Tromping through dense woods at the base of Sky Ball Mountain with a dull, rusty saw in his right hand is William Childers. Walking behind him is his son Joseph, who grips the handle of a sharp saw.

While any fiddler in Texas can play “Faded Love,” the versions at the Festival of Texas Fiddling, in Blanco, might sound as different as an owl does from a rooster. The styles could be Gulf Coast, ...

During the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a distinctive form of fiddle music emerged in Texas. Known for idiosyncratic timing and phrasing, this style was commonly played with banjos or ...

American violinist Mark O'Connor has been a sideman for country stars and a soloist with symphony orchestras. Last week, he released his 36th album. But now, O'Connor has undertaken his biggest ...

'Think, my friends, how could any pool table hope to compete with a gold trombone?" In 1957, those words were uttered by con man Harold Hill, in Meredith Willson's hit musical The Music Man. But by ...

Mitchell Olson has always been mesmerized by a skilled violin player, but playing the fiddle is even more impressive. Believe it or not most people probably wouldn’t know that the Fiddle and the ...

Civil War on the Border: Quantrill’s Raid Walking Tour, 8-9:30 a.m. Tickets and location information at watkinsmuseum.org. Civil War on the Border: Early Churches of Lawrence Walking Tour, 10 ...