Seamus McGuire & Steve Cooney!! Fantastic!
Seamus McGuire & Steve Cooney!! Fantastic!
Updating my original post in this thread with stuff I've been listening a lot to in the last few years:
The Wavy Bow Collection - John & James Carty
Beyond the Bellows and the Bow - The Queally Sisters
Back in Time - Angelina Carberry & Dan Brouder
In Memory of Paddy Fahey - The Kane Sisters
The Hare's Lament - Ye Vagabonds
The Gort Mile - Angela Usher
Solid Ground - Shane Mulchrone
Not Before Time - Páraic Mac Donnchadha
Carlos Sweeney McCartin - Dylan Carlos, Cein Sweeney & John McCartin
2018 Girouard Concert oval A
2015 JP "Whitechapel" tenor banjo
2018 Frank Tate tenor guitar
1969 Martin 00-18
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I used to have a cassette with Seamus and his brother Manus also on fiddle called Buttons and Bows, I think. From memory it also featured Jackie Daly on accordion and Garry O'Braine on mandocello.
Steve Cooney is actually magic. Unbelievably sensitive accompaniment for this sort of thing, but good and driving on the faster stuff. Check out his solo CD of harp music
https://stevecooneymusic.com/harp-tunes-cd
If you haven't seen it, you should watch this Irish TV programme about him. Fascinating man.
https://www.tg4.ie/en/player/categor...l&pcode=086785
David A. Gordon
Wanted to pass this along for anyone wanting to learn more Irish tunes.
I went to the O'Flaherty retreat back in 2007 when I first started playing the mandolin. It was a great weekend experience (probably the nicest and most friendly group of people I've ever been around in my life), but the music was way out of reach for me as a beginner. Part of my welcome package included a CD. I listened to it some, but like I said, back then this stuff was way too hard.
I recently got that CD out and started messing around with tunes, and then I realized all their retreat CDs are available via download. These are great because they call out the tune and key and then play it up to speed, and the next track is the tune played slowly. The recordings are studio quality, and they use a mixture of trad. instruments - makes for some great listening all by itself.
Here is a link:
https://store.irishtradmusic.org/pro...for-the-times/
They also have collections of easier tunes from their youth camps over the years:
https://store.irishtradmusic.org/pro...-practice-cds/
Last edited by Caleb; Jan-14-2023 at 11:02am.
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This documentary may not recommend a tune. But it surely will educate you about rhythm in all kinds of music, not just Trad. Irish. Who knew that Steven invented a 'shorthand' for rhythm?
A similar story is told about Andy Statman who after playing bluegrass for years, was asked if he should know about Klezmer music, the music of 'his ancestors'. (Actually the term had not been invented yet. But he changed all of that in a big way.)
From didgeridoo to Donegal. Wow.
http://https://www.tg4.ie/en/player/categories/irish-music-series/play/?pid=6120996798001&title=Steve%20Cooney&series=S%C 3%A9%20Mo%20Laoch&genre=Ceol&pcode=086785
Last edited by DougC; Jan-14-2023 at 6:26pm.
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Thank youi Caleb!! I went to the site, looked around, listened some and downloaded some! It was great. I appreciate the information. Are the ffestivals held near the DFW area?
Last edited by J.C. Bryant; Jan-16-2023 at 10:03am.
Great! Glad that site was helpful. There is the big North Texas Irish Festival in Dallas every March. It’s a lot of fun with tons of legit Irish/Celtic musicians from all over. I haven’t been in a while but would like to go back. The O’Flaherty retreat is every October. I’ve only been to it once.
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Something I've been observing of late:
I've saved lots of those "Celtic" music compilation albums on my Tidal (similar to Spotify, et al) account and have been immersing myself in tunes of all kinds. Many of the tunes on these albums are from various artists and the very same recording of the tune is found on other compilations. There must be record companies that just jumble these tunes around on different albums and present them as new music. I'm guessing these CDs are big in touristy gift shops and things like that. Once you get away from the corny collections with electronic keyboard versions of Danny Boy, they can be quite good!
As an example, this one has all the stereotypical "Celtic" trappings on the album cover, but it's a very good collection:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083F3LFHX...%2C198&sr=8-14
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This type of compilation recording often showcases musicians 'lesser known' but of great ability.
I have some friends that have done that for a CD series called 'Lifescapes'. (Sold at Target of all places.)
One of my favorite recordings is called 'Celtic Mystery' which features Peter Ostroushko playing Foxhunter's Slip Jig and The High Road to Dublin.
It can still be found on Amazon and EBay.
https://www.amazon.com/Lifescapes-Ce.../dp/B0002BP2ZU
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