The Shetland Islands, a cluster of rocks in the North Sea, is an unusual place. Wealthy from offshore oil, Shetlanders are yet wedded to ancient traditions. And they play the fiddle like no one else.

American fiddler Charlie Walden accompanied by his wife Patt Plunkett on piano played a few sets including some swingy rags, before Michael and Joanie Garvin on accordion and fiddle rounded off the ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. MANCHESTER — The Pineland Fiddlers, led by Maine master fiddler Ellen Gawler ...

SHAPIRO: As you might guess from the music, we are not on a tropical island with palm trees swaying. We are on a barren cluster of rocks in the middle of the North Sea - the Shetland Islands, far ...