The Shetland Islands, a cluster of rocks in the North Sea, is an unusual place. Wealthy from offshore oil, Shetlanders are yet wedded to ancient traditions. And they play the fiddle like no one else.
Kevin Henderson gives his unique insight into Shetland fiddle music, passing on tunes he’s been performing for many years of an amazing career in music. Kevin Henderson is a fiddler who draws on the ...
SHAPIRO: As you might guess from the music, we are not on a tropical island with palm trees swaying. We are on a barren cluster of rocks in the middle of the North Sea - the Shetland Islands, far ...