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CELTIC FIDDLE FESTIVAL Équinoxe Loftus 003 If the fiddlers of Celtic Fiddle Festival were animals, Ireland’s Kevin Burke would be a chimney ...

ARCHIE FISHER Windward Away Red House Records 124 Archie Fisher has performed since 1962, but Windward Away is just his sixth solo album. Li...

RICHARD SHINDELL Not Far Now Signature Sounds This record may be the best release of the decade. Richard Shindell is the master of point-of-...

DAN HICKS & THE HOT LICKS Tangled Tales Surfdog Records Dan Hicks used to drum with the acid rock band The Charlatans. That was the last...

Fraser and Haas in a 2004 performance in Stirling, Scotland. Scottish fiddler Alisdair Fraser and cellist Natalie Haas walked silently to th...

KATHERINE FIRST Sweet Spot Fiddle First Music 001 As anyone who has ever picked up an instrument knows, taking it to the next level happens ...

TONY McMANUS The Maker’s Mark Compass 7-4500-2 Tony McManus has long been a guitar-player’s guitarist, a musician who matches skill to an in...