Fiddlin' Around

Alison Krauss (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
by Corny O'Connell | 07/23/2025 | 5:00am

Alison Krauss performs at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, April 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

Alison Krauss, who got her start as a fiddle prodigy, was born on this date in 1971. Let's celebrate with your favorite tracks featuring the fiddle (a.k.a. violin). We'll spin a set.

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Today's set:

  • Jack White "Taking Me Back (Gently)"
  • Nickel Creek "Smoothie Song"
  • Old Crow Medicine Show "Wagon Wheel"
  • John Mellencamp "Cherry Bomb"

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