Fiddle Me This

Our St. Patrick’s Day Special features a Portland native who moved to Limerick to learn traditional Irish fiddling. As you know, we typically look at American fiddling tradition on Fiddle Me This, but this holiday gives us an opportunity to share something different. Listen as Erik Killops shares authentic Irish tunes and how we were first introduced in Ireland, even though I’ve never been there.. Fiddle nerds will enjoy Erik’s description of how hornpipes are played on this one. Tune in for a great discussion on American vs. Irish fiddling traditions. 

Apparently, traditional American fiddling can be found even in the far reaches of the Olympic Peninsula.. There is even a contingent of Celtic fiddlers in the area and this Squim, Washington native learned from all of them. Michael Cullinan now lives in Portland, Oregon where he performs locally and regionally with various bands, adding his own brand of fiddling to the area sound. He plays some obscure tunes and familiar ones like Liberty while working as a machinist...just like Oklahoma fiddle legend, Herman Johnson.

Another Bay Area native moves to Portland and turns into an internationally touring fiddle player..There must be something in the water up here! With a multitude of musical influences and a deep rootedness into the Portland local original music scene, Marilee Hord has a sound all her own and uses her voice to inspire others. Tune up and listen in as we sit down with this sweet Northwest musician.

A Northeast Washington fiddle bubble exists and this guy grew up in it. Known by just about everyone in the Pacific Northwest fiddle scene and in pockets across the country, Gary Schuh has friends everywhere, and it’s all because of that dang fiddle! Tune on up and listen in...

JT Sits down for a good old fashioned jam session with two of his favorite past guests Andy Emert from Episode 3 and Doug Fleener from Episode 5. The Fellas play tunes tell stories and by all amounts have a gran'ol time. Tune in tune up and join in on this episode of Fiddle me this.

Sit back and enjoy the fiddling of 3 time Grand National Champ, Luke Price. Originally from Idaho, but loved even in Texas, this guy is rooted and original. His wife Rachael also joins us on tenor guitar and even sings one for us. Aren’t they just the cutest!?

How does a Utah fiddler connect with an Oklahoma fiddle legend? Hear this story and more as we chat with Ogden, UT native, Jeanine Orme and learn how her heroes are not so different from mine. I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve gotten to pick with Jeanine, but every time it feels like home. Enjoy the tunes!

Today we take a slightly different angle with special guest, Austin Quattlebaum. A modern day troubadour rooted in American culture and music. His banjo playing and songwriting has been heard all over the world and today, he shares it with us.

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Old Ozark melodies, haunting originals and terrifying tales will grace your ear in this one. 3rd generation Ozark musician and normally your Fiddle Me This host, JT Trawick pulls his fiddle off the wall for this one. Backed by his friends, Olivia and Doug, you might consider this a screwball episode...maybe baseball and fiddling have more in common than you thought…

SPECIAL EPISODE: When Dan Levenson started talking about his favorite dead fiddlers back in the first episode (Bare Naked Banjo Man Plays Fiddle Too), we knew we had the perfect theme for a Halloween Special. Since then, every guest has been asked, Who is Your Favorite Dead Fiddler? After two months of compiling answers, we have some answers..and maybe some interesting costumes to figure out.. Tune up and join in for the Fiddle Me This Halloween Special!