Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Flute music--Ireland]]> Clifford, Julia 68527492]]> Clifford, Billy 34070718]]>
As I look back now, I realise that it was an act of musical generosity to a young musician, which perhaps contained within it the inspiration not only for this project, but also for how I, throughout my life as a musician and teacher, have been driven and encouraged to do my utmost in passing along to others this incredible and astonishing oral and aural tradition. For that I say, 'Thank you, Julia; thank you, Billy'. Little did you both realise fifty years ago when you made that tape for me how much influence your music would have on today's musicians and students alike.]]>
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Jigs]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> O'Lynn, Bryan]]> Collins, Elizabeth]]> 'The Planting Stick' is a variant of the venerable jig 'Bryan O'Lynn', a tune I first learned from my grandmother, Elizabeth Collins (née Rochford). A number of versions of 'Bryan O'Lynn' are to be found in this collection. The tune appears in Patrick W. Joyce's collection Ancient Irish Music as 'The Planting Stick'. However, the first time I heard the version which Maeve Donnelly plays for us on this track was on a cassette tape recorded in New York in the 1950s, played by an unknown fiddle player. Paddy Canny from Tulla in County Clare was in the company in New York that same evening, and he played yet another version of 'Bryan O'Lynn'.

 
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Jigs]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Connolly, Séamus 33682623]]> Kelly, Eddie]]> McGuire, Manus (fiddle) 43512465]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Jigs]]> Banjo music--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> (More on Kathleen on the tunes 'Kathleen Lawrie's' and 'The Fiddler Around the Faerie Tree'.)

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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Hornpipes]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Ó Laidhigh, Gearóid]]> Mac Mathúna, Ciarán 36142146]]> Darcy, John]]> Ceolta Tire and A Job of Journeywork. On this recording, the tune is played on fiddle by my dear friend, colleague, and musical collaborator Laurel Martin.]]> Martin, Laurel (fiddle) 31936123]]> Ó Laidhigh, Gearóid (composer)]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Hornpipes]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Drew, Corney 66276063]]> Mac Mathúna, Ciarán 36142146]]> Murphy, Denis 56203735]]> Mulvihill, Charlie]]> American Journeywork programme in 1963. I gave this recording to Liz and she graciously played Denis's and Charlie's version for this project. A different version may be found in Captain Francis O'Neill's 1001 Gems collection of music.]]> Knowles, Liz (fiddle) 68565066]]> Broaders, Pat (bouzouki)]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Jigs]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Rowsome, Liam 14424348]]> Rowsome family]]> Bulger, Brendan (fiddle)]]> Knox, Bill (guitar)]]> Rowsome, Liam (composer) 14424348]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Waltzes--Ireland]]> Accordion music--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Accordion and piano music]]> Higgins, Mary]]> Lynch, Tara (accordion)]]> Connolly, Séamus (fiddle) 33682623]]> Donohue, Gabriel (piano, keyboards) 103020997]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> McAuliffe, Nicholas]]> Coleman, Michael]]> O'Beirne, James]]> Preston, Eugene]]> Bulger, Brendan (fiddle)]]> Knox, Bill (guitar)]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> McGreevy, Johnny]]> A Few Tunes, Now and Then, where she named it in Johnny's honour.]]> Keegan, Josephine (fiddle, piano) 72741909]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Fitzgerald, Tom]]> McGreevy, Johnny]]> Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody. Thanks to Johnny McGreevy, who introduced this tune to me, and thanks to one of America's wonderful young musicians, Tina Lech, for playing it for this project.]]> Lech, Tina (fiddle)]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Banjo music--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Barndances]]> Galvin, Ellen]]> MacMahon, Tony 171508158]]> 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.

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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Ryan, Paddy]]> Murphy, Rose]]> Burke, Kevin (fiddle) 281258798]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Turkington, Tom 73620634]]>
Knowing the close connection the music of Northern Ireland has with Scottish music and the music of Cape Breton Island, I asked Kimberley Fraser, the great young fiddle player from Cape Breton, to give her interpretation of this and some of the other tunes that Tom Turkington played that night. Kimberley's remarkable blending of her own Cape Breton style with a Northern Ireland fiddle style on these recordings produces powerful, driving, and rhythmic music much in the spirit of the way Tom Turkington himself played. Thanks, Kimberley, for your splendid fiddle playing.]]>
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Piano music--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Lawrie, Kathleen]]> We all had a big laugh when Kathleen discovered herself playing the reel on her accordion! That was my way of reminding her that she did indeed know the tune. I was thrilled to have Kathleen perform it with me for this collection, even though she had not played the piano for thirty-five years. She practiced for two days on a piano we borrowed from Kevin McElroy and his wife Kate Butler in order to give us this performance. I was delighted to have a chance to play with her, and I am happy to say that she has returned to the music and once again plays her beloved piano.

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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Redican, Larry]]> Casey, Roger]]> Redican, Larry (fiddle) (composer)]]> Creative Commons License
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