www.katiemcnally.com   As a teen, Katie studied Scottish fiddle with Hanneke Cassel, winning several U.S. National Junior titles, and in 2009, the New England Scottish Fiddle Championship. She first appeared at the legendary folk venue, Club Passim at age 13, where in 2011 she debuted her first...

www.fiddlepal.com   Brian Wicklund has been an integral part of the acoustic music scene for decades. As a teenager, he won dozens of fiddle contests and has toured internationally with bands Stoney Lonesome, Judith Edelman Band, Kathy Kallick Band, Chris Stuart Band, and with Brother Mule. He...

www.thestringdusters.com   The Infamous Stringdusters are at the forefront of a new movement in bluegrass music. Their unmatched virtuosity has enabled them to take acoustic music to a completely new level. They wield an expansive repertoire - touching on masters from Jimmy Martin to John Hartford -...

www.brittanyhass.com   California-born Brittany Haas is widely regarded as one of the most influential fiddlers of her generation. A prodigious youth, she began touring with Darol Anger's Republic of Strings at the age of 14. She simultaneously studied baboons in the evolutionary biology department of Princeton University...

www.caseydriessen.com   Grammy-nominated fiddler Casey Driessen and his 5-string sidekick have spent more than the last decade in studios, on stage, and crammed into various forms of transportation, crisscrossing the North American continent and the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans - not only as a collaborator with artists...

www.darolanger.com   Violinist, fiddler, composer, producer and educator, Darol Anger has helped drive the evolution of the contemporary string band through his involvement with several path-breaking ensembles. With the jazz-oriented Turtle Island String Quartet, Anger developed and popularized new techniques for playing contemporary music styles on stringed...