Niilo Sirola - The Blacksmith

 What a wonderful version of the old Planxty classic. On vocals is Salla Rimmi. They are from Finland and play in a band called Greenrose Faire. You can find them on bandcamp:

Here's a live homerecording of them:

 

Tutorial - How to play Creggan White Hare - Daoiri Farrell

 Brett Matusik shows how to accompany the Creggan White Hare in the style of Daoiri Farrell.

Here he shows the Intro:

And here's the tutorial how to play the verses:

Here's my page with lyrics and chords

Here's my humble attempt to tab the intro

 

Andrew Finn Magill and Alan Murray - A house concert filmed on 17 May 2023

 Here's a wonderful house concert. Fiddle and bouzouki!

Eamon Coughlan - Basic Chords for Folk Music

 Here's some chord theory basics from Eamon Coughlan. He explains how chords are built and gives some tips for playing chords on the bouzouki.

Bouzouki tutorials in Russian Language

 Here are some bouzouki tutorials in Russian by Роман Стансков. Maybe it helps if you turn on translation. But tbh the translation into German is really shit.

Video about Arpeggios:

Video about strokes:

Left hand:

Simple chords and their reversals

Sound production:

Counterpoint and bourdons

Some bouzouki lessons from Роман Стансков

 Just found some bouzouki lessons on youtube by Роман Стансков. First you see him play, afterwards he plays the tunes slowly and you can see the tab. Some of the tunes sound somewhat medieval.

Here you'll find all of his videos: https://www.youtube.com/@stanskov1/videos

Fernando Barroso - Accompanying in 4/4 - Tam Lin/The Glasgow Reel

In this video Fernando shows several possibilities to accompany the Reel Tam Lin. It's all about the right hand. Very interesting video! He starts with accents in different places and moves on to things like dampening and arpeggio. 

By the way, check out his album on spotify and his channel on youtube.

The Music of John Dwyer, A Celebration -

 Text from YouTube:  

Following the passing of our great friend John Dwyer this past August, this concert will celebrate the man and his music. The entire concert will feature tunes from the repertoire of John himself and will be performed by a selection of musicians who are based in the South East. Jimmy O’Brien Moran - MC. Macdara, Pax agus Cárthach Ó Faoláin (bouzouki, fiddle, accordion) Caoimhín & Seán Ó Fearghail agus Paddy Tutty (Flute, uilleann pipes, fiddle, bouzouki) Edel Fox & Neill Byrne with Lia Byrne (concertina & fiddles).

So there's lots of fantastic bouzouki playing in this video!

Ben Williamson - Greek Bouzouki with Grace Broadhead Fiddle

Some fine videos from Grace Broadhead and Ben Williamson. Check their album at bandcamp:

https://gracebroadheadandbenwilliamson.bandcamp.com/album/tipping-the-scales

 

And here he is together with Robbie Marion on guitar, fiddle and Mandola.
Kingsfield Courtiers Session #2 - "The Millstream/The Pearl Wedding (Reels) | The Jolly Beggarman"

Bouzouki Tricks - Ornamentation - Fernando Barroso

 Fernando Barroso made a new video in which he shows some ornamentation tricks. Very informative!