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In this day and age when we have access to hundreds of tv channels, radio stations, how often do your hear fiddle music, I don't mean a fiddle playing back-up in some Nashville band, but real fiddle music where the fiddle is the lead instrument in the band.
In my part of the word (New Brunswick, Canada) the sound of a fiddle on radio or Tv is a rare occurance , you would have more of a chance of hearing ethnic music from a far off forigen country than any kind of fiddle music.
It wasn't always this way , at one time their were shows based on fiddle music or the fiddle was a prominent instrument in the show. The fiddle is still popular though in non-media areas , often heard at fairs, farmers markets, fiddle jamming groups, and I'm amazed at how many young people are taking up the fiddle, and how well some of them play, and the internet with sites like the Fiddle Hangout as well as many others.
I guess the lack of fiddle music on Tv and radio is all based on demographics, they broadcast to young , hip, trendy, urbanites, because thats where the big money is...and the fiddle is left out in the cold.
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