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What is it about oldtime fiddle music that stirs the soul? And what is oldtime music, anyway? Maybe it’s easier to taste it than it is to define it. It’s like staring at a faint star in the sky: you have to look askance before you spot it. Sometimes you can’t see the forest for the trees.
Here is a half-hour documentary from West Virginia Public Broadcasting that looks inside the annual Appalachian String Band Festival, or Clifftop as it’s called. Makes me wish I was back home in the hills, sitting on the front porch, just playing tunes.
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I was there in 2008 for the first time, it would take your breath away, and also put your feet to dancing, even if your not a dancer. The boy who played the harmonica is my grandson. He played really well in a jam session one night with about 25 other musicians, they wanted to include this in this segment but it was way to dark in that tent where he was playing. to put it in.They called him a prodigy in that tent that night, but right now we are living in a small town and he needs some group to play with so his talents won’t be wasted.If any one would have any suggestions please feel free to contact me. Thank you! dianadnk54@yahoo.com