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Fiddle Tunes of the Civil War

Hear Civil War tunes played, sung, and danced to, at home and around the campfire. Listen to stories about the music, accounts of from Civil War diaries, and descriptions of period dances. The program is based on historical research and the music is played on instruments from the era, including fiddle, guitar and banjo. Presenters, Vivian and Paul Williams, are well known in the U.S. and Canada for old time and bluegrass fiddling, mandolin, bass and banjo. They helped found the Seattle Folklore Society, Northwest Folklife and the Washington Old Time Fiddlers Association.

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