in Bethel, Missouri.

  • Soldier's Joy
  • Goodnight Waltz
  • Old Reunion
  • Tie Hacker Rag