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Their songs weave in Irish lilting, set against a lively mix of drums, fiddles, flutes, harps, banjos, cello and concertina - skills honed over years of playing house parties, pub céilís and traditional festivals.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

The Administration seems determined to avoid the endless fiddles that torpedoed the frigate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

“I just loved it. I loved the music, I loved the tempos of the mandolin and ... I loved the fiddles, too,” Williams says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2024

As he told Terry Gross on “Fresh Air” in 1998, “it was fascinating what these guys could do with these banjos and these fiddles and the steel guitars.”

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024

I’m two steps back to where I came from when, just like before, when guitars and fiddles twang like a distant fiesta.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera