
Some Mark O’Connor Fiddle Camp fun in Tenessee; Mike Barnett, Alex Hargreaves, DA, Tristan Clarridge all ripping.

At the Rose Parade in Portland, Oregon, staging area…
Check it out… Al… Al Kader…. Al Qader…. Al Qaider…. Al Qaidar… Um.
I know they’re Shriners, but shouldn’t somebody look into this?
They got fezzes, for gosh sake!

more ancient life forms in the Rose Fest parade.

During Rose Festival, a big Everyone Orchestra benefoot concert for a worthy cause. Conductor: Matt Butler. Photo: Chelsea Chick.

The Republic Of Strings at the Baltimore Fiddle Fair. In Baltimore, Ireland.

3 fiddlers at the Baltimore Fiddle Fair, May 08.

the big FolkMusicGalan in Uppsala, Sweden.
Uppsala, a snapshot.

At the American String Teachers’ conference: my panel, The Resident Weirdo: Alt-Strings in Your Summer Program”: Daryl S, Mark O’Connor, Rachel Barton, Scott Hosfeld.

Where were we? Taken while Scott Nygaard was driving. Ohio? Iowa?

On the road with El Republico.


New instruments, new music, jams, Vasen, The Duo, Crooked Still, the Duhks, wow. Wintergrass ‘08.

New Years’ Eve at a packed-out Wonder Ballroom with Strings For industry.
Photo: Eric Cain