I guess it had to happen…
Casey Driessen has created a looped, all-fiddle version of Billie Jean as a Michael Jackson tribute. Watching him stack the loops and then play the melody shows how well Casey has mastered the technology – as well as his instrument.
This is an edited version of the Billie Jean video. The full, 8 1/2 minute video is here.
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A lot of folks enjoyed Casey Driessen's 5-string fiddle hunt video, where he and Luke Bulla traveled to Scottsburg, IN to the shop of John Silakowski. John built Casey's existing fiddle, and the trip was made so that he could select a new one.
The first video featured Casey trying out instruments,...
Here's something any musician can identify with... the hunt for a new axe.
Casey Driessen takes us along as he and Luke Bulla journey to Scottsburg, IN and the shop of noted violinmaker John Silakowski to check out some new 5-string fiddles.
Watch and listen as he tries to narrow it down - which...
After teaching at Sore Fingers Week in England earlier this month, Rob Ickes, Noam Pikelny and Casey Driessen did some touring in the UK as The Nashville Acoustic All Stars.
The folks at ukbluegrass.com posted yesterday with links to three video clips on YouTube from a performance of theirs in Scotland....
Here's a great video of Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper shot during their free concert this past Friday (4/3) at the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY.
It features the guys tearing it up on a version of the Bill Monroe classic, Big Mon. The lighting isn't fabulous, but the music...
Last month, we passed along some information about The Sparrow Quartet's lengthy tour of China. The quartet includes Abigail Washburn and Bela Fleck on banjo, Casey Driessen on fiddle, and Ben Sollee on cello.
Casey created a slide show of photos he took while in China, and it can be viewed on the...
Hey everyone from Rounder Records! Come checkout this new video of Uncle Earl with special cameos by John Paul Jones and Casey Driessen. Please enjoy!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sCFJ3LURCtc...
We posted last week about some of the press coverage from China of the current Sparrow Quartet tour. The band features Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn on picked and non-picked banjo respectively, with Casey Driessen on fiddle and Ben Sollee on cello.
There is a fascinating video up on YouTube that...
Fiddler Casey Driessen has presented to the music world as something of a stylistic enigma. As a fiddler he is equally well trained in the bluegrass and old time traditions, and he has a music degree from The Berklee College Of Music.
He has toured as a solo artist and band leader, as well as a sideman....
Not to be outdone by the other contests running this month, fiddler Casey Driessen has created one of his own.
The promotion, which he is calling a Full Spectrum Music Giveaway, is to celebrate today's (5/12) release of Driessen's new CD, Oog. If you win, you'll not only get autographed copies of...
Cherryholmes has debuted a new music video, for the song Bleeding from their current Skaggs Family release, Don't Believe. The video has the band in the bus, doing sound check and on stage for a show.
This one is an all-family production, filmed and edited by members of the Cherryholmes clan. Somehow...
NewFound Road has created a video promo which includes live footage from a recent stage show. It was shot and edited by Matt Zervos, who also produced the new Dale Ann Bradley video for Don't Turn Your Back.
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NewFound Road has posted live video from their show at Rudy Fest in late June. Two songs are available, both professionally shot and edited, of the band with Jim VanCleve sitting in on fiddle.
Here's the live version of Houston (I'm Comin' To See You), from their Life In A Song CD.
Visit the NewFound...
This afternoon, I had a lovely chat with Lynn Morris and Marshall Wilborn. Longtime bluegrass fans are well familiar with Lynn’s many years as a performer, bandleader and friend to our music, and we all felt a great loss when she suffered a stroke in Match of 2003, keeping her off the road and out [...]
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