Champion Fiddler, Inspired Performer
Hi Friends, I spent last weekend judging the Arizona State Fiddle Contest in Payson, Arizona. It was a great time filled with a concert by The Purple Hulls, 2 days of contesting, and some fun jamming with good friends. While I was there, Hayden Boyett asked me to join him and his partner Marina for […]
My recording of Shuckin’ the Bush (featuring JT Trawick on Guitar) was just featured as part of a mini documentary that will be on display at the little museum of Grand Marais in Grand Marais Manitoba, CA. It’s pretty fun to know that my music will be playing on loop in a museum in Canada. […]
Wow! This album has been a long time in the making. It was about 3 years ago when Paul suggested that we should record an album together featuring the fabulous violins of Evan Smith. AND, it was about a month ago that I started this post. 😉 How time flies when you are creating new […]
The Summer 2020 edition of iFiddleMag is out now! Buy Now Transcription: Hi everybody! Welcome! Vi Wickam here for iFiddle Magazine and mytalentforge.com. This is a free fiddle lesson for you. It’s a tune that I’ve been playing around with and really having lots of fun. I think you’ll […]
What a journey this album has been! I will share more about this journey with you very soon. 😉 Thank you all for your support as we have brought this album to fruition. I especially want to thank those of you who preordered Swinging at the Savoy, the DJs that played our music on your […]
I had the pleasure recently of being interviewed by Artie “King Hammer” Martello on his WIOX radio show, The Catskills Cafe. If you don’t happen to live in upstate New York, and couldn’t catch it live over the airwaves, Artie graciously posts his interviews up to mixcloud for sharing. We really had a lot of […]
A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure to spend an afternoon at The Electric Violin Shop in North Carolina. I had a truly fantastic time hanging out with Matt Bell and the rest of the crew there. And, I got to play so many great violins! The one electric violin that I wanted […]
I had a great time being interviewed by Richard Gordon aka Mando Richard on WVUD’s Tuesday Roots show. He played some music from Swinging at the Savoy, and we had a fun chat about music, and the making of the album. If you missed it, you can listen to it now on his mixcloud archive […]
I’ve gotten the opportunity to try out an awesome new wireless mic for violin. CloudVocal’s ISOLO microphone is small, lightweight, and stylish and has an incredible amount of features. In addition to their ISOLO for Violin, they also offer an option for guitar and saxophone. Check it out! Get the CLOUDVOCAL ISOLO for Violin: https://bit.ly/CloudVocalViolin […]
I have a confession to make. I wrote this tune while I was in Harlaxton, England for a semester in college. Harlaxton Village is near Grantham Lincolnshire and University of Evansville has a campus there in a very large Manor house (the largest in the UK). I had just been in the Great Hall of […]
