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Violin construction

Playing the violin

Making and maintenance

History of the violin

Musical styles

Violinists

Fiddlers

Luthiers

This list of fiddlers shows some crossover with the List of violinists since the instruments used are quite similar, if not identical (given that each violin or fiddle has its own individual character).

Contents 1 Alphabetical by last name 2 Alphabetical by Last Name by Style 2.1 Alternative Rock 2.2 American 2.3 Canadian 2.4 Celtic 2.5 Classical 2.6 English 2.7 Experimental 2.8 Folk 2.9 Folk-Rock 2.10 Hip-Hop 2.11 Hot Club 2.12 Hungarian 2.13 Irish 2.14 Jazz 2.15 Pop 2.16 Psychograss 2.17 Rad-Trad 2.18 Rock 2.19 Traditional/Rock 2.20 UK

[edit] Alphabetical by last name

• Charlie Acuff (Appalachian)
• Darol Anger (jazz, "psychograss")
• Svend Asmussen (jazz)
• Aly Bain (Scottish and Shetland fiddling)
• Kenny Baker (bluegrass)
• Miri Ben-Ari (hip-hop)
• Byron Berline (bluegrass)
• Tracy Bonham (alternative rock)
• Polly Bradfield (jazz)
• Kevin Burke (Irish)
• Paddy Canny (Irish)
• Jean Carignan (1916-1988; legendary Canadien fiddler)
• Liz Carroll (Irish, Canadian)
• Eliza Carthy (English)
• Vassar Clements (bluegrass, country, jazz)
• Julia Clifford (Irish traditional)
• Michael Cleveland (bluegrass)
• Shane Cook (Canadian)
• Sharon Corr (Irish)
• Charlie Daniels (Southern US rock)
• Clyde Davenport (Appalachian (Kentucky))
• Stewart Duncan (bluegrass)
• Mark Feldman (jazz)
• Fred Finn (Irish)
• Henry Flynt (classical hillbilly)
• Canray Fontenot (Creole)
• John Thomas Fowler (Appalachian Old Timey)
• Alasdair Fraser (Scottish)
• Frankie Gavin (Irish)
• Jackson Gaydon (folk, pop)
• Johnny Gimble (bluegrass, Nashville session player)
• Michael Gorman (Irish)
• Stéphane Grappelli (jazz)
• Richard Greene (bluegrass)
• Mitchell Grobb (Canadian traditional, pop, classical)
• John Grimm(Appalachian (Georgia), folk,)
• Petra Haden (alternative rock)
• P.J. Hayes (Irish)
• Aubrey Haynie (bluegrass)
• Ivonne Hernandez (Canadian)
• Bobby Hicks (bluegrass)
• Jerry Holland (Cape Breton)
• Tommy Hunter (Appalachian (North Carolina))
• Tommy Jarrell (Appalachian (North Carolina))
• Eyvind Kang (jazz and classical)
• James Kelly
• Doug Kershaw (Cajun)
• Carla Kihlstedt (jazz)
• The KilBride Brothers (Cape Breton, Irish, Scottish, Shetland, Welsh)
• Michael Kissinger (jazz, folk, rock)
• Tim Kliphuis (jazz)
• madfiddler - Mark Knight (alternative rock)
• Gundula Krause (bluegrass, cajun, folk, folk-rock)
• Alison Krauss (bluegrass)
• Patty Kusturok
• Donnell Leahy (Canadian fiddler)
• Laurie Lewis (bluegrass, American old-time)
• Didier Lockwood (jazz)
• Ashley MacIsaac (Scottish-Canadian)
• Buddy MacMaster (Scottish-Canadian)
• Natalie MacMaster (Scottish-Canadian)
• Dennis McGee (Cajun)
• Hugh Marsh (Canadian jazz/popular musician)
• Denis Murphy (Irish Traditional)
• Patrick Moran (Newfoundland)
• Nash the Slash (classical, rock, experimental)
• Mark O'Connor (bluegrass, folk, classical)
• Padraig O'Keeffe (Irish)
• EJ Ouellette (rad-trad)
• Tommy Peoples (Irish)
• Jean-Luc Ponty (jazz)
• Tommy Potts (Irish)
• Dirk Powell (Cajun, Old-Time, Irish)
• Crystal Plohman (Canadian)
• Henry Reed (Appalachian (Virginia))
• Bridget Regan (Traditional "Flogging Molly")
• Ernesto Rodrigues (experimental)
• Jonathan "Jazz" Russell (jazz)
• Beata Salamon (Hungarian Folk Fiddle)[1]
• Ric Sanders (English)
• Stuff Smith (jazz)
• Mark Sullivan (Canadian)
• Dave Swarbrick (English)
• Adam Sweet (Celtic)
• Boyd Tinsley (rock, jazz)
• Jelle van Tongeren (jazz/Hot Club)
• Michał Urbaniak (jazz)
• Joe Venuti (jazz)
• John Vesey (Irish)
• Calvin Vollrath (Canadian)
• Sara Watkins (bluegrass Nickel Creek)
• Jenny Wilhelms (folk)
• Kevin Wimmer (Cajun, Old-Time, Bluegrass)
• Melvin Wine (Appalachian (West Virginia))

[edit] Alphabetical by Last Name by Style

• James Kelly

[edit] Alternative Rock

• madfiddler -
• Tracy Bonham
• Petra Haden

[edit] American

Appalachian

• Charlie Acuff

Georgia

• John Grimm

Kentucky

• Clyde Davenport

North Carolina

• Tommy Hunter
• Tommy Jarrell
• Melvin Wine

Virginia

• Henry Reed

Bluegrass

• Kenny Baker
• Byron Berline
• Vassar Clements (also Country, Jazz)
• Michael Cleveland
• Stewart Duncan
• Johnny Gimble
• Richard Greene
• Aubrey Haynie
• Bobby Hicks
• Gundula Krause (also Cajun, Folk, Folk-Rock)
• Alison Krauss
• Laurie Lewis
• Mark O'Connor (also Classical, Folk)
• Sara Watkins (of Nickel Creek)
• Kevin Wimmer (also Cajun, Old Timey)

Cajun

• Doug Kershaw
• Gundula Krause (also Bluegrass, Folk, Folk-Rock)
• Dennis McGee
• Dirk Powell (also Irish, Old Timey)
• Kevin Wimmer (also Bluegrass, Old Timey)

Country

• Vassar Clements (also Bluegrass, Jazz)

Creole

• Canray Fontenot

Old Timey

• Laurie Lewis
• Dirk Powell (also Cajun, Irish)
• Kevin Wimmer (also Bluegrass, Cajun)

Southern US Rock

• Charlie Daniels

[edit] Canadian

• Jean Carignan
• Liz Carroll (also Irish)
• Shane Cook
• Mitchell Grobb (also classical, pop)
• Ivonne Hernandez
• Patti Kusturok
• Donnell Leahy
• Crystal Plohman
• Mark Sullivan
• Calvin Vollrath

Cape Breton

• Jerry Holland
• KilBride Brothers (also Irish, Scottish, Shetland, Welsh)
• Buddy MacMaster
• Natalie MacMaster

Newfoundland

• Patrick Moran

Scottish-Canadian

• Ashley MacIsaac

[edit] Celtic

• Adam Sweet

[edit] Classical

• Eyvind Kang (also Jazz)
• Mark O'Connor (also Bluegrass, Folk)
• Nash the Slash (also Experimental, Rock)
• Mitchell Grobb (also Canadian, Pop)

[edit] English

• Eliza Carthy
• Dave Swarbrick
• Ric Sanders

[edit] Experimental

• Ernesto Rodrigues
• Nash the Slash (also Classical, Rock)

[edit] Folk

• Jackson Gaydon
• Michael Kissinger (also Jazz, Rock)
• Gundula Krause (also Bluegrass, Cajun, Folk-Rock)
• Mark O'Connor
• Jenny Wilhelms

[edit] Folk-Rock

• Gundula Krause

[edit] Hip-Hop

• Miri Ben-Ari

[edit] Hot Club

• Jelle van Tongeren (also Jazz)

[edit] Hungarian

• Beata Salamon

[edit] Irish

• KilBride Brothers (also Cape Breton, Scottish, Shetland, Welsh)
• Kevin Burke
• Paddy Canny
• Liz Carroll (also Canadian)
• Julia Clifford
• Sharon Corr
• Fred Finn
• Frankie Gavin
• Michael Gorman
• P.J. Hayes
• Denis Murphy
• Padraig O'Keeffe
• Tommy Peoples
• Tommy Potts
• Dirk Powell (also Cajun, Old Timey)
• John Vesey

[edit] Jazz

• Darol Anger (also Psychograss)
• Svend Asmussen
• Polly Bradfield
• Vassar Clements (also Country, Bluegrass)
• Mark Feldman
• Stéphane Grappelli
• Jonathan Jazz
• Eyvind Kang (also Classical)
• Carla Kihlstedt
• Michael Kissinger (also Folk, Rock)
• Tim Kliphuis
• Didier Lockwood
• Jean-Luc Ponty
• Stuff Smith
• Boyd Tinsley (also Rock)
• Jelle van Tongeren (also Hot Club)
• Michał Urbaniak
• Joe Venuti

[edit] Pop

• Jackson Gaydon
• Hugh Marsh
• Mitchell Grobb (also Canadian, Classical)

[edit] Psychograss

• Darol Anger (also Jazz)

[edit] Rad-Trad

• EJ Ouellette

[edit] Rock

• Michael Kissinger (also Folk, Jazz)
• Nash the Slash (also Classical, Experimental)
• Boyd Tinsley (also Jazz)

[edit] Traditional/Rock

• Bridget Regan

[edit] UK

Scottish

• Aly Bain (also Shetland)
• Alasdair Fraser
• KilBride Brothers (also Cape Breton, Irish, Shetland, Welsh)

Shetland

• Aly Bain (also Scottish)
• KilBride Brothers (also Cape Breton, Irish, Scottish, Welsh)

Welsh

• KilBride Brothers (also Cape Breton, Irish, Scottish, Shetland)