Just thought I'd share this cute video of 16-year-old, Prince Edward Island, Acadian fiddler, Tianna Gallant getting ready for the big (hockey) game....
Scott Skinner wrote Hector the Hero in A, and it's usually played in A. If no one has converted it to D, here it is in A, perhaps someone can advise...
Agreed. Andre is outstanding. If you want to see more great footwork while fiddlers are playing, check out French-Canadian fiddlers generally. Louise...
It takes a while to adjust to hearing aids, especially as you've probably been hard of hearing for some time, and have no idea what the norm is. When...
As you suggest, old time tunes, with the exception of waltzes, are generally relentlessly cheerful, which is often a good thing, but we're not always...
I recently bought a Finnish mandolin made for the Espana company in the USA (by now, you should be thoroughly culturally confused) circa 1965. I was...
From Nova Scotia, living in Ottawa. Play old-time (Canadian old-time, that is) and Cape Breton fiddle. Play mostly blues on mandolin and banjolin.
Location:
Ottawa, Canada
Occupation:
retired (academic) folklorist
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Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
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