I'll definitely check out the Healy show online (not sure there's even a radio in the house but will see if I can tune in in the car)... and thanks John for more Condon info!
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I'll definitely check out the Healy show online (not sure there's even a radio in the house but will see if I can tune in in the car)... and thanks John for more Condon info!
Happy to see this thread has some legs! Here's something much more exotic from Red McKenzie and the Mound City Blue Blowers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5QFR4whDdo
Two Tenor Lutes,...
Now that you've pointed me in the right direction, turns out there's a fair bit of stuff on the interwebs about the instrument. Thanks again!
Vaguely, heck no, I think you nailed it! Very cool, thanks!
Hoping someone can clue me in to what the instrument he's playing here in this Red Nichols film might be?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMSbryXNLZY
It looks like a banjo (very long scale)...
...on the subject of which:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOqgyS_Vz9g
What I love about these tunes is that they have the emotional depth of folk songs - they don't sound like courtly...
Grabbed it right away, really sweet album. Such a different timbre from what I'm used to hearing in Irish (or Scottish for that matter) mandolin!
EDIT: wish CDbaby (who I generally love) would do...
Ha, awesome! :)) This is definitely turning out to be one of the most fun threads I've seen in a while.
...and if they're good Catholic Bavarians, can they drink mass Maß while attending Mass? ;)
I guess the absence of any litres of beer should have clued me in, thanks Bertram. It is a cute act but good to know it's not associated with Oktoberfest. The genuine Bavarian music is lovely -...
Thanks all - pretty much what I figured, but nice to know for certain.
Does anyone know why there are now two sets of Irish bouzouki strings by D'Addario - J81 and EJ81, with new improved graphic design? Is that the only difference?
TIA, Mike.
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My personal favourite - and I am NOT being sarcastic here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpmDAu_47OE
I mean, how can you not be happy such innocence still exists? :) Besides, one of my...
Love those "HUP" videos, and the two with Alec Finn/Tony Linnane/Noel Hill are my favourites by far. Interesting that Alec is playing an instrument that is very different from the more ornamented...
Well, I'll bet there are many dulcimer forums out there, it has its own online community just like mandolin and mando-family players. Google is your friend.
Dulcimer was the first instrument I...
John, have you looked at Papadamou? I don't know anything about Matsikas, but these instruments look very good, huge variety of styles, timbers, and price range:...
My fault for not reading the Brid Harper gig list more carefully - she started her current tour with Byrne and Cooney but no mention of them after March! :redface:
3TiR were indeed in Ontario in...
Thanks for the note cliff, but no Canadian stops on this tour. It started and is still in Ireland, then Italy, Austria, and a handful of gigs in the States: http://www.bridharper.com/gigs.php. Be...
Was trying to learn something about Fintan McManus, who appears in the first Altan album and "Ye Lovers All" by Len Graham, and found some wonderful videos of him with a young Ciaran Curran, both in...
Leaving aside the fact that I've always thought Santorini looks like one of the most beautiful human habitations on the planet, and congrats on your lovely trip...your WIFE...forced you...to buy a...
I'd always heard it was by Andy de Jarlis, the great Metis fiddler from Manitoba, but did a little searching and found one source that says he was the "reason for its popularity," which is not quite...
I know I'm being lazy not looking it up myself Martin, but any idea why you can make an instrument out of rosewood but not export it? What possible difference could that make to the species in...
It's possible of course that there are no members who have the recording you're hoping for. I just Googled the names, and your request here is the one single reference on the entire Web. discogs.com...
What about the Suzuki or Thomann house models?
https://www.thomann.de/gb/search_dir.html?bf=&sw=mandocello
Hoping someone can weigh in on the instruments found here at trixordo.com: https://www.trixordo.com/en/eshop/musical-instruments/6-strings-bouzouki.html. Very wide price range and they look quite...