This modern tune was written by the fiddler/pianist Charlie Lennon. I learned it from Cara’s CD In Between Times, where the tune is the grande finale.
Archive for January, 2008
The Leitrim Lilter (reel)
January 23, 2008A Website You Can’t Be Without
January 22, 2008For anyone who is serious about Irish trad there is no way around the website of the Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (Association of Irish Musicians). There are loads of excellent material. Watch solo performances by all-Ireland champs, see the Céilí bands duke it out, or check out tune tutorials and sheet music. They really want to [...]
Family Band
January 20, 2008Rocking away with my sons Amos (6) on “drums” and Elias (8.5) on fiddle. The tune is Soldier’s Joy.
Jigs with Hanneke
January 19, 2008Here is a recording of yours truly playing a set of jigs with the backing of the world-famous, ever-awesome Scottish Uber-Fiddler, Hanneke Cassel. The other credits go to Chris Lewis (guit) and Trevor Lord (perc). This happened more or less ad-hoc and was my first (and so far only) public performance. The tunes are The [...]
The Ashplant (reel)
January 19, 2008This is me playing The Ashplant. Those black-orange fishies had a baby today and my son is convinced that the mating must have happened while I was playing this tune. So watch carefully … )
Hello world!
January 19, 2008Here we go. Me gotz blog. Expect good things here. Lots of them, actually. Just not tonight.
Ok, that’s too lame. Here’s a very useful website I found today: Technique and style in Irish trad. It has about 50 tunes played on whistle by big shots like Mary Bergin, complete with MP3, transcript and bar-by-bar commentary. [...]
