At the beginning of the fourth cut on the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd's one and only fiddle album titled "Mountain Fiddler," he starts off the fiddle tune "Cripple Creek" by doing a recitation. In the ...

TWENTY years ago a busker playing the fiddle outside Markies in Aberdeen captivated a starry-eyed four-year-old. As the unknown musician rattled out tune after tune, little Erin Smith knew immediately ...