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 ...

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 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 ...

A taste of Scandinavia! Norwegian-American fiddler Karen Solgеrd, from Minnesota, joins us live in the studio for folk music and conversation. ... Sep 08, 2006 — A taste of Scandinavia!

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 ...

In a workshop tucked away in the countryside of western Victoria, a fiddlemaker creates unique Norwegian instruments, helping to spice up the dying craft. Traditionally used to play Norwegian folk ...

CEDAR FALLS — The regular meeting of the Sons of Norway will take place at the Cedar Falls Women’s Club at 9:30 a.m. Jan. 23. The program will be given by Dottie Roiseland on “The Black Fiddle.” ...