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 ...

SYMPATHETIC STRINGS highlights the fiddle makers, musicians, dancers and apprentices who have formed an ardent, close-knit community of folk tradition practice around Norway’s beloved national ...

We enjoyed a visit recently from QQQ, an avant-Norwegian-fiddle-folk-band. Band leader and Princeton University Music Professor Dan Trueman plays a traditional Hardanger fiddle, distinctive for its ...

With the sounds of a traditional Norwegian fiddle, a viola, a classical guitar and a drum set, the music of QQQ suggests an odd kind of Americana. Geographically, it would probably live somewhere ...

Bud Larsen, Hardanger Fiddle maker and teacher, looks at part of a fiddle a student is making. It is part of a growing community of fiddle makers marking the 200th anniversary of the first arrival by ...

The insular valley of Setesdal is opening itself to visitors, hoping to embrace the modern age while fighting to protect its unique traditions. In the steep-sided valley of Setesdal in Norway, the ...

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Members of JUNO nominated, Canadian Folk Music Award winning neo-folk quintet Aerialists, Elise Boeur & Adam Iredale-Gray explore fiddle music in fluid, easy lockstep. Fiddler and Hardanger fiddle ...

Edward Berger Vennesland Messelt makes a horsehead fiddle in Qian Gorlos Mongolian autonomous county of Songyuan city, Jilin province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The first time he heard the ...

Bud Larsen examines a Hardanger fiddle being built by retired professor Rinita Dalan at a workshop in Moorhead.