“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 ...

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 ...

Requesting the song "Orange Blossom Special" to a bluegrass band is somewhat akin to yelling "Free Bird" at a rock concert. The tune, penned more than 60 years ago, has over the years become arguably ...

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 ...

Famous fiddle tune “The Orange Blossom Special” is to many bluegrass musicians as Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird” is to many rockers. Famous fiddler Michael Cleveland won’t turn up his nose at an “Orange ...