Hayden taught some really great tunes this month. Islay Rant, The First Pint, and Farewell to Santa Ana are now up on contratunes.org/tune-archive...

Regardless of how one feels about the Catholic Church or about Pope Francis, now is a time to come together to claim that JD Vance killed him

Today I Saw 4/14/25 Session with the Scottish Fiddle Collective at Conor Byrne. Ezra Jane Landsman (guitar), Ryan McKasson (fiddle), Elise Snoey (fiddle), Hayden Stern (fiddle) #musicsession #scottishfiddle #fiddle #todayisaw #dailyphoto

Cory Booker has broken Strom Thurmond’s record. “I’m here despite his speech,” Booker said.

TransTrad registration is open today!

too much darkness today please enjoy 54 seconds of my horse son enjoying one of his favorite hobbies, Zipper

Nobody's Business- Casey Murray, Helen Kuhar, Hayden Stern with caller Annie Kidwel at the Rehoboth Contra Dance 2/28/25

looking forward to kicking off tour with @helengracekuhar.bsky.social and @caseymurraymusic.bsky.social today in Rehoboth!

excited to play Rehoboth Contra dance this Friday!

getting ready for this East Coast tour is making me realize that, despite having lived in 5 states between then and now, I haven’t been to the East Coast since I was a teenager

was delighted to play fiddle for this very timely song

cannot wait to hit the road with this band! truly honored to get to tour with @helengracekuhar.bsky.social and @caseymurraymusic.bsky.social

had the pleasure of doing the cover art and design for this album! give it a preorder - this album is gonna be so good

a little clip from a jam session the other day. perpetually in love with weird little 16-bar bagpipe reels

@alexsturbaum.com and I have been dreaming up a folk music festival, welcoming to all, that’s designed to uplift trans and gender non-conforming talent in traditional music. We have a venue, we have a lineup (TBA soon!), and now we want to spread the word! Our website is transtradfest.org

@alexsturbaum.com and Rae and i named this band Anglerfish, and then a week ago i found this anglerfish mask (with a working rechargeable LED light!) in my local buy nothing group

every day i am delighted that i get to share my home with this very small animal

Looking forward to being an instructor for this starting in Jan!

Please read this by @morganmpage.bsky.social on trans death "Reframing our very real proximity to death as a fit of manipulative hysteria is one way to inure the public to our pain and ultimately make our destruction seem not only possible but necessary."

🏳️‍⚧️▫️Transmasc Minotaur ▫️🏳️‍⚧️ cone 5.5 stoneware, underglaze, glaze. Finally made another trans Minotaur! Available at the Jonathon Bamcroft-Snell Gallery for $600cad. :) 1/2

“landscape of a haunted house”, watercolor 9”x12” 2024 part of an ongoing collaboration/documentary project with my critically ill best friend

played contra dances Friday and Saturday and then enjoyed an extremely luxurious Sunday with friends

Here's a little reel I wrote last year called Expect Resistance (as in, respect my existence or expect my resistance). Felt timely to share it with the world; hope y'all like it.

hi, I’m Hayden! figured I’d introduce myself. i’m Scottish fiddle player + contra dance musician who also does textile, new media, and painting work focused on medical + psychiatric institutional spaces and narratives