Posted in fiddle, improvisation, traditional music, tagged fiddle, ni:d, soprano saxophone, swedish music on April 15, 2008 | No Comments »
Just ran across this video on Youtube…. Gotta love the way these Swedes interpret Poor Man’s Troubles, an American fiddle tune. Also, I think I recognize that percussionist from the Swedish band who crashed the festival in Gooik, Belgium, last summer. Incredible music.
Posted in fiddle, hammered dulcimer, traditional music, tagged fiddle, hornpipe, irish music, Rick and Brandy on April 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Luxury of luxuries! I stepped out my front door the other evening and saw that my across-the-street neighbors, Rick and Brandy, had their front door open. So of course I peeked in to see what they were up to, and their dining room was full of Irish musicians! And they were all working at learning [...]
Posted in banjo, fiddle, hammered dulcimer, traditional music, tagged banjo, Breakin' Up Winter, fiddle, Gainsborough, hammered dulcimer, old time, Snowbird on March 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The first time I heard this tune, Snowbird, I was sitting in the all-purpose room of an elementary school in Gainsborough, England, and the guy playing it was a fiddle/banjo player from Vermont. I had recorded it then, back in 2004 with just me and him playing it, and have loved the tune ever since. [...]
Posted in traditional music, tagged dulcimer, fiddle, old time, texas on February 9, 2008 | No Comments »
This is a video of Samantha Oberkfell (known for her hammered dulcimer prowess, and quite the fiddler as well!) and three of the four famous Wrights of Kenard, Texas. The missing Wright is Lloyd Wright, who’s in my mountain dulcimer top 10. We stayed up late at the Super 8 playing all kinds [...]
Posted in hammered dulcimer, traditional music, tagged dulcimer, fiddle, Fly Around, mandolin, old time, pub, session on February 6, 2008 | No Comments »
In October, 2006, Butch and I had yet another chance (lucky us!) to spend a little time in England. One night, our dear friends Christine and Pete drove us out into the middle of nowhere for a good ol’ American old time music session. The venue was a pub called the Cock and [...]
