Stay updated with breaking news from Middle Player. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
The Yadkin Arts Council presents the 8th Annual Sounds of the Mountains Concert Series in partnership with the Blue Ridge Music Center
Prior to 1961, public performance of Irish traditional music in Galway took place primarily in the form of céilís in large dancehalls — namely in the Hangar, the Commercial and the Astaire. These were enormously popular — remember the hundreds of bicycles parked outside the Hangar on a Sunday night — but they began to go out of fashion in the sixties and were regarded as old fashioned and backward.
Dewey Hall will present "An Evening with Aaron Jonah Lewis" on Friday, April 22. An old-time fiddle workshop from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. will be followed by a concert at
Two years ago, bassist Dave Riggs, hurdy-gurdy player Ryan Baker and fiddler Claire Sweeney began experimenting with traditional Celtic and Eastern European music. From there, the musical trio became Autumn Equinox. But whatâs unique about this particular band isnât the music itself rather how they play it, according to Riggs. âWhat attracts me to it is not the tradition but the sort of hypnotic nature of this nyckelharpa, which sounds like a dozen fiddle players playing at once and the hurdy-gurdy, which almost has a psychedelic sound to it,â Riggs said. âThat to me ...