The Original Dickel Brothers, First Time on the Interweb
The Original Dickel Brothers Reunion was a great success and super fun to boot. We are now officially on YouTube, so check it out. Here is a clip [...]
Dickel Brothers Return From The Grave
It has been over a decade since the five original all played on the same stage together. That will change on January 17th as we reunite to play [...]
The Return to China
I am back in China again for a very different trip then my previous trip 2 years ago. This time I am traveling all around the country performing for [...]
New Fiddle Videos
I recently realized that there was not much on the internet that showed me playing fiddle at normal fiddling tempos so I asked my friend Bruno to film me [...]
Bill “Bubba” Martin – King of Squares
(The following is the memorial speech at I gave for my friend and mentor, Bill Martin, who passed away this past September. I gave the speech at the 14th [...]
Very Short Fiddle Lessons
This winter I made some instructional fiddle videos to share my teaching techniques with others. Here is one video. The other two can be found on the Living History [...]
Beijing Nights – Old Time Hits China
In May I was invited to China for two weeks to call square dances for Americans living in Beijing. A generous businessman named Mark Atkeson had square danced at [...]
Let’s Go Bloomington – Square Dance at the Bishop Bar
Let's Go Bloomington, a local cable access arts & entertainment show, aired this story about our monthly square dance featuring Brad Leftwich & the Hogwire String Band.
The Porch Swing – Real Stories By Real People
Bloomington is lucky enough to have an incredible community radio station, WFHB, that is chock full of great shows including a top notch Old Time Music show called Train [...]
Musical Fluency – Excuse Me, Do You Speak fiddle?
Music is a language. Old Time fiddle music is a dialect of that language. When I think about it that way it changes the way I view Old Time [...]