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Showing posts with label fiddle. Show all posts
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Thursday, October 11, 2012
Grainne Murphy And Kathleen Boyle In Concert, Winona Grange
October 13th 2012, 7:30pm – 10:00pm
Winona Grange
8340 SW Seneca St
Tualatin
Oregon
USA
Website: http://www.winonagrange271.org
The Session: Events - Grainne Murphy And Kathleen Boyle In Concert, Winona Grange:
Winona Grange
8340 SW Seneca St
Tualatin
Oregon
USA
Website: http://www.winonagrange271.org
The Session: Events - Grainne Murphy And Kathleen Boyle In Concert, Winona Grange:
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Friday, September 21, 2012
Yvonne Leahy, Donall Donnelly, Brian Hanlon & Donncha Moynihan
Yvonne Leahy, Donall Donnelly - Fiddles Donncha Moynihan - Guitar, Brian Hanlon - bodhrán, bouzouki
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Amalgamare -- Eoghan Neff & Cyprian Love
Eoghan Neff (fiddle) & Cyprian Love (pipe organ).
A free improvisation performed on acoustic fiddle and pipe organ at Glenstal Abbey, Ireland.
A free improvisation performed on acoustic fiddle and pipe organ at Glenstal Abbey, Ireland.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
The John Carty Festival Band
John Carty, one of the finest names in Irish traditional music launches his brand new Festival Band.
John is well known to traditional music fans and was awarded the TG4 Musician of the Year in 2003. In this new band he will showcase his unique fiddle, banjo and tenor guitar playing and is fortunate to have on board some of the finest talent that Irish music has to offer with every member bringing their own unique stamp to the overall sound. He is joined by Shane McGowan on guitar and vocals, Kevin Doherty on double bass, Ciarán Munnelly on snare drum, bodhrán, vocals and flute and James Carty on fiddle. Special guests include Colm Gannon on accordion, Maggie Carty on banjo, vocalist Daoiri Farrell, and banjo player and dancer Frankie Fox.
This gig has a real celebratory atmosphere as Carty and friends play a unique spectrum of traditional music with influences from the 1920s, old time, swing/jazz to O'Carolan and beyond. All these influences are interwoven into a carnival occasion of uplifting music and song. For further information or to book the band contact info@johncartymusic.com
John is well known to traditional music fans and was awarded the TG4 Musician of the Year in 2003. In this new band he will showcase his unique fiddle, banjo and tenor guitar playing and is fortunate to have on board some of the finest talent that Irish music has to offer with every member bringing their own unique stamp to the overall sound. He is joined by Shane McGowan on guitar and vocals, Kevin Doherty on double bass, Ciarán Munnelly on snare drum, bodhrán, vocals and flute and James Carty on fiddle. Special guests include Colm Gannon on accordion, Maggie Carty on banjo, vocalist Daoiri Farrell, and banjo player and dancer Frankie Fox.
This gig has a real celebratory atmosphere as Carty and friends play a unique spectrum of traditional music with influences from the 1920s, old time, swing/jazz to O'Carolan and beyond. All these influences are interwoven into a carnival occasion of uplifting music and song. For further information or to book the band contact info@johncartymusic.com
The Visit
Joe Kearney has become lost in his own county, Kilkenny. Up and down lanes and by-roads looking for a man who, he's told, is a local legend, a fiddle player and philosopher: Jimmy Fanning. (Short Irish audio documentary; RTE Radio Ireland)
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Martin Hayes to play Kinvara
Cover of Martin Hayes "Martin Hayes, regarded by many as the finest fiddler of his generation, will play a solo gig in Johnston's Hall, Kinvara, on Friday 27 April at 9pm.The concert is hosted by Kinvara Area Music Collective (KAM) as part of its concert series for 2012.
This will be Martin Hayes' first concert in Kinvara and promises to be a special night. The intimate venue should perfectly suit Martin’s unique sound, highlighting his mastery of the fiddle, his acknowledgement of the tradition and his shaping of the future of Irish music.
Tickets are available from €15, with concessions for €12.50, at Connolly’s Bar and The Healing Harvest shop in Kinvara. Postal booking can be arranged by contacting 087-2405987."
Martin Hayes to play Kinvara - Setlist - Galway Independent:
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Fiddle experts visit Skokie
Image by grepsy via FlickrRachel Baiman and Christian Sedelmyer aren’t just fiddlin’ around with their music.They’re serious, committed young musicians, living in Nashville, and immersed in performing, writing, and exploring a wide range of folk and related styles, from traditional and bluegrass, to folk-rock, swing, and progressive. They are multi-instrumentalists but concentrate their music on the fiddle, and both recently switched to playing the more advanced 5-string fiddle.
Baiman and Sedelmyer perform Jan. 7 at the Ethical Humanist Society in Skokie for its Second Saturday Coffeehouse series hosted by Vicki Elberfeld. Special musical guest will be Matt Brown.
Baiman, 21, is an Oak Park native, and began playing violin at age four, learning to read music traditionally, but also using Suzuki books. She grew up involved with fiddle contests, music camps, and workshops, and has studied with Mike Casey, Jeff Midkiff, and, most recently, Matt Combs at Vanderbilt University, where Baiman is a student majoring in anthropology and music. Baiman is also part of the Nashville-based progressive folk quartet, Rockin’ Acoustic Circus.
Folk roots
Her evolving musical path began early, Baiman explained. “In the past, I’ve always been really focused on and influenced by music that has a built-in role for an acoustic fiddle. The first music that I fell in love with was old-time and bluegrass fiddle music. However, my parents always listened to a lot of folk singers, and some of my earliest memories involve being huddled up in a tent at some random folk festival in the pouring rain.”
It’s drier these days, she added. “Since moving to Nashville and hanging out with a lot of different musicians, I’m sort of being re-exposed to the folk and folk-rock traditions. I think my current musical choices really reflect this return to the idea of a great song, and songwriting, but obviously I’m still completely obsessed with the fiddle, so there is a lot of that there too.”
Sedelmyer, 27, a native of Erie, Pa., grew up exposed to the music of the ’60s and ’70s, artists like Crosby, Stills & Nash, and Neil Young, among many others, and was involved in bands in high school and college. But he didn’t originally plan on a career in music, and earned a degree in Business Management at Wake Forest University in North Carolina.
But he recognizes the value of his education as applied to his current pursuits. “I think studying business management in college taught me conceptually about how to think strategically and always keep a bigger picture in mind. That said, I gained most of the knowledge I have now about the music business playing and touring with The Farewell Drifters,” he said.
“As an equal partner in a nationally touring band that ran the strategic elements of the business almost entirely on its own, we learned how to manage all of the necessary components, creating original music, booking, promotion, distribution, merchandising, and financial management to keep the wheels turning.”
Working together
Baiman, who met Sedelmyer at a jam session in Nashville, said the duo aims for a “full sound.”
“We both have instinctual ideas about how to play a tune or a song, and luckily they tend to be different
and complementary, but there is still the issue of making sure somebody is fulfilling the rhythmic and melodic aspects at all times,” she said.
“Usually, our instincts are telling us to play the fiddle like a fiddle, but in this case, we have to think about playing the fiddle like a mandolin or a banjo. We will listen back to a song and find places where the groove drops out or it’s just getting too repetitive, and through the process of ‘fixing’ these issues, we usually come up with our best ideas. Singing is also a challenge, as the fiddle is a physically difficult instrument to sing with.”
The upcoming show in Skokie will be focused on American folk music.
“We’re going to play a blend of American folk music utilizing primarily two 5-string fiddles and vocal harmonies,” said Sedelmyer. “We’ll play original instrumental compositions, old-time, bluegrass and folk music, re-defined and orchestrated through the sonic landscapes of two fiddles. The multi-talented Matt Brown will also perform on claw-hammer banjo, guitar, fiddle, and vocals.”
Fiddle experts visit Skokie - Lincolnwood Review
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