Vi Wickam

Champion Fiddler, Inspired Performer

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Red River North Heritage Video

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. […]

The Musicians Journey

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 […]

49 Cats in a Rainbarrel – Free Fiddle Lesson – iFiddle Mag

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 […]

Catskills Cafe Interview on WIOX

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 […]

WVUD Roots Show Interview

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 […]

iSolo Choice by CloudVocal Review

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 […]

Michelle – Fritto Misto

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 […]