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JIGS AND JAMS

By : Roland Sturm

Roland Sturm is Professor of Policy Analysis at the RAND Graduate School and usually writes on health policy, not music. He was the talent coordinator of the Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest. These days he mainly plays upright bass and mandolin.

The Enduring Charm of Obsolete Instruments

By Roland Sturm

October 24, 2022/by Roland Sturm

The Forgotten Steel Guitar

By Roland Sturm

August 21, 2022/by Roland Sturm

Son Huasteco Fiddle with Jorge Andres Herrera

By Roland Sturm

April 16, 2022/by Roland Sturm

Pedal Steel – The most steampunk of instruments

By Roland Sturm

March 5, 2022/by Roland Sturm

Pozo Old-Time Gathering and More Southwest Fiddle Tunes

By Roland Sturm

December 13, 2021/by Roland Sturm

Gu-Achi Fiddlers

Fiddle Tunes from the American Southwest

By Roland Sturm

February 16, 2021/by Roland Sturm

EARLY BANJO RECORDINGS – IS IT “OLD-TIME”?

By Roland Sturm

January 25, 2021/by Roland Sturm

MANDOLIN IN “OLD-TIME” MUSIC

THE EARLIEST RECORDINGS

By Roland Sturm

November 9, 2020/by FolkWorks

“OLD-TIME” MUSIC ON MANDOLIN

By Roland Sturm

August 26, 2020/by Roland Sturm

ARE TRADITIONAL MUSIC JAMS AND SESSIONS ON THE INTERNET REALISTIC?

By Roland Sturm

April 30, 2020/by Roland Sturm

NEW SPROUTS FOR LIVE MUSIC AT TOPANGA BANJO FIDDLE FESTIVAL

The Woolsey Fire Claims a Last Victim

By Roland Sturm

February 21, 2020/by Roland Sturm

NORTHUMBRIAN SMALLPIPES: AN INTERVIEW WITH DICK HENSOLD

By Roland Sturm

October 23, 2019/by Roland Sturm

REDISCOVERING RAGTIME

By Roland Sturm

August 25, 2019/by Roland Sturm

CAJUN FIDDLE AND FOOD

By Roland Sturm

May 3, 2019/by Roland Sturm

WHEN NATURE CHANGES PLANS

By Roland Sturm

December 29, 2018/by Roland Sturm
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