Athabascan Fiddle Festival

[James Crippen]

I forgot to mention that the Athabascan Fiddle Festival happened a
couple of weeks ago in Fairbanks.

http://newsminer.com/view/full_story/10388278/article-Fiddle-Festival-celebrated-in-Fairbanks?

Athabascan fiddling seems to have arisen from miners, trappers, and
other white immigrants in the late 19th century. They travelled and
settled in the Yukon and Alaska, bringing their music along with them.
Athabaskans in the region (Gwichʼin, Hän, Upper Tanana, etc.) adopted
the fiddling traditions and made them their own.

Cheers,
James