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April 4, 2018

Who’s Gonna Talk to Dinah – National Old-Time Fiddler’s Contest 2016

Who's Gonna Talk to Dinah - National Old-Time Fiddler's Contest 2016

Hi All! Here’s another preview of a tune from Armadillo on a Hot Tin Roof. This is Justin and I playing Who’s Gonna Talk to Dinah from when we played […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddling, Videos / album release, armadillo on a hot tin roof, fiddle, fiddle contest, guitar, justin branum, matthew hartz, new album, vi wickam Leave a Comment

April 2, 2018

Ashokan Farewell – National Twin Fiddle Contest 2016

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 […]

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December 12, 2013

[my] Talent Forge, a Year in Review

Merry Christmas from Vi The Fiddler

Hey Everybody, Many of you know that a little over a year ago, Matthew Hartz and I set out to create an online music school. We started talking about it […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddling / Christmas, daniel carwile, doc wallace, matthew hartz, my talent forge 2 Comments

January 30, 2013

Crafton Blues – Featuring Matthew Hartz

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Crafton Blues is what I would call a country blues tune. It mostly fits the blues chord structure, but it’s not what most people would consider bluesy. Crafton Blues is […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddling, Videos / contest style fiddling, controlled improvisation, crafton blues, fiddle contest, matthew hartz, tune of choice 2 Comments

January 29, 2013

House of the Rising Sun – with Matthew Hartz

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You don’t hear House of the Rising Sun on Fiddle very often, but I’ve never been held to those kind of conventions. 🙂     If you would like to […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddling, Videos / acoustic, fiddle, guitar, house of the rising sun, matthew hartz, the animals 6 Comments

January 28, 2013

Leather Britches – Featuring Matthew Hartz

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Leather Britches is a great old breakdown, and one of the classic breakdowns in the key of G. I hope you enjoy this video of Matthew Hartz playing the heck […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddling, Videos / breakdown, fiddle, matthew hartz, old time, texas style Leave a Comment

January 27, 2013

Shortnin’ Bread – with Matthew Hartz

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Shortnin’ Bread is an old time breakdown that was popularized in the Texas Fiddling Tradition by Orville Burns, one of my favorite breakdown fiddlers. It really has that bump, like […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddling, Videos / breakdown, matthew hartz, orville burns, talent forge, texas style 8 Comments

January 26, 2013

Soppin’ the Gravy – Featuring Matthew Hartz

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Soppin’ the Gravy is a popular old-time fiddle breakdown. Here Matthew plays a Texas-Style fiddling arrangement of it that he is improvising on the spot. Because he is improvising around […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddling, Videos / fiddle, matthew hartz, soppin the gravy 2 Comments

January 25, 2013

Secret Agent Man – with Matthew Hartz

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It is great when I get to have a great musician in town to make some music with, and it’s even better when that musician is also working on a […]

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddling, Videos / acoustic, fiddle, james bond, lyrics, matthew hartz, secret agent man, violin 6 Comments

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