Aaron Jones Bouzouki Workshop

Aaron Jones is a member of Scottish folk band "Old blind dogs" now for some years. He also plays with his friend Claire Mann who is a fantastic flute and fiddle player. He studied bass, but somehow came to play the zouk and DADGAD guitar. He was voted Instrumentalist of the Year 2005 at the Scots Trad Music Awards.

He sometimes gives bouzouki workshops. On one of his workshops I made this little video in which he shows how to play the tune "A punch in the dark". If you have the chance to visit one of his workshops or concerts don't hesitate. I saw him live with Claire Mann and also with fiddler Tim o'Brien. You won't believe your ears and eyes, so fantastic.




More information about Aaron:
http://www.tradmusic.com/artistinfo.asp?artistID=87
http://www.oldblinddogs.co.uk/artist-biog.asp?artistID=2

Gerry McKee - Bouzouki tutorial CD-Rom

This is a short clip from the Bouzouki tutorial CD-Rom from Gerry McKee. You can get the whole thing at madfortrad.com. Gerry plays his Zouk in GDAE-tuning. But chord charts for GDAD tuning is also included. It's an html based CD-Rom, so it works on PC and Mac, too. Information also at: http://www.madfortrad.com/bouzouki.htm

Luc Arbogast

Another great Bouzouki player. I found this video on dailymotion.com. Someone filmed hin on the streets of Strassbourg in France last summer. Medievial zouk playing and falsetto voice. I love it. The sound isn't too good, but what matters. You can find more information about him and his group Domus at:
http://www.pastequepasteque.com/dotclear/index.php?2005/09/23/31-domus

Luc Arbogast
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Pete Coe

This man's fantastic. On this video he only plays bouzouki and Feet. This is real power.



His website:
http://www.backshift.demon.co.uk/petehome.htm

Wise Family Band with Andy Irvine

A curiosity I found on "MySpace.com" is this video some guys posted. Toghether with Andy Irvine they perform a song called "Many on many" on dulcimer, fiddle, guitar and bass.

Julie Fowlis

Today by accident I discovered this Gaelic singer. She is accompanied on the bouzouki by an unknown Bouzouki player.



Her website:
www.juliefowlis.com/

Webtips

Some links that might be useful for players of the irish bouzouki:

• my own website:
  www.fm-shabba.de
  
  


• a friend of mine, Tom Bloch, he plays a Heiner Dreizehnter guitar shaped bouzouki and a Dreizehnter Mandolin. On his website he provides a good tutorial about crosspicking and some bouzouki papers.
  www.irish-like.com
  
  


• the great french site of Jean Banwarth. You can download a chord-dictionary for GDAE tuning for free:
  http://banwarth.free.fr/engbouz.htm
  
  


• Han Speeks fantastic Site for the irish bouzouki: http://www.xs4all.nl/~hspeek/bouzouki/
  
  
  
• Jonathan Tilly, a french site with lots of information and instructional videos:
  http://cbom.free.fr/ie.htm
  
  
  
• Dominique Riviere has got some great tabs for Guitar and Zouk: http://riviere.auzeau.org/
  
  


• The Yahoo based "Cittern list". Here you can find help or information and get in contact with other players of CBOM-instruments: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cittern/
  
  


• Heiner Dreizehnter, a famous German Luthier, he built my new Bouzouki: http://www.irish-bouzouki.com/
  
  


• Citterns on ice, a compilation of Songs featuring the CBOM-family instruments with downloadable mp3 files: http://netserver.massmedia.com/~mikeb/cittern/coi1/tunes.html
  
  
  
• Anthony de Waals website:
  http://www.xs4all.nl/~cittern/index.htm
  
  
  
• Kierons fantastic Andy Irvine fan-site. You'll find there information about zouks, too: http://www.chinatogalway.com/
  
  
  
• Fretted Friends ebay shop. You can buy a great GDAD Chord bible: http://stores.ebay.co.uk/fretted-friends-music
  
  
  
• John McGann has written a book on the bouzouki:
  http://www.johnmcgann.com/om.html
  
  
  
• Folk of the wood octave mandolin lessions: http://www.folkofthewood.com/page5298.htm
  
  
  
• Terry Blankenship has recorded lots of songs on his zouk. You can listen to them here:
  http://www.mp3.com.au/album.asp?id=1206
  this is his website:
  http://home.cinci.rr.com/terryblankenship/index.html
  
  
  

That's a lot for the beginning, isn't it? If you got any further links let me know.

Jody Hale (Guitar) & Steve Reid (Bouzouki)

Found this one on YouTube. I don't know anything about them. Based in the US.

On this video they are playing Maid Behind the Bar in slow Mode. Fine work. There are more videos of them on youtube. Check them out!

Dominique Rivière

He is a Guitarist, Bouzouki and Accordion player from Paris, France.

On his website
http://riviere.auzeau.org/index2.html
you will find more videos and tabs.

Andy Irvine - Reynardine

He is one of the best bouzouki players in this world. I saw him live 5 times until now and it was amazing every time. This is a video of the old ballad Reynardine. I found it on youtube, as most of the videos on this blog.

Beth Patterson

The first post is a video of New Orleans Singer and Bouzouki-Player Beth Patterson. She plays solo or with her band Kalavka.

Have a look at her website:
http://www.littlebluemen.com/beth.asp
and have a listen to her fantastic recordings, especially the latest live release "Caught in the act" which contains mostly solo recordings of her voice and bouzouki playing.

Welcome to Irish Bouzouki

In this blog I am going to gather material which might be useful for players of the irish bouzouki, cittern and mandola.