https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Banjo+music--Ireland&output=atom <![CDATA[The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music]]> 2024-03-28T18:13:17-07:00 Omeka https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/458 <![CDATA[Humours of Castlelyons]]> (More on Kathleen on the tunes 'Kathleen Lawrie's' and 'The Fiddler Around the Faerie Tree'.)

]]>
2016-10-12T08:08:47-07:00

Dublin Core

Has Part

Description

I am joined on this track by my friends Kathleen Lawrie from Birmingham, England, and Kevin McElroy from Freeport, Maine. Kevin played banjo and Kathleen played piano. I first heard this tune played by musicians from Ballinakill, County Galway on an old 78 RPM recording.

(More on Kathleen on the tunes 'Kathleen Lawrie's' and 'The Fiddler Around the Faerie Tree'.)

Publisher

Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries

Type

Some transcriptions are based on historical source recordings. More info.
]]>
https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/407 <![CDATA[Mrs. Galvin's Barndance]]> We shall hear Barbara play some of her own compositions (‘Ashcraft-Fraser House’, ‘The Reel Bus’, and ‘A Riverview Cabin’) as we venture through this collection.

]]>
2016-10-12T08:08:39-07:00

Dublin Core

Has Part

Description

The fiddle playing of Mrs. Ellen Galvin, who was born in the 1880s, certainly did sound as though it were from an earlier time in history. I remember seeing her perform in a concert in West Clare in the late 1950s. I was enthralled with her music then, and I still am. The tune transcribed here was recorded and collected from Mrs. Galvin, and a copy of the tape was passed along to me by accordion master Tony MacMahon. Thanks, Tony! My friends Barbara MacDonald Magone and Kevin McElroy helped out on the recording you are about to hear.

We shall hear Barbara play some of her own compositions (‘Ashcraft-Fraser House’, ‘The Reel Bus’, and ‘A Riverview Cabin’) as we venture through this collection.

Publisher

Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries

Type

Some transcriptions are based on historical source recordings. More info.
]]>
https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/556 <![CDATA[Mountain Pathway, The]]> 2016-10-12T08:09:01-07:00

Dublin Core

Has Part

Description

Kevin McElroy, Barbara MacDonald Magone, and I came together to record this tune, which we learned from the cassette tape of fiddle player Mrs. Ellen Galvin that was given to me by Tony MacMahon. A version of this tune was recorded by the great Sligo fiddle master, James Morrison.

Publisher

Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries

Type

Some transcriptions are based on historical source recordings. More info.
]]>
https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/478 <![CDATA[Connolly's Chair]]> 2016-10-12T08:08:49-07:00

Dublin Core

Has Part

Description

Multi-instrumentalist Brian Hebert from the Boston area conferred on me special recognition by composing and playing this slip jig. The chair mentioned in the tune's title is my endowed position as Sullivan Artist in Residence at The Center for Irish Programs at Boston College.

Publisher

Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries

Relation

Type

Some transcriptions are based on historical source recordings. More info.
]]>
https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/505 <![CDATA[Joy of My LIfe]]> 2016-10-12T08:08:53-07:00

Dublin Core

Has Part

Description

This well-known jig is performed on this track by yours truly, Séamus Connolly. With help on the banjo from my friend Kevin McElroy, we offer this grand two-part jig as a way to invite musicians to play this tune once again. The interesting second part of the tune comes from the fiddle playing of Thomas Power from Doonbeg in County Clare.

Publisher

Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries

Type

Some transcriptions are based on historical source recordings. More info.
]]>
https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/733 <![CDATA[Grover Jones' Waltz]]> 2016-10-12T08:09:28-07:00

Dublin Core

Has Part

Description

The great Appalachian fiddle player Alan Jabbour recorded this tune for me with Ken Perlman on banjo and Pete Sutherland at the piano. Alan told me that Grover Jones loved to play this tune on his fiddle, and even when in the company of other musicians without his fiddle he would always request this waltz. Although Mr. Jones did not compose the tune, it was because of his enthusiasm, love, and eagerness to hear it that his name automatically became associated with it. Dr. Jabbour also told me that he learned the waltz from the legendary West Virginia fiddle player Henry Reed. Listen to the beautiful, sensitive, and refined music of Alan Jabbour. Alan, I have listened to this track many times and every time a little happy tear runs down my face. Lonesome music, my friend.

Publisher

Séamus Connolly
Boston College Libraries

Type

Some transcriptions are based on historical source recordings. More info.
]]>