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.
Our weekly round-up of letters published in the Arizona Daily Star.
The Wildcats posed for the cameras, September 9, 2026, Tucson, Ariz., as the season gets a step closer.
Nearly 1500 participants walk, climb and run 2071 steps, representing the 110 floors of the Twin Towers on Friday morning.
Participants gathered at the Tucson Convention Center Arena this morning for Tucson’s 25th 9/11 Tower Challenge. The annual memorial climb honors those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, and the first responders who answered the call. Some participants climbed in uniform or full gear as…
MESA — Twenty-five years ago, Rana Singh Sodhi felt empty and hopeless.
PHOENIX — Turning Point USA says it has more than 1 million students involved in its programs a year after Charlie Kirk was killed.
PHOENIX — The state Court of Appeals rejected efforts to void a border measure approved by voters.
A pair of advertisements on television and streaming services is part of an effort by Republican candidate for governor Andy Biggs to chip away at incumbent Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs' dominance of the airwaves.
The ruling came in a federal lawsuit filed this year by two disabled patients, a doctor and several disability and patients’ rights organizations.
When hijacked planes brought down the World Trade Center towers Sept. 11, 2001, about 25,000 children lived or attended school nearby.
Ari Hawkins, Trade Reporter at POLITICO, examines Canada’s retaliation, Trump’s latest trade threats and the potential impact on businesses and consumers.
Way.com reports that the surge in commuting expenses, driven by rising fuel, maintenance, and parking costs, significantly impacts workers' budgets as in-office mandates increase.
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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Bobbie Tapia, 35, was arrested Wednesday in the fatal shooting in August on Tucson's southwest side, authorities say.
The former executive director of Academy Del Sol, a Tucson charter school, faces 22 felony charges for allegedly misappropriating school dollars over seven years.
A Tucson man went on a violent spree at his home and a neighboring home, killing a man and injuring three other people, including a 94-year-old woman.
Tucson police are investigating a homicde that occurred Wednesday morning on the city's northeast side.
PHOENIX — Turning Point USA says it has more than 1 million students involved in its programs a year after Charlie Kirk was killed.
Tucson seeks input on zoning changes to make it easier to open homeless shelters.
PHOENIX — The state Court of Appeals rejected efforts to void a border measure approved by voters.
Congressional District 6 candidates Juan Ciscomani and JoAnna Mendoza debate playback.