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Just to mention a few other resources which I've found particularly useful over the years.

Bill Black's Cape Irish website ... fantastic resource for browsing for tunes, both very well-known and...

Thanks to Jon for allowing me to play mandolin alongside his excellent flute playing to add a little interest to one of my recent tune learning videos in my YouTube channel. (I deliberately added my...

You too? I get it. Either they race ahead or they fall behind or sometimes they just introduce a random beat to throw me off-track.

Aidan

Hi Ed. I was lining up Sixpenny Money as one of the tune learning resources and, seeing your post, I bumped it up the list. "Dots", tab and sound file are all available at the "learn some tunes...

Just flagging a website which I came across recently which I've found really useful.

Jon Antonsson, a flute player from Sweden, has some terrific resources at his website...

Hi Paul... He is, indeed, enjoying life in Manchester. Even though he's in lockdown, he at least has the ability there to socialise with the people in his house. so he feels less lonely than he...

Hi Paul...

Apologies for not replying sooner.

As chance would have it, my son lives in Manchester at the minute where he's studying and so - in non Covid times (remember them? even vaguely?) -...

Sorry I haven't replied sooner, Bren. Can't keep up with life at the moment! I'd strap in if you're going to give the podcast a listen - it's a lengthy ramble! But do please let me know what you...

Thanks so much, Greg, for the kind words. Much appreciated. It was quite nerve-racking prior to doing the interview. Darren explained beforehand that his approach is very unscripted and the...

You may indeed, sir. But I don't want to hijack your thread. So 'nuff said about that here. This is about you and the other guys in the band. Savage players, altogether!

Bravo that mystery man. (We've had the joke before about Mister E... let's not go there again. "But you just have!" Sorry. "And it wasn't particularly funny first time round." I know. "And yet...

There's most definitely some unexpected angles in this particular one... it's an unscripted conversation which, just like conversations "in real life" sometimes take all manner of twists and turns...

Let's hope my contribution doesn't spoil your grá for the series, Jill. ;-)

I'm delighted to have made John's acquaintance and to have had a few email conversations with him over the course of the past few days. A lovely start to 2021 - to meet someone, albeit online, with...

I'm really excited to say that I was asked to take part in the excellent Blarney Pilgrims podcast. I chatted and played a few tunes last week and the podcast is now available for listening. Beware...

Good point, Max, that the newcomer to this music should probably tread a tad carefully when checking out settings at The Session. Some are settings which are instrument-specific, some are...

I've added a new page to the site.

Those who follow my Twitter feed (a mere handful, tbh) which kicked off in November 2020 will know that now I've got rhythm going there, most days I post a link...

I was talking to a fiddler friend a while back. It turns out we were both at a gig by The Gloaming at the Union Chapel in London a few years ago (although we didn't bump into each other at the...

You're not wrong there, Jill. A gentleman and (literally!) a scholar. I'm very fortunate to have made his acquaintance, regardless of the gift he made me. Simply being able to share our mutual...

I managed - with some considerable expenditure of time and effort - to complete the "re-tabbing" exercise I referred to in my post of 10th December. And I've even managed to find time to add a few...

Hi Pete...

You're very lucky to have such a talented brood who share your taste in music. I'll drop you a direct message with a link to my version of the Irish reel Speed The Plough and I'll also...

Hi Pete

Sorry for only just getting around to commenting now; I've been meaning to chip in my tuppence worth for a few days.

That arrangement brought me out in goose pimples. I'm a big fan of...

Mike asked above for tab for Robertson's. I'm not familiar with the tune but I was able to create tab from settings at thesession.org. Here are settings in A and G.

191041

191042

Maybe...

Most of the recordings listed here will feature the reel, not the song...

https://thesession.org/tunes/116/recordings

A few words, mainly to say thank you to those at the cafe who have provided help, encouragement and inspiration over the course of the past year. It's been a tough one for all of us and I'm sure...