In 1994, Liz Doherty – a renowned fiddler from Buncrana, Co Donegal – was lecturing in the music department at UCC. She had a brainwave. She wanted her students to learn traditional music through ...

Hundreds of people descended on the Chief David Salmon Tribal Hall in Fairbanks for the Athabascan Fiddle Festival in a celebration of community, culture, dance and music. Attendees danced and clapped ...

Chris Stout and Catriona McKay Lena Jonsson & Johana Juhola North Cregg. Fiddlesticks was formed in the 1990s in the Music Dept at UCC by Liz Doherty, lecturer in traditional music at UCC (1994-2000).

News-Miner opinion: Every November, Fairbanks comes alive with the unique strains of Athabascan fiddle music, a sound that has become deeply woven into the Interior’s cultural fabric. The annual ...