I'm so pleased that Al Smitley agreed to allow his collection of interviews and tune notations from Saline, MI area fiddlers to be presented on Michiganfiddle.com This book is a…
In June 1986 the Original Michigan Fiddlers Association hosted a jamboree in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and Jack Stebe recorded it and later sent a cassette tape of the recording…
The Bellin Map of Detroit, 1764 The French were doubtless the first Europeans to bring the fiddle to what is now Michigan. Michigan was once part of New France and…
The Michigan County Histories and Atlases Collection at the University of Michigan (accessible here: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/micounty/ ) contains county histories published in the late 19th century and up until 1923. These…
Fidius "Fid" Stocking Fidius Stocking Fid and wife Clarinda Few fiddlers made more of a lasting mark on the county and local histories of Michigan than Fidius "Fid" Stocking. Fid…
James Swan, fiddler and Ingham County Pioneer James Swan was an early Michigan pioneer to Ingham County and was a notable fiddler in the region, claiming to have "called…