LITTLE ROCK — Picking up a fiddle from his workshop table, Jap Holt explained that it is his “model” for making fiddles. Although Holt doesn’t play the fiddle, he enjoys making the instruments from ...

The recurrent presence of the fiddle might take aback those who listen closely to music. This versatile instrument lends its voice to an array of tunes, be it Patti Smith’s evocative rendition of ...

Bud Larsen built his first Hardanger fiddle when he was in the seventh grade. Now 80 years old, he’s built more than 40 of the instruments and repaired well over 100. He learned the craft from Gunnar ...

We're not letting this instrument play second fiddle anymore. Any Southern native, or transplant for that matter, has a general idea of what a fiddle is. You've no doubt heard your mama or your ...

Whether you’re listening to Patti Smith’s cover of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” or versions of Jethro Tull’s “Locomotive Breath,” it’s not all that uncommon to hear fiddle, especially in later versions ...

Let's start today's article with a one-question quiz. When it is growing in nature, is the common houseplant fiddle leaf fig, Ficus lyrata, A) a tropical tree; B) an epiphyte that grows on the ...