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krj
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response 143 of 226:
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Feb 20 23:52 UTC 2000 |
Lansing folk-ish radio stations are playing an interesting-sounding new
CD by a local Irish music band called Pub Domain. Their live album
comes out for St. Patrick's Day, of course.
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katie
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response 144 of 226:
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Feb 21 00:28 UTC 2000 |
They play in Chelsea at the bar pretty often.
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krj
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response 145 of 226:
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Mar 17 19:28 UTC 2000 |
It's St. Patrick's Day 2000. Tower and Elderly Instruments are having
big sales on Celtic music -- even the stuff which isn't Irish!
I paid $11 last night for the new CD by the Scottish band Ceolbeg.
Anyway, March 17 means it's time to kick off the
reviews of the annual, ritual Irish CD purchases.
First up: Cathal McConnell, LONG EXPECTANT COMES AT LAST.
McConnell is a singer (reedy, cranky voice), flute player, and
slightly wacky member of the band The Boys of the Lough.
The Boys, who have members from Ireland, Scotland and England,
were one of the first bands playing Celtic music to regularly tour
the USA; they go back to the early 1970s. McConnell's album
is in a much older style than much of what's marketed as Celtic
music these days: lots of unaccompanied singing or lightly
arranged flute tunes. And I suspect his voice is an acquired taste.
I'm enjoying this, but I think I enjoy it because it brings back
memories of 25 years of seeing perform live in the band.
So I hesitate to give it a recommendation to the general audience.
If you know Cathal, though, I think you'll have some fun with this.
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I have not found any sign of the Pub Domain album mentioned in
resp:143, which was supposed to be out now.
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bmoran
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response 146 of 226:
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Mar 23 17:11 UTC 2000 |
I've got a tin whistle instruction book/cd by Cathal. Very slow and
deliberate, the first song went very well. The 2nd piece is just a bit
ahead of where I feel comfortable. He sounds like a likeable guy tho.
My holiday purchase the year kept the theme going with Paddy Moloney
and Sean Potts' Tin Whistles cd. Quit fun.
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krj
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response 147 of 226:
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Aug 15 20:08 UTC 2000 |
Finally found the Pub Domain album for sale at the Elderly Music
tent at the National Folk Festival this past weekend.
I'll put a few words about last week's Carreg Lafar concert here;
this was at the Ark, Wednesday August 9. Twila saved me a seat
way down front, so there was a great feeling of being surrounded
by the band. Leader is singer/dancer Linda Owen-Jones, a small
woman dressed all in red; the rest of the band included flute,
fiddle, guitar, and a multi-instrumentalist who most often played
bagpipe, hornpipe and bodhran, and who also sang. The band is from Wales,
and their style seemed closer to Brittany than to Scotland and Ireland.
After the show, Linda was mentioning that the band is not a professional
venture. They record and tour for the love of the music, she said,
and their goal is simply to break even on the tours. They all have day
jobs.
So far I haven't enjoyed their new album HYN as much as I enjoyed the
live show.
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krj
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response 148 of 226:
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Aug 16 03:56 UTC 2000 |
Lunasa, the Ark, Tuesday August 15:
A core Irish trad trio -- flute, uillean pipes and fiddle -- with
an acoustic guitarist. What makes the band is Trevor Hutchinson
on upright electric bass. I'm not sure what he's doing, really --
a little bit is jazz, more is rock -- but I listen to him for the whole
evening, he really powers the whole ensemble. As I mentioned in the
Ark item (item:70), I hadn't been too interested in this band until
I saw that Hutchinson was in it; I remember him very well from
previous Ark shows with accordion player Sharon Shannon.
Very enthusiastic crowd of (guess) 150.
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eeyore
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response 149 of 226:
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Aug 18 05:29 UTC 2000 |
Well, I finally broke down and got an Altan cd. It's not bad, but not
something I'll listen to often. But I'm glad that I got it.
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happyboy
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response 150 of 226:
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Aug 18 19:14 UTC 2000 |
which one?
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eeyore
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response 151 of 226:
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Aug 18 22:46 UTC 2000 |
The Best of with an attached 2nd disk of live stuff.
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happyboy
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response 152 of 226:
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Aug 19 09:09 UTC 2000 |
nice one.
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eeyore
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response 153 of 226:
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Aug 19 16:23 UTC 2000 |
Yeah...and I got it new for $10. :) I was a happy Meg. :)
I now need to get a new Chieftens cd....I have Tears of Stone, but I want to
get the one with the rock people too. :)
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krj
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response 154 of 226:
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Aug 27 19:43 UTC 2000 |
A cd I have been enjoying a lot is Jack Evans' "Once Upon A Time In The
North." Jack Evans was in an 80s band called The Easy Club, which mixed
Scottish folk with swing-style jazz and which produced a couple of albums
which have been enduring favorites at our house. Evans was the acoustic
guitarist who was chiefly responsible for the sound.
Evans has a web page, http://www.jackevans.net , and from there comes the
news that the first Easy Club CD is going to be reissued on CD shortly.
Hooray!
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albaugh
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response 155 of 226:
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Aug 28 01:50 UTC 2000 |
A jig (6/8 time) with 3 beats in a measure (thus 9/8) is known as a Slip jig.
A reel is in cut time. Is there a name for a reel with 3 beats in a measure
(3/2)? I just noticed such a beast on what I'll call a "Scottish sampler"
CD I recently acquired.
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krj
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response 156 of 226:
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Aug 29 17:38 UTC 2000 |
So far, no answer to albaugh's question. Might be a good query to
take to rec.music.celtic, which has a much wider audience than Grex.
I can relay the query if you don't mess with Usenet News.
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This week's paper mail includes a mailout from Battlefield Band.
Davy Steele, the band's most recent guitarist/singer, has left
due to his brain tumor. This is very sad; Steele is recently married
to Poozies/Sileas harper Patsy Seddon, and they have a small child.
For the US tour at least, Battlefield have brought in Karine Polwart.
Karine is the lead singer from Malinky, a band who are getting incredibly
favorable press, and she also sings in a duo called Macalias whose
work I have not heard. This is only the second time in their long
career that Battlefield have brought in a woman singer, and I'd love
to hear this lineup -- and there are no shows in Michigan on this tour.
Argh. Mickey might get a chance to hear them in Texas.
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Some of you might recall the Breton folk rock band Gwenc'hlan,
who I've been quite happy about since discovering their first album
in May. French CD dealer http://www.alapage.com has finally stocked
their second release, so I should have it in a couple of weeks.
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micklpkl
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response 157 of 226:
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Aug 29 18:37 UTC 2000 |
Re: #156 ... Thanks for the heads-up on the Battlefield Band news, Ken. I had
heard about Davy Steele's illness -- tragic --- but didn't realize that they
were adding a female singer. Alas, when I checked the schedule I saw that
they'll be playing in Austin two days after I leave town for vacation. Argh,
is right.
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albaugh
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response 158 of 226:
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Sep 1 13:57 UTC 2000 |
Yep, if you're willing, ask rec.music.celtic what a 3/2 reel is called!
BTW, the group playing it is Tannehill Weavers.
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krj
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response 159 of 226:
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Sep 2 04:08 UTC 2000 |
maeve is back from Edinburgh, at least for a little while. A snippet
of party chat...
maeve: I'm in ann arbor currently
krj: what brings you back from Scotland?
maeve: er, threats of personal violence
krj: btw, have you heard Malinky (a band)
maeve: I know two or three members of Malinky
krj: wow! I like them. Was going out to buy Karine Polwart's other
album tonight.
<maeve feels well-connected>
krj: who else is new and good?
maeve: erm..Cantrip is good, but I don't know if they have a cd out...Host
of the Air is good if you like scottish country dance music...
(shameless plugs the both of them)
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orinoco
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response 160 of 226:
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Sep 8 16:07 UTC 2000 |
In a baroque dance suite (in which many of the forms are borrowed from folk
dance), a 3/2 piece would probably be a pavanne. If I remember right. Ask
me again in a few weeks once I've started music history.
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albaugh
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response 161 of 226:
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Sep 13 20:51 UTC 2000 |
Just think "fast reel with instruments flailing wildly", with 3 beats in a
measure. :-)
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darkwolf
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response 162 of 226:
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Sep 13 23:09 UTC 2000 |
music history uggh...
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krj
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response 163 of 226:
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Sep 15 03:29 UTC 2000 |
((hi darkwolf, welcome to Grex!))
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darkwolf
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response 164 of 226:
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Sep 15 04:51 UTC 2000 |
Actually I've been on Grex for a while never really spoke up till I left ann
arbor. Grex has become my Ann Arbor fix as it may bee
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tpryan
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response 165 of 226:
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Sep 15 16:11 UTC 2000 |
The Michigan Ren Fest has 'The Emerald Isle' as their theme for
this weekend (9/16,17/2000).
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krj
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response 166 of 226:
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Sep 18 03:21 UTC 2000 |
...so after I drop Twila off after today's festival trip, I turn on
the car radio for The Thistle and Shamrock, and Fiona Ritchie is
playing a track from the Kornog reunion album. Wow!
Someone had mentioned a "new" Kornog album on rec.music.celtic
and I had been sure that they were mistaken. But amazon.com
is taking orders for it, the Herschel Freeman Agency is booking
a fall tour for them, and someplace in the Southwest has them in
concert in late October, all according to web pages.
For many of us, Kornog's mid-80s albums were our introduction to
Breton music.
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micklpkl
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response 167 of 226:
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Sep 18 15:06 UTC 2000 |
re: #166 - Kornog will be playing a benefit for the Austin (Tex.) Celtic
Festival on 26 October. I hope to be there. Here's an URL for those interested
in a short bio:
http://www.io.com/~rarii/TCMN/NewsArticles/Kornog.html
In other news, I noticed that one of my most favourite artists, Susan McKeown,
is due out with a new CD one week from this Tuesday (26 Sept). This one is
mostly traditional songs, and it's called "Lowlands" You can find lots of
useful tidbits here:
http://house-of-music.com/susan/lowlands.shtml
Be sure to check out the link to Susan's personal comments about the songs,
lyrics, musicians, and more.
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