Memories of Dances and Tunes of the Saline Area — by Al Smitley
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…
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…
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…
Taken from Paul Gifford's Facebook Post with Permission: Someone contacted me privately about this issue, but I thought the topic might be appropriate for a post here. Rhiannon Giddens…
The below recording comes from the Karl Byarski collection (linked in the recordings section). This recording was an interview/visit by a Michigander at Durocher's home in 1964, where a recording…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nn4OupFQFIThe above video is embedded from Youtube and the Michigan Traditional Arts Program channel of Lois Bettesworth playing with "Shades of Blue," her band. Info and Photos provided by Eliot…
Aerial photo of Whiskey Point, taken by Trae McMaken from John McCafferty's plane. By Trae McMaken I've been chasing the history of this tune , Whiskey Point Jig, for at…