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 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…
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…
"The first settlement in the two counties entirely unconnected with the Indian trade was made by Giles Scott, who came from Rochester, N.Y., with his wife and two children, in…
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…