Spokane native Kimber Ludiker and her bandmates in the bluegrass outfit Della Mae were congratulated on being nominated for a Grammy Award before they even knew they’d been nominated. “We were playing ...

Thu., Jan. 8, 2015 Memorial for Ludiker: Fiddling siblings Kimber Ludiker, second from left, and Dennis Ludiker, harmonize on a waltz they learned from their father, well-known champion fiddler Tony ...

Since Nashville-based folk band Della Mae started writing and performing original music in 2009, the quintet has become a woman-powered force to be reckoned with. Della Mae's acoustic instruments, ...

A high-end violin boasts the same price tag as a brand-new luxury vehicle. This means that when fiddler Kimber Ludiker has to fly, her instrument always comes along with as a carry-on. “If they ever ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - “Fortunately, there are so many more women playing music, thanks to just educational opportunities for kids getting into bluegrass. There’s just a lot of girls empowered to play ...

There are many ways to introduce the five-piece band Della Mae. Grammy nominated. Bluegrass-Americana. Global ambassadors. Just don’t call them “the lovely and talented women of Della Mae.” “We don't ...

The Colorado Fiddle Championships on Saturday and Sunday will feature novices and national champions, hoedowns and waltzes at the National Western Stock Show. “A lot of really good people show up in ...

Listening to Della Mae’s assured new album, “This World Oft Can Be,” it’s funny to think this progressive five-piece string band based in Boston started almost as a gimmick. Fiddler Kimber Ludiker ...

Under the leadership of a two-time grand national old-time fiddling champion, students in the Pendleton School Districts strings program will present a concert Thursday at 7 p.m. at Sunridge Middle ...

Back and forth, their bows glide across violin strings; hands noodle over fingerboards. But for all the effort, the students can't quite keep the rhythm. "I can tell we've had two weeks off. That was ...

Growing up, I was playing American fiddle tunes and Texas-style, Western swing, Bob Wills stuff. I came to bluegrass after going to my first bluegrass festival when I was about 15 years old. I moved ...