Bob Wills, known as the King of Western Swing - the Official State Music of Texas, will have his birthday celebrated in a special event taking place at 6 p.m.
The 91st Athens Old Fiddlers Contest gave the crowd a grand finish Saturday with a skilled veteran battling a younger champion. When the verdict was in, Carl Hopkins walked away
Sounds of fiddles and stringed instruments of all kinds echoed through the downtown square in Athens as the longest running contest in Texas returned over the weekend. The 91st annual
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A Texas teen and champion fiddler is set to release his debut album in February.
Ridge Roberts, who has been competing since he was 10 years old, will release Lone Star Fiddler on Valentineâs Day, and the event is being met with much anticipation.
Roberts was Texas State Champion in 2015 and 2016 and has won titles in Colorado, at the 87th and 88th Athens Old Fiddlerâs Reunions and various other events around the country.
His first time to Athens was in 2016.
âIt was an eventful weekend, Alex Hargreaves, arguably one of the most skilled and diversified fiddle players today, was judging, and our van broke down on the way home! We got home the next morning.â