The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music. Fiddle playing, or fiddling, refers to various styles of music.
Common distinctions between violins and fiddles reflect the differences in the instruments used to play classical and folk music. However, it is not uncommon for classically trained violinists to play folk music, and today many fiddle players have some classical training. A lot of traditional (folk) styles are aural traditions, so are taught 'by ear' rather than with written music.
The medieval fiddle emerged in 10th-century Europe, deriving from the Byzantine lira (Greek:λύρα, Latin:lira, English:lyre), a bowed string instrument of the Byzantine Empire and ancestor of most European bowed instruments. The first recorded reference to the bowed lira was in the 9th century by the Persian geographer Ibn Khurradadhbih (d. 911); in his lexicographical discussion of instruments he cited the lira (lūrā) as a typical instrument of the Byzantines and equivalent to the rabāb played in the Islamic Empires. Lira spread widely westward to Europe; in the 11th and 12th centuries European writers use the terms fiddle and lira interchangeably when referring to bowed instruments (Encyclopædia Britannica. 2009).
Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. (born October 20, 1971), better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg (formerly known as Snoop Doggy Dogg), is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school. Shortly after graduation, he was arrested for cocaine possession and spent six months in Wayside County Jail. His music career began in 1992 after his release when he was discovered by Dr. Dre. He collaborated on several tracks on Dre's solo debut, The Chronic and on the titular theme song to the film Deep Cover.
Snoop's debut album Doggystyle, was released in 1993 under Death Row Records making a debut at No.1 on both the Billboard 200 and R&B charts. Selling almost a million copies in the first week of its release, Doggystyle quickly became certified 4× platinum in 1994 and spawned several hit singles, including "What's My Name" and "Gin & Juice". In 1994, Snoop released a soundtrack on Death Row Records for the short film Murder Was The Case, starring himself. In early 1996, Snoop Dogg was cleared of charges over his bodyguard's 1993 murder of Philip Woldemariam. His second album, late 1996's Tha Doggfather, also debuted at No.1 on both charts with "Snoop's Upside Ya Head" as the lead single. The album sold only half as well, being certified double platinum in 1997.
Natalie MacMaster, CM (born June 13, 1972) is an award-winning fiddler from the rural community of Troy in Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada who plays Cape Breton fiddle music.
MacMaster has toured with the Chieftains, Faith Hill, Carlos Santana and Alison Krauss, and has recorded with Yo-Yo Ma. She has appeared at the Celtic Colours festival in Cape Breton, Celtic Connections in Scotland, and MerleFest in the United States.
MacMaster is the daughter of Alex and Minnie (Beaton) MacMaster, and the niece of Cape Breton fiddler Buddy MacMaster. She is the sister of Kevin and David MacMaster. She is the cousin of two other Cape Breton fiddlers, Ashley MacIsaac and Andrea Beaton. She was born on June 13, 1972. In 2002, she married fiddler Donnell Leahy of the Leahy family band, and moved to Lakefield, Ontario. In 2011 she moved to Douro, where she built a new house. In December 2005, she gave birth to a daughter, Mary Frances Rose. Her second child, a son, Michael Joseph Alexander, was born in June 2007. In 2007, MacMaster learned she was related to Jack White. Her third child, a daughter, Clare Marie, was born in February 2009. Her fourth child, another daughter, Julia Elizabeth, was born in January 2011.
Charles Edward "Charlie" Daniels (born on October 28, 1936) is an American musician known for his contributions to country and southern rock music. He is perhaps best known for his number one country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", and multiple other songs he has written and performed. Daniels has been active as a singer since the early 1950s. He was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry on January 24, 2008.
Daniels is a singer, guitarist, and fiddler, who began writing and performing in the 1950s. In 1964, Daniels co-wrote "It Hurts Me" (a song which Elvis Presley recorded) with Joy Byers. He worked as a Nashville session musician, often for producer Bob Johnston, including playing electric bass on three Bob Dylan albums during 1969 and 1970, and on recordings by Leonard Cohen. Daniels recorded his first solo album, Charlie Daniels, in 1971 (see 1971 in country music). He produced the 1969 album by The Youngbloods, Elephant Mountain and played the violin on "Darkness, Darkness".
His first hit, the novelty song "Uneasy Rider", was from his 1973 second album, Honey in the Rock, and reached No.9 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Mark O'Connor (born August 5, 1961 in Seattle, Washington) is an American bluegrass, jazz, country and classical violinist fiddler, composer and music teacher. O'Connor's music is wide-ranging, critically acclaimed, and he has received numerous awards for both his playing and his composition. As a teenager he won national string instrument championships for his virtuoso playing of the guitar and mandolin as well as on the fiddle. His mentors include Texas old-time fiddler Benny Thomasson who taught O'Connor to fiddle as a teenager, French jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli whom O'Connor toured as a teenager and guitarist Chet Atkins.
At an early age Mark O'Connor was considered a child prodigy winning national titles on the fiddle, guitar and mandolin as a teenager. In 1975 at age thirteen, O'Connor won the prestigious Grand Masters Fiddle Championships in Nashville against amateur and professional competitors of all ages. Later that year in 1975, after turning to age 14, he accomplished the same feat on acoustic guitar at the National Flatpick Guitar Championships in Winfield, KS. At age 19, he won the Buck White International Mandolin Championship in Kerrville, TX. He is a four-time grand champion at the National Oldtime Fiddlers Contest in Weiser, Idaho —1979, 1980, 1981 and 1984.
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A documentary crew followed a young comedian for six months, in order to track his progress in achieving his dream: money, sex, fame. The feature film is broken into three parts named after these three dreams. It not only chronicles the sometimes awkward exchanges between it's 19-year old subject (Ash Caton) and the people in his life, but also contains archived stand up sets dating back to 2008. The story is also told through interview based talking heads, and features original music by balam. As Ash's life brings him the cusp of all three of his ideal marks of success, the film observes the decisions he makes that gradually deny him of all three. A comedy-mockumentary that examines the ego of an artist, his relationships with those he loves and hates, as well as the relationship between his stage persona and his true self.
Keywords: archive, arrogance, birthmark, british, camper-van, clown, comedian, cult, cyber-romance, drag
Where will you see yourself in ten years?
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The Waterson Family celebrates 50 years as Britain's first family of folk in this special two hour film which captures their 2010 homecoming concert at Hull Truck Theatre. Featuring 22 songs, including White Cockade, Some Old Salty, Bright Phoebus, Shallow Brown, Three Day Millionaire, Black Muddy River, The Good Old Way, A Bunch of Thyme and many more. Plus exclusive interviews with Norma Waterson, Martin Carthy, Mike Waterson and Eliza Carthy at their family home in Robin Hood's Bay.
Keywords: concert, england, folk, heritage, hull, traditional
The folk event of the decade
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A journey across the country and into the human brain explores what it means to remain creative into that good night. Three artists who continue to innovate, one gerontologist, and seniors who are struggling to come to terms with the changes in their lives all show us the power of imagination in aging.
The power of imagination in aging
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"A Prairie Home Companion", hosted by humorist 'Garrison Keillor' (qv), is a down home radio variety show recorded and performed live in front of an audience in a theater in St. Paul, Minnesota. A show from another era, "A Prairie Home Companion" has been canceled. The regulars are performing on the last show, including Dusty & Lefty, singing/guitar playing cowboys with a risqué sense of humor, and the Johnson Girls, a sister singing duo of Rhonda and Yolanda who have a penchant for talking over each other. As the show goes on, the regulars, backstage, talk about their lives in relation to the show. Other goings-on include Yolanda and others trying to convince her shy somber daughter, Lola, to sing on this last show. As all this goes on, a mysterious woman in a white trench coat who is on a mission wanders around the theater, while the show's dim security guard, Guy Noir, who usually has nothing to do security-wise, follows.
Keywords: angel, arrest, aunt-niece-relationship, backstage, baked-beans, band, based-on-radio-show, biscuit, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, buffet
Radio like you've never seen it before.
Live every show like it's your last.
Rhonda Johnson: Oh, it's big. It's movin' like monkeys.
[from trailer]::Garrison Keillor: We come from people who brought us up to believe that life is a struggle, and if you should feel really happy, be patient: this will pass.
[from trailer]::Dusty: Why do they call it PMS? Because Mad Cow was already taken.
Lola Johnson: This isn't really going to be your last show, is it?::Garrison Keillor: Every show is your last show. That's my philosophy.::Rhonda Johnson: Thank you, Plato.
Al, Stage Manager: About that obscene song you sang last week...::Dusty: "I'll give you my moonshine if you show me your jugs?"
Yolanda Johnson: How about just a moment of silence?::Garrison Keillor: Silence on the radio... I don't know how that works.
Dusty: [singing] I used to work in Chicago, at a convenience store. / I used to work in Chicago. I did but I don't anymore. / A lady walked in with some porcelain skin and I asked her what she came in for. / "Liquor," she said, and lick her I did, and I don't work there anymore.
Garrison Keillor: The penguin joke? Two penguins are standing on an ice floe. The first penguin says, you look like you're wearing a tuxedo. The second penguin says, what makes you think I'm not?::Dangerous Woman: Why is that funny?::Garrison Keillor: I guess because people laugh at it.::Dangerous Woman: I'm not laughing.::Garrison Keillor: Well, you're an angel.
Lola Johnson: What if you die some day?::Garrison Keillor: I will die.::Lola Johnson: Don't you want people to remember you?::Garrison Keillor: I don't want them to be told to remember me.
Dangerous Woman: When I listened to these people it was like they were my family.::Axeman: But something else happened didn't it?::Dangerous Woman: Yes.::Axeman: I'm that something else.
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Ambitious young Jodie wants more out of life than the small Texas country town she lives in has to offer. Jodie realizes that in order to pursue her dreams she will have to leave Texas and move to the big city. However, her shiftless factory worker boyfriend Kyle wants to stay in Texas.
Keywords: attempted-rape, bigger-dreams, drinking-contest, human-relationship, independent-film, mobile-home, prank, texas
Sometimes a woman has to leave the man she loves... to find herself.
It's hard to stay. It's hard to leave.
The loving was easy. It's the leaving that's hard.
Caroline: A woman who needs space for herself gets out of Texas. It's a great place to be from and a great place to come home to but you've gotta leave it first, before it smothers you.
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Ernie Souchak ('John Belushi' (qv)), a tough Chicago reporter, gets a little too close to the Mob, and is assaulted by two crooked police officers sent by a crooked councilman, and ends up in the hospital. To take the heat off of him, his editor sends him to Colorado to investigate an eagle researcher ('Blair Brown'). Sparring partners at first, the pair eventually fall in love, but Souchak must return to Chicago when one of his sources is mysteriously killed.
Keywords: acrophobia, bear, bird, camping, chicago-illinois, city-boy, corruption, countryside, cultural-conflict, cynic
When they met they heard bells. And that was just round one.
Ernie Souchak: I know what I wrote, I was there when I wrote it.
Ernie Souchak: It's so quiet up here, you could hear a mouse get a hard on.
Ernie Souchak: But why ornithology?::Nell Porter: I like the uniform.
Ernie Souchak: I've never seen such big balls - and I'm from Chicago.
Ernie Souchak: The air was thin. She was average cute. She was the only girl up there. The air was thin!
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Scientific experiments backfire and produce horrific mutations: halfman, halffish which terrorize a small fishing village by killing the men and raping the women.
Keywords: american-indian, amphibian, amphibious-creature, animal-slaughter, b-movie, babe-scientist, bare-breasts, bare-butt, beach, bigot
Between Life and Death, There Is ... "Humanoids from the Deep"
From the Ocean Depths They Strike ... To Terrorize ... To Mate ... And To Kill!
From The Caverns Of The Deep... It Strikes!
They're not human. But they hunt human women. Not for killing. For mating.
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Gm-F-Dm
Gm When I was a boy there were fifteen a-people in the world
F Fifteen a-bound for Dm heaven, and Gm fifteen a-bound for hell
Gm And the devil come 'round, yeah he jump on my bed
Say you got to F leave me alone Dm you got to Gm give me some rest
But I F gather my lead, and I Gm gather my spool
And I F burn it all with sulphur 'til the C7 devil did what we Gm feared
And we fly through the night, under the mercury moon
So I could watch you sleep and dream a-in your room
When I was a boy, a-there were fifteen people in the world
I had a bowl for my sweetheart, and a fiddle to raise the devil from hell
I could play a swwet tune, or make my sweetheart laugh
I could shake a blackbird from the highest tree branch
I was half a boy, I was half a Jack
Jimmy? Donner? was full of man, most of which is bad
You know he shot a man that had my father's face
And he geld a woman down who had my sister's name
When I was a boy, a-there were fifteen people in the world
And the lovers would lie in the long tall grass by the railroad track
And the Angels come down, they make the rails to sing
I put my ears to the tracks, and they tell me things
That a train would come with a fiery roar
Reeks in heaven into hell into a long black trail of smoke
And the earth would shake with the escaping steam
And the train would make a thunder to drown out any scream
Hmmm, hmmm
Hmmm, hmmm
Hmmm, hmmm
Hmmm, hmmm
When I was a boy, a-there were a-fifteen people in the world
A-fifteen bound for heaven, and fifteen bound for hell
And the lovers would lie in a box o' pine
And the doctor come 'round, to flick coins on their eyes
I'm a preacher man now, I've got my place on Earth
'Cause I have heard the voices from beyond this world
I'm a preacher man now, I've got my place in hell
'Cause I have heard the voices no man should live to tell
'Cause I have heard the voices no man should live to tell
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