Violin Archives on Instagram: "That viola didn’t even know it could do this… Here is the overly cool Clarence « Gatemouth » Brown digging into « Leftover Blues » during his legendary 1996 Austin City Limits performance. Watching him casually shred on the viola is so awesome! Born in Louisiana in 1924 and raised in Texas, Gatemouth Brown refused to be boxed into a single genre. While the world tried to pigeonhole him as just a « bluesman, » he insisted he played « American music, Texas style »—a

Cut Connects on Instagram: "Batzorig Vaanchig is one of Mongolia’s most recognized traditional singers, known for performing long song and throat-singing styles. The instrument he’s playing is the morin khuur, also called the horsehead fiddle, a national symbol of Mongolia. This performance, filmed on a mountain in Mongolia, went viral years ago and is still one of the most viewed traditional music videos on YouTube. His vocals are a mix of khöömii (throat singing) and traditional Mongolian chan

Lindsay Z. on Instagram: "It is time. ✂️ Only had a few moments of “Oh snap, did I just make a major mistake?!”, but this guy has been such a super grower and it handled the LAST big chop 2 years ago amazingly well (obviously), so I’m feeling confident we will be okay this go-round too. *pleasepleaseplease* Also trying out water vs. soil propagation for the cuttings, so we shall see what works best. I’ve only had luck with water propagating my fiddle leaf in the past and it took aaaages, but we’

Fiddler on the Roof Performances at Monticello Opera House