Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Redican, Larry]]> Ryan's Mammoth Collection, known as 'The Rakish Highlander'. Here Larry gives us his interpretation.]]> Redican, Larry (fiddle)]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Piano music--Ireland]]> Flute music--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Connolly, Séamus 33682623]]> Bob McQuillen's Old New England]]> McQuillen, Bob (piano) (composer) 11101832]]> Stiles, Deanna (flute)]]> Orzechowski, Jane McBride (fiddle) ]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Flute music--Ireland]]> Connolly, Séamus 33682623]]> Mette, Meghan]]>
'I wrote this tune for Séamus first and foremost as a "thank you" for all of the musical wisdom he has imparted to me. However, it is also a tale of the many afternoons spent in Séamus' music room, learning, listening, playing... Some days we just sat and listened to old albums on the wonderful sound system, the notes vibrating through the varnished floorboards and bouncing off the walls...

My favourite afternoons, however, were when it was just the two of us, sitting side by side, playing tunes for the fun of it; maybe Séamus would think of a special ornament he wanted to show me or a specific tune that was fun to play in a different key. I often enjoyed just sitting back and observing Séamus when he went on a rant of tunes. I was, and still am, mesmerised by the fluidity and grace of his fingers as they tickle the fingerboard, his bow flying over the strings, his mind at obvious peace. These are my favourite images, frozen in time, Séamus in another world entirely, just playing because he loves it so. When I play "The North Road", it reminds me of these moments...'


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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Galliards]]> Violin music--Ireland]]> Violin and piano music--Ireland]]> Lawrie, Margaret]]> Bygone Days, a recording dedicated to Meg's grandfather, fiddle player Michael Cullen from County Roscommon. The tune is based on the gaillarde, or gagliarda, a dance form which was popular in continental Europe in the sixteenth century. Margaret also told me that the galliard was popular in England, but not so with The Birmingham Céilí Band of which she was a member!]]> Burnham, Michael (violin)]]> Lawrie, Margaret (piano) (composer)]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Polkas--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Duggan, Mike]]> Flynn, Eamon (fiddle)]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Jigs]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Flute music--Ireland]]> Shepherd, Devin (fiddle) (composer)]]> Gavin, Sean (flute)]]> Miller, Brian (guitar) 265750111]]> Moran, Jackie (bodhrán)]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Accordion music--Ireland]]> Flynn, Eamon (accordion) (composer)]]> Kisiel, Helen (piano) 76033885]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Jigs]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Walter, Chrysandra]]>
I had forgotten completely about the tune and did not remember any of it when years later we came across the videotape and watched it together. She said as we watched it, 'See I told you, I knew you wouldn't remember it'. How right she was! That was Sandy. Always thinking and a step ahead. The tune is more complete now as I give it my best shot on this track. Another transcription of the jig is to be found in A Drop in the Ocean, a book of Irish traditional tunes compiled by my friend Josephine Keegan.]]>
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Waltzes--Ireland]]> Piano music--Ireland]]> Accordion music--Ireland]]> Accordion and piano music]]> Boyle, Kathleen 254341404]]> Boyle, Kathleen (piano, piano accordion) (composer) 254341404]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Flute music--Ireland]]> Relihan, Michael]]> Kelly, John]]> Gavin, Larry]]> McEvoy, Catherine (flute) 29160418]]> McEvoy, Paddy (piano)]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> McGreevy, Johnny]]> Lech, Tina (fiddle)]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Jigs]]> Accordion music--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Killoran, Betty]]> Mulvihill, Charlie]]> Mulvihill, Charlie (accordion) (composer)]]> Mulvihill, Tommy (fiddle) 71144485]]> Mulvihill, Geraldine (piano)]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Jigs]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Lewis, Liam]]> The Roche Collection. This tune was a favourite of flute player Eddie Moloney from Ballinakill, County Galway.]]> Martin, Laurel (fiddle) 31936123]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Strathspeys]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Traditional Irish Music Played on the Fiddle and Waiting for a Call.]]> Peoples, Tommy (fiddle) 23815449]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Jigs]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Bridgman, Randy]]> Polo, Cynthia Keane]]>
'What else to do while the power is out in the middle of a hurricane? Fiddle and fiddle! I composed this tune as Hurricane Irene battered eastern North Carolina in 2011. The hurricane did not travel as expected. Its unusual pattern of travel was described as crooked. The tune too is crooked in the style of some Canadian fiddle tunes. I dedicate the jig to my friend Randy Bridgman, a native of Newfoundland. This tune is also crooked, somewhat like the shape of many of the trees in my garden when the storm subsided.']]>
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Polkas--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Brooks, Ger]]> Connolly, Séamus (fiddle) 33682623]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Flynn, Eamon]]> We're Irish Still. It is played here for us in fine traditional style by Manus McGuire on fiddle.]]> McGuire, Manus (fiddle) 43512465]]> Flynn, Eamon (composer)]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Reels (Music)]]> Flute music--Ireland]]> The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. On this track, we again hear Kevin Crawford giving us a lovely performance.]]> Crawford, Kevin (flute) 71291044]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Polkas--Ireland]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> O'Keeffe, Maurice]]> O'Keeffe, Máire]]> O'Connor, Toimín]]> O'Keeffe, Máire (fiddle)]]> Creative Commons License
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Folk dance music--Ireland]]> Hornpipes]]> Fiddle tunes--Ireland]]> Ryan's Mammoth Collection in the key of G-major under the name 'Norfolk'. The beginning of the tune always brings to mind the hornpipe 'The Wily Bachelor'. Laurel Martin plays it in her own distinctive style on the fiddle. Thanks, friend. As our mutual friend Peter Barnes once said of you, 'You're the hornpipe queen!']]> Martin, Laurel (fiddle) 31936123]]> Creative Commons License
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