Big Jim brings you tall tales to help beat back the summer.
Some of the videos of Big Jim Griffith telling tall tales or talking of local traditions.
- Jim Griffith Special to the Arizona Daily Star
Leslie Keith was born in Pulaski County in southwestern Virginia in the first decade of the 20th Century, became fascinated to old-time fiddling at an early age. In 1923 he moved with his mother to Birmingham, Alabama, where his professional career began.
- Jim Griffith Special to the Arizona Daily Star
Willie Walker, banjo player, from Texas to Tucson via Chicago.
Folklorist Jim Griffith dives deeper in part two about this Mexican holiday.
Folklorist Jim Griffith discusses traditions and lore surrounding this Mexican holiday.
- Jim Griffith Special to the Arizona Daily Star
When I started looking for traditional musicians in Southern Arizona, it didn’t enter my mind that one of the first such people I would meet would be a fine Northeast Canadian fiddler … but such was the case.
San Xavier Mission is an absolutely unique piece of Spanish Colonial architecture. Not just a building, it is remarkably well-preserved late 18th-century built environment. It is a destination for tourists, art lovers, religious pilgrims, and others. It is intricately woven into the cultural…
I'm continuing my sporadic series of introductions to regional folk musicians and others. All have performed at Tucson Meet Yourself; all have passed on.
Jim Griffith is taking a break. This is a replay of an old favorite.
Jokes are a part of any culture’s folklore and can serve as a kind of salve or ointment that we can slather over the raw places in our consciousness.
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Arizona can't take advantage of 15 strikeouts in six innings by starter Smith Bailey as KSU gets to the bullpen in an 11-1 loss, April 18, 2026, Tucson, Ariz.
Arizona can't take advantage of 15 strikeouts in six innings by starter Smith Bailey as KSU gets to the bullpen in an 11-1 loss, April 18, 2026, Tucson, Ariz.
About 100 middle school football players got to rub shoulders with several Arizona players, including hosts quarterback Noah Fifita and his brother, Wildcat linebacker Dash, at the second First Down Faith Football Camp, April 17, 2026.
The Bureau of Reclamation says it plans to substantially increase Colorado River water releases from reservoirs upstream of Lake Powell and to reduce releases from Powell to Lake Mead. The purpose of these actinos will be to keep Powell from falling below the level at which turbines at the adjoining Glen Canyon Dam can generate electricity.
At the heart of competing Arizona ballot proposals is what changes — if any — are needed to the school voucher system.
The top election official in Maricopa County will get more authority in running elections after a judge sided with his office in a prolonged legal fight with the county's board.
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There are faster ways to get from Chicago to Los Angeles, but none have the allure or cultural cachet of Route 66.
Tehran said it responded to a continued U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, calling it a violation of their ceasefire.
Ibogaine, embraced by combat veterans and conservative lawmakers, is known to sometimes trigger potentially fatal heart problems.
US President Donald Trump says the US is having “very good conversations” with Iran and says he’s optimistic a deal can still be done.
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The springy, energetic potential of Arizona freshman forward Sidi Gueye is headed for further development elsewhere.
Check out the inside of the Macon County Jail through photos from the Herald & Review archives. More archive photos at herald-review.com.
A new indictment has added two kidnapping and six witness tampering charges against an Allegany County man under federal investigation since a government witness in the Pharaoh’s strip club case turned up dead in his home.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Cooper told a judge that his office intends to file witness tampering charges against Simon P. Gogolack 39, of Wellsville.
A Southern Tier man with a history of drug-related charges has become entangled in the FBI’s probe into the death of a government witness in the Pharaoh’s strip club case.
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The death of a 3-year-old girl named Anna had been a rallying point for thousands of Tucsonans to call for a crackdown on street racing.
Authorities say a teen fatally shot by officers during a Tucson standoff had a toy gun wrapped to look real.
A man wanted after firing gunshots at a bail bondsman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound as a Pima County Sheriff's Department team prepared to arrest him, authorities say.
A man who died in 2014 has been implicated by Tucson police in the killing of a man here 10 years earlier.
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A new pedestrian and bicycle signal was activated Thursday at the street crossing near the University of Arizona campus where three students were struck and killed last year.
An Arizona bill would ban drones within a mile of many events, citing safety concerns — but critics say it goes too far.
Arizona Public Service has agreed to keep from cutting customer power when the temperature is expected to hit 95 or higher. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said she's looking at policies at other utilities in the state too.