DECORAH | Former Decorah resident Helen Harvey studied violin since she was a child, but has never enjoyed playing a stringed instrument as much as she does now. Harvey, who lives in Sioux City, began ...

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 ...

BRATTLEBORO -- Twilight Music presents Finnish and Norwegian fiddle band Frigg at Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery, 139 Main St., on Wednesday, May 2, at 7:30 pm. This dazzling young septet combines ...

Megan Peterson, a 2008 graduate of Grand Forks Central High School, was 12 years old when she attended a music camp and first heard someone playing a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle. "It sounded silvery, ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you’re a fiddle fan, don’t miss the Hardanger fiddle program sponsored by the Sons of Norway Lodge. It will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 9, at CrossPoint Church in Hutchinson. Admission is ...

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 ...

Norwegian Nils Økland is known for his versatility in exploring various musical styles and string instruments. He is renowned for his virtuosity on the Hardanger fiddle, a Norwegian violin with eight ...

Darlene Schroeder and the Sunburg Heritage Arts Initiative have been at the forefront of a revitalization of traditional Scandinavian hand crafts in Sunburg. The Initiative is also helping grow the ...