Hi I’m Vi Wickam, here with another free lesson from myTalentForge.com. This is Ashokan Farewell, and this is the lesson on the harmony. Ashokan Farewell is a beautiful waltz tune in the key of D written by Jay Unger, who is a fantastic fiddler and song writer, up in the North East- in upstate New […]
Ashokan Farewell – Fiddle Lesson
Hi I’m Vi Wickam and this is a free fiddle lesson for myTalentForge.com. This is a song that’s one of my favorites to play. It was also one of my grandma’s favorite tunes, and I used to play it for her when she was in the nursing home. This lesson will be pretty straight forward. […]
Ashokan Farewell – National Twin Fiddle Contest 2016
HEY EVERYBODY! The Armadillo is out of the bag!! Free shipping offer is now extended to April 7th! Get them while they’re hot!! Our new album “Armadillo on a Hot Tin Roof” is out on April 1st! Here’s a preview from when we played Ashokan Farewell at the National Old-time Fiddler’s Contest 2016 – Twin […]
Us Plus Them
In May I had got to attend the Local 1000 Musicians Union Retreat at Ashokan. It was a wonderful experience I got to spend time with old friends meet new ones. One of the biggest highlights about the trip for me was getting to play harmony on Ashokan Farewell with Jay Ungar, and my fiddle […]
Ashokan Farewell – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 6
I was driving past Castle Rock on my way back home from my southern Colorado jaunt, and was inspired to play Ashokan Farewell, which was written by Jay Ungar, one of the coolest fiddlers I know of. According to the story I heard, Jay wrote this song as he was leaving Ashokan, and it was […]