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Finnish Fiddle
Alistair Hayden is a Geology PhD student. When asked about his musical background he says, " I grew up in a family where visits with the relatives mean all the banjos, fiddles, guitars, etc. get hauled out for some good old American and Irish music. As I got older, I branched out slightly and played for English and Scottish folk dances. Then, the year before I came to Caltech, I lived in Finland where I studied a bit of Finnish fiddle with the master Arto Järvelä." Alistair says, he plays "the kind of music you would have heard at dance parties back before radio was invented."

Alistair Hayden playing the fiddle at a previous World Fest