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Fiddle music, often associated with folk music, is played on a fiddle, which is essentially a violin used in a more traditional context. The style of fiddle music tends to focus on dancing rhythms, quick note changes, and allows for improvisation and embellishment at the player’s discretion. It’s an aural tradition, often taught “by ear” rather than via written music, and is known for its lively, energetic sound that can vary greatly from one country to another.

100 chronological releases

Place Cover Date Artist Album
3     divineMAGgees love me like the roses (2005)
5     Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Joshua Bell, Mark O'Connor Heartland: An Appalachian Anthology
14     Fiddlers 3 Volume 3: The Rhythm Chapter
20     Cady Finlayson Harp and Shamrock
25     Cady Finlayson Shines Like Silver
35     Eimear Bradley Eimear Bradley-Belfast+Irish Treats
47     The Raggle Taggle Gypsys The Raggle Taggle Gypsys
1 Cover 1925 Fiddlin' John Carson 'fiddlin' John Carson Vol.1 1923-1924
75 Cover 1961 Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe
68   1964-04-20 The Kentucky Colonels Appalachian Swing!
13 Cover 1971 Setanta Traditional Irish Music
39 Cover 1971 The Skillet Lickers Volume 1 (1926-1927)
45 Cover 1972 Various Artists Appalachian Picking Society
72 Cover 1972 Farida Sun of Iraq
42   1976 Kathleen Collins Traditional Music Of Ireland
69 Cover 1976 Dave Swarbrick Swarbrick
83 Cover 1979 Mark O'Connor Markology
96   1979 The Tony Rice Unit Manzanita
97 Cover 1979 The Tony Rice Unit Mazanita
8 Cover 1982 Jehile Kirkhuff Jehile Stands Alone
77 Cover 1982 The Tony Rice Unit Backwaters
86   1986 Boys Of The Lough To Welcome Paddy Home
46 Cover 1988 Blowzabella A Richer Dust
50   1988 The Bothy Band The Best of the Bothy Band
89 Cover 1988-12-06 Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band Almost Acoustic
23 Cover 1989 Mark O'Connor In Full Swing
49 Cover 1989 Sheena Living Hands
32   1990 Phoenyx Keepers of the Flame
41 Cover 1990 The Barra MacNeils Timeframe
30   1991 The Horse Flies Gravity Dance
31 Cover 1991 The Red Clay Ramblers Twisted Laurel/Merchants Lunch
79 Cover 1991 Sven Nyhus Traditional Norwegian Fiddle Music
36 Cover 1992 The Red Hots Ready to Roll
40 Cover 1992 Kevin Burke Open House
48 Cover 1992 Michael Doucet & Beausoleil Parlez Nous A Boire
66 Cover 1993 Natalie MacMaster Fit as a Fiddle
73 Cover 1994 Athena Tergis & Laura Risk Journey Begun
93   1995 Liz Carroll A Friend Indeed
95 Cover 1995 Alasdair Fraser Dawn Dance
94   1995-06-06 Ashley MacIsaac Hi™ How Are You Today?
24   1996 John Carty Last Night's Fun
26 Cover 1996 Eko Celtica
71   1996 Natalie MacMaster A Compilation
63   1996-05 Natalie MacMaster No Boundaries
21 Cover 1997 John Doherty The Celebrated Recordings
78 Cover 1997 Boys Of The Lough Live at Passim
80 Cover 1998 Natalie MacMaster My Roots Are Showing
15 Cover 1999 Frankie Gavin Shamrocks & Holly: An Irish Christmas Celebration
55 Cover 1999 Natalie MacMaster In My Hands
91 Cover 1999 Eileen Ivers Crossing the Bridge
81   1999-06-22 Béla Fleck The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Volume 2
88 Cover 1999-10 Hollie Smith Light From a Distant Shore
100   1999-11-16 Béla Fleck and the Flecktones Greatest Hits of the 20th Century
29 Cover 2000 The Gordons Covered Bridge
74 Cover 2000 Blazin' Fiddles Fire On!
87   2000 Liz Carroll Lost in the Loop
11   2001 The Red Clay Ramblers Yonder
43   2001 Lissa Schneckenburger Different Game
53 Cover 2001 Fiddlers' Bid Da Farder Ben Da Welcomer
82   2002 Liz Carroll Lake Effect
90   2002 Ashley MacIsaac Ashley MacIsaac
64 Cover 2003 Fromseier Rose Contradiction
85 Cover 2003 Tommy Peoples Waiting for a Call
59 Cover 2003-07-28 Dave Swarbrick English Fiddler: Swarbrick Plays Swarbrick
28 Cover 2003-08-26 John Carty At It Again
92 Cover 2003-11-04 Natalie MacMaster Blueprint
19   2005 Kevin Burke & Ged Foley In Tandem
52   2005 Fiddlers' Bid Naked & Bare
62 Cover 2006 The McDades Bloom
99   2006-09-25 Bellowhead Burlesque
70   2007 Sheelanagig Baba Yaga's Ball
84 Cover 2007 Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh Where The One-eyed Man Is King
67   2007-07-30 Kevin Burke & Cal Scott Across the Black River
58   2008 Lost Bayou Ramblers Vermilionaire
33 Cover 2008-03-24 Luke Abbott Take Me Home
27 Cover 2008-06-10 David Klinkenberg The Carol Of Emmanuel
65   2008-08-19 Darrell Scott Modern Hymns
76     Frankie Gavin The Best Of Frankie Gavin
17 Cover 2009 The Red Clay Ramblers Old North State
98   2009-04-03 Sara Watkins Sara Watkins
61 Cover 2010 Rapalje Live Album 2
2 Cover 2011 Michael Levy The Klezmer Fiddle
6 Cover 2011 Kevin Burke Songs of Mirth
10 Cover 2011 Mark O'Connor American Classics
34 Cover 2011 Circa Paleo Tideland
57 Cover 2011 Kevin Ridley Flying In The Face Of Logic
54 Cover 2011-04-15 Nils Okland & Sigbjorn Apeland Lysoen - Hommage a Ole Bull
60   2011-10-22 Blackbeard's Tea Party Tomorrow We'll Be Sober
56 Cover 2011-11-01 Natalie MacMaster Cape Breton Girl
18 Cover 2013-08-14 Øystein Sandbukt Normør
12 Cover 2014-06-10 Còig Five
4   2016 Various Artists Traditional Fiddle Music of Cape Breton, Volume 1: Mabou Coal Mines
7 Cover 2016 The Fitzgeralds The Fitzgeralds
16 Cover 2016-12-12 NAPAEA Art Thou Lost At Sea
9 Cover 2019-01-05 John Mailander Forecast
38 Cover 2020-09-04 Bronwyn Keith-Hynes Fiddler's Pastime
51 Cover 2021-10-28 Fiddlesticks Cold Fusion (Celtic Christmas)
44 Cover 2021-11-17 Fiddlesticks Return to Nauvoo - Traditional and Old Time Hymns
37 Cover 2021-12-29 Courtney Granger Un Bal Chez Balfa
22 Cover 2023 Various Artists Old Time Music From West Virginia