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Fiddle Music from Smithsonian Folkways

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Catalog Number

FPL10061

Duration

46:47

Year Published

2013

Copyright

2013 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Agent(s)

Ashgar Bahari; Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys; Clark Kessinger; David, Bill and Billie Ray Johnson; Eivind Groven; Kevin Burke

Country(s)

Iran; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United States

Genre(s)

American Folk; Bluegrass; Celtic; Old Time; World

Instrument(s)

Fiddle; Violin

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