Rachel Baiman not only appeared on "Julia Belle: The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project, Vol. 2," but she also graciously wrote the liner notes, which were nominated for an IBMA Industry award in 2025! We love her thoughts on John so much, and we've posted them here so you can read them, too. I have [...]
John and Vassar, plus Old & In The Way, Aereo-Plain, and Vassar's fiddle. It's all right here, in John's own words. John kept a lot of writing on 3x5 index cards, and filed them all away for reference. We don't know if he wrote these thoughts about Vassar Clements in 1993 for a book or [...]
For those familiar with John's love of 3x5 cards, this one is for you. The typed notes were saved for us by our dear friend, the late Dr. Terry Comer. Our understanding is that this is a handout from a keynote speech that John gave for the International Bluegrass Music Association. And if you're ready [...]
October 7, 2024 • 6-10pm • Nashville, TN Quick Livestream links: Official John Hartford YouTube The Violin Shop Facebook page You're invited to Hartford's Mammoth Marathon, led by Brittany and Natalie Haas! Attend either in-person at Nashville’s American Legion Post 82 or via livestream on the Hartford YouTube channel and The Violin Shop Facebook page. [...]
John's Immense Archive Greetings Hartford fans! We are updating our newsletter a bit, and this month we want to re-cap the story around John's immense archive, and give you a behind-the-scenes look at projects we've been working on. To give you a little background...in 2007, about seven years after Dad passed, his estate settled and [...]
The Rare & Unreleased John Hartford: Backroads, Rivers & Memories If all John Hartford had done was to write “Gentle on My Mind”, his legend would be sealed as a songwriting giant. But his talent as a singer and instrumentalist catapulted him to fame not only as the banjo-playing sidekick on the "Glen Campbell Good Time Hour" TV [...]
Save the date! The John Hartford Memorial Festival #9 is returning to Bean Blossom, May 29th-June 1st, 2019! Follow this link for more details and information on how to get tickets (note: clicking on this link will take you to the John Hartford Memorial Festival website). https://www.johnhartfordmemfest.com/home
NASHVILLE, TN -- There are two exciting events coming up in July to celebrate the release of the brand new book, “John Hartford’s Mammoth Collection of Fiddle Tunes.” This unique anthology, gleaned from Hartford’s personal journals dating 1983-2001, contains 176 original fiddle compositions, personal drawings, rare photos, interviews, and narrative on his love for the [...]
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NASHVILLE, TN May 10, 2018 -- There is a brand new, full-color book exploring the creative mind of the late John Hartford. StuffWorks Press, Inc. has published John Hartford’s Mammoth Collection of Fiddle Tunes, a sizable anthology containing 176 of his original compositions. Most of these tunes are previously unpublished and unrecorded, taken from Hartford’s [...]
