“Just be sure you spell my uncle’s name right,” my wife Linda admonished me.”It’s ‘Ervin’ with a ‘V’, not ‘Erwin.’ ” Of course I would. After all, Uncle Ervin — with a V —was the composer of “The ...

We know that Ervin T. Rouse never rode the train he wrote about. In fact, there's a chance he never saw the train at all. Yet the fiddle tune he wrote, "The Orange Blossom Special," has become a ...

If you want to catapult multiculturalism to its furthest parameters, look no further than Orange Blossom. This Franco-Arabic collective is led by percussionist/drummer Carlos Robles Arenas, a native ...

The Lyons Fiddle Festival each year features a theme. This year showcased the family band. All bands were family members. The first band up on stage was the Martin Sisters bringing Western Swing. “We ...

It’s time to bring out holiday traditions of all sorts, including our newsroom neighbor Keith’s venerable Hanukkah garland — a whirl of tinsel stars that bedecks his computer every year. At the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — If you like a little "Orange Blossom Special" then you'll love today's "My Hero." This is 89-year-old Everett Steele. He's played the fiddle most of his life and his daughter ...

Strains of a fiddle playing “Wreck of the Orange Blossom Special” will raise the curtain tonight at Hawhee’s Country Music Opry in Weirsdale. Featured will be the South Ocean String Band, known for ...