Bernd Müsing - Innovator of Art of Bow Making
Bernd Müsing is a German who has spent years perfecting a new design for carbon fiber violin bows. I interviewed Bernd at the annual convent...
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"Say Old Man, Can You Play the Fiddle?" a short story by Joe McHugh
This is our 90th episode! and we thought we would try something different. Every five years or so over the course of nearly forty years I ha...
"Colonel" Greg Marsee - Kentucky Rosin Maker & Violin Maker & Orchestra Teacher
After conducting over 150 interviews for the Rosin the Bow project in the United States and in Europe with musicians, violin makers, compose...
Mateo Messina - Film Composer
I recorded Mateo Messina when I performed at the St. Patrick's Day celebrations two years ago at the Seattle Center. Mateo, who lives in Sou...
Trevor Stuart - North Carolina Mountains Fiddler and Violin Maker
I recorded this conversation with old-time fiddler and violin maker Trevor Stuart in 2015 while attending the National Folk Festival that wa...
Jonathan Cooper - Violin Maker from Maine
I met Jonathan at the Wintergrass Music Festival some years ago where he was exhibiting some of his instruments. Mark O'Connor was performin...
Purnaprajna Bangere & David Balakrishnan - Mathematics as Muse - Part 2
This podcast continues my conversation with two remarkable and thoughtful musicians. It also explores how the principles of abstract geometr...
Purnaprajna Bangere & David Balakrishnan - Mathematics as Muse - Part 1
Purnaprajna Bangere is both a brilliant mathematician and a highly-respected violinist trained in the classical violin music of southern Ind...
Bashar Matti - Iraqi-American Violinist
Bashar Matti was born in Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War and endured the troubled times of the Kuwait-Iraq War and subsequent United States in...
Amanda Forsyth - Cellist
Amanda Forsyth is a cellist who was born in South Africa and grew up in Canada. Her father was a composer who inspired her to become a music...
Daniel Rouslin and the Mystery of the Hidden Violin
Daniel Rouslin taught violin and music theater at Willamette University for many years. He was teaching there in 1988 when an early 18th cen...
Rhiannon Giddens - Fiddler, Banjoist, and Singer
Grammy and MacArthur award winner Rhiannon Giddens grew up in North Carolina near the city of Greensboro, which is where I interviewed her i...
John Sherba - Violinist with the Kronos Quartet - Part 2
This is part two of my conversation with violinist John Sherba who is a member of the Kronos Quartet. In this podcast he talks about some of...
John Sherba - Violinist with the Kronos Quartet - Part 1
John Sherba is a violinist and member of the legendary Kronos Quartet. I interviewed John several months after the Covid 19 pandemic changed...
Tony Ellis - Musician, Composer, and Trader of Musical Instruments
Tony Ellis' first professional job as a musician was playing banjo for Bill Monroe, considered by many as the father of bluegrass music. Alo...
Marco Imer Piccinotti - Italian Violin Maker - Part 2
This is part two of my conversation with violin maker Marco Imer Piccinotti who lives in the town of San Polo d'Enza in Northern Italy.
Marco Imer Piccinotti - Italian Violin Maker - Part 1
Marco Imer Piccinotti is a highly-regarded violin maker living in the town of San Polo d'Enza in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy...
Christian Howes - Jazz Violin and the Hero’s Journey - Part 2
This is part two of my fascinating interview with violinist and music educator Christian Howes.
Christian Howes - Jazz Violin and the Hero’s Journey - Part 1
Christian Howes is a gifted violinist who grew up in Ohio playing classical music, soloing with the Columbus Symphony at the age of sixteen....
Mark Keenan - Irish Violin Maker
I recorded this hour-long interview with violin maker Mark Keenan in 2017 when my wife Paula and I traveled to Ireland. Mark's studio is ins...