CanadaAEs Prince Edward Island is home to one of the oldest and most vibrant fiddling traditions in North America. First established by Scottish immigrants in the late eighteenth century, it incorporated the influence of a later wave of Irish immigrants as well as the unique rhythmic sensibilities of the Acadian French, the IslandAEs first European inhabitants. In CouldnAEt Have a Wedding without the Fiddler , renowned musician and folklorist Ken Perlman combines oral history, ethnography, and musical insight to present a captivating portrait of Prince Edward Island fiddling and its...
CanadaAEs Prince Edward Island is home to one of the oldest and most vibrant fiddling traditions in North America. First established by Scottish immig...