Tim McCarrick

I play Irish fiddle, and when I'm lucky I get the chance to see great fiddlers up close, and occasionally sit down to speak with them - even if it's only on the telephone. Here's some interviews that I was lucky enough to do and get published by the wonderful quarterly magazine about all fiddling styles: Fiddler Magazine

A magazine all fiddlers,(and those that wish they could understand them), should subscribe to for life!

Interviews for Fiddler Magazine

Oisín Mac Diarmada: Moving with the Music

SPRING 2009

Fiddlers Philharmonic:
How Two Very Different Teachers Brought Fiddle Music to Schools

Winter 2008-2009

Maeve Donnelly:
Passing on the Tradition

Fall 2007

Gerry O’Connor:
Pockets and Seams of Tradition on the East Coast of Ireland

Winter 2006-2007

I was also once a teacher, and thought it may be helpful to describe the basics to fiddlers over the internet. Mel Bay has a great "webzine" they call Fiddle Sessions

Here's some articles I wrote on Irish Fiddling for FIDDLE SESSIONS

Alternate Fiddle Tunings in Irish Fiddling Part One
October 2007

Tips and Techniques in Irish Fiddling Part I - Getting Started
June 2006

Tips and Techniques in Irish Fiddling Part II - Jigs, Rhythms, and bowings
August 2006