Bluegrass Has Good Representation On Fiddler Magazine Top 20!

20 of the top tunes for 20 bucks!  That's the deal from Fiddler Magazine's recent compilation CD/book set celebrating their first 20 years.

Tunes from twenty master fiddlers featured in Fiddler Magazine's first twenty years.

 

You're sure to enjoy this "grand tour" of fiddle styles: Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton, bluegrass, old time, jazz, swing, Cajun, Texan, Canadian, Mexican, Swedish… A truly wonderful CD that demonstrates the amazing versatility of the fiddle! Book includes transcriptions of all tunes, plus biographical information and photos. (Scroll down for tune list.) $20.

We spotted some recognizable names from the bluegrass world as well. Becky Buller's "Clivus Mulchum,"  Laurie Lewis' "Burley Coulter’s Song for Kate Branch," Richard Greene,(Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys, Muleskinner) "Wolves A’ Howlin’" and Rayna Gellert's, (Freight Hoppers & Uncle Earl) "The Girl I Left Behind Me"  are among the twenty tunes.

Calvin Vollrath, Reel of the Métis
Evan Price, Le Mouton Chanteur
Alasdair Fraser, Rob Fraser’s Welcome to San Francisco
Alan Jabbour, Rocky Mountain Goat
Michael Doucet, L’amour ou la folie
Laurie Lewis, Burley Coulter’s Song for Kate Branch
Judy Hyman, Audubon’s Lucy
Kevin Burke, The Doon Reel, The Reel of Mullinavat, Maud Miller
Richard Greene, Wolves A’ Howlin’
Mats Edén, Lisselsjövalsen
Pete Clark, Huntly Lodge, The Marquis of Huntly’s Strathspey, Miss Hannah of Elgin, Craigellachie Lasses
Martin Hayes & P.J. Hayes, The Golden Castle, Mickey Callaghan’s Fancy
Dan Gellert, Old Folks, You’d Better Get to Bed (wax cylinder recording!)
Rayna Gellert, The Girl I Left Behind Me
Paul Anastasio, Mi Burro Verde
Christian Howes, Tango Doblado
Becky Buller, Clivus Mulchum
Buddy MacMaster, Mrs. Ferguson of Reaths, Lord Doune’s Strathspey, Pigeon on the Gate, Mrs. Johnson Pitworth
Larry Franklin, Fiddler’s Road
Mark O’Connor, Amazing Grace