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8,000-Year-Old Music Instrument Made From Bird Bone Provides Glimpse of Neolithic Era

There is no doubt that ancient humans differed significantly from modern humans in several aspects. However, some of these "aspects" shockingly stayed the same across centuries, such as the importance ...
Smithsonian Magazine

How Old-Time Fiddle Music Took Root in Indigenous Alaska

For more than four decades, the Athabascan Fiddle Festival has filled community halls in Fairbanks with a sound that is both global and distinctly Native. Marc Brown The moment you step into the dance ...
WUNC

The subtle differences between old-time and bluegrass music

This Friday and Saturday, Raleigh Wide Open is taking over the streets of our state's capital. The festival is a celebration of American roots music ranging from gospel to folk and also features arts, ...
NPR

Old Fiddler's Convention is pushing 90 and keeping mountain music alive

GALAX, Va. — Ellie Massey, 13, stands inside a giant, yellow tent with dozens of other contestants and practices singing the gospel tune, "I'll Fly Away." Her grandfather, Jim Coleman, and uncle, ...