Here's a way of introducing the bouzouki into world jazz. An improvisation which starts a bit oriental and ends in a sort of Hawkwind style or something like that.
18 Jun 2010
Donal Lunny, Andy Irvine, Mairtin O'Connor
Andrbayr posted these videos of live performances of the three at a Gig at the World Bodhran Championships-2010 (Milltown, Co.Kerry). Love The Accordeon on the songs.
My Heart's Tonight in Ireland
Set of Jigs And Reels
Never Tire Of The Road
Set of Reels
My Heart's Tonight in Ireland
Set of Jigs And Reels
Never Tire Of The Road
Set of Reels
Téada
Just found this old video by Téada. Two fine tunes, I don't know the names, maybe someone can help? The bouzouki is a bit in the background but nevertheless a great live band.
9 Jun 2010
Andy Irvine - Baneasas Green Glade
2 More videos from Andy, Donal and Paul. First Baneasa's Green Glades from the Album Cold Blow And Rainy Night, a musical gem.
Pat Reilly
Some Tunes
The Blind Harper and The Plains Of Kildare
As I Roved Out
Pat Reilly
Some Tunes
The Blind Harper and The Plains Of Kildare
As I Roved Out
Andy Irvine - The Blind Harper
Andy, Donal and Paul playing an English Traditional called the Blind Harper live at the Embankment in 1976. By the way, just a little reminder - Andy's birthday is on June 14th. Maybe we should all write our congratulations in an e-mail to him and by the way remind him on his plans in writing a book on the bouzouki (or better a DVD).
Lyrics
Have you heard of the blind harper
How he lived in Hogmaven town
He went down to fair England
To steal King Henry's wanton brown
First he went unto his wife
With all the haste as go could he
"This work", he said, "will never go well,
without the help of our good grey mare"
Said she, "You take the good grey mare
She'll run o'er hills both low and high.
Go take the halter in your hose
And leave the foal at home with me"
He's up and went to England gone
He went as fast as go could he
And when he got to Carlisle gates
Who should there be, but King Henry
"Come in, come in, you blind harper
And of your music, let me hear"
But up and said the blind harper
"I'd rather have a stable for my mare"
The king looked over his left shoulder
And he said unto his stable groom
"Go take the poor blind harper's mare"
And put her beside my wanton brown"
Then he's harped and then he sang
'Till he played them all so sound asleep
And quietly he took off his shoes
And down the stairs he did creep
Straight to the stable door he's gone
With a thread so light as light could be
When he opened and went in
He found thirty steeds and three
He took the halter from his hose
And from his purse he did not fail
He slipped it over the wanton's nose
And tied it to the grey mare's tail
Then he let her loose at the castle gates
She didn't fail to find her way
She went back to her own colt foal
Three long hours before the day
Then in the morning, at fair daylight
When they had ended all their cheer
Behold, the wanton brown had gone
So had the poor blind harper's mare
"Oh, alas", said the blind harper
"Ever alas that I came here.
In Scotland, I've got a little colt foal.
In England, they stole my good grey mare"
"Hold you tongue", said King Henry
"And all your mournings, let them be.
You shall get a far better mare
And well paid shall your colt foal be"
Again he harped and again he sang
The sweetest music he let them hear
He was paid for a foal that he never had lost
And three times worth them good grey mare
He was paid for a foal that he never had lost
And three times worth them good grey mare
Lyrics
Have you heard of the blind harper
How he lived in Hogmaven town
He went down to fair England
To steal King Henry's wanton brown
First he went unto his wife
With all the haste as go could he
"This work", he said, "will never go well,
without the help of our good grey mare"
Said she, "You take the good grey mare
She'll run o'er hills both low and high.
Go take the halter in your hose
And leave the foal at home with me"
He's up and went to England gone
He went as fast as go could he
And when he got to Carlisle gates
Who should there be, but King Henry
"Come in, come in, you blind harper
And of your music, let me hear"
But up and said the blind harper
"I'd rather have a stable for my mare"
The king looked over his left shoulder
And he said unto his stable groom
"Go take the poor blind harper's mare"
And put her beside my wanton brown"
Then he's harped and then he sang
'Till he played them all so sound asleep
And quietly he took off his shoes
And down the stairs he did creep
Straight to the stable door he's gone
With a thread so light as light could be
When he opened and went in
He found thirty steeds and three
He took the halter from his hose
And from his purse he did not fail
He slipped it over the wanton's nose
And tied it to the grey mare's tail
Then he let her loose at the castle gates
She didn't fail to find her way
She went back to her own colt foal
Three long hours before the day
Then in the morning, at fair daylight
When they had ended all their cheer
Behold, the wanton brown had gone
So had the poor blind harper's mare
"Oh, alas", said the blind harper
"Ever alas that I came here.
In Scotland, I've got a little colt foal.
In England, they stole my good grey mare"
"Hold you tongue", said King Henry
"And all your mournings, let them be.
You shall get a far better mare
And well paid shall your colt foal be"
Again he harped and again he sang
The sweetest music he let them hear
He was paid for a foal that he never had lost
And three times worth them good grey mare
He was paid for a foal that he never had lost
And three times worth them good grey mare
15 Apr 2010
Buskin in Sligo played by Peter Hankiewicz
My friend Peter from Frankfurt/Germany posted this video in which he is playing a song by Peter Hoben from Castlebar Co. Mayo. His bouzouki is made in Serbia, it's the first of its kind built there. The sound is superb, as far as I can hear from the video.
By the way: Peter is singer of the band "Blue Blistering Barnacles". For further information visit:
www.barnacles.de
By the way: Peter is singer of the band "Blue Blistering Barnacles". For further information visit:
www.barnacles.de
2Duos
2Duos is a Scottish/German project and consists of Aaron Jones, Claire Mann and Gudrun Walters and Jürgen Treyz. They mix German and Scottish songs and tunes in a fresh and lively way. My friend Peter saw them live in Bad Homburg, Germany on 08.04.2010 and posted some videos on youtube. Many thanks to Peter for sharing.
12 Mar 2010
Lorg Lunny - Donal Lunny TV Series
Donal Lunny has produced an eight part series for TG4 in Ireland. He travelled all around Ireland to find young talented musicians to put a new band together. You can see what happened when all the musicians met for the first time, when they had to chose a singer etc. Each episode consists of two parts. You can view it at:
http://live.tg4.ie/main.aspx?cmd=search&search=lorg%20lunny
Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore
Robert Tincher plays a nice version of this well known emigration song. Filmed on Sept. 27,2009 at the Lousville Irish Fest at Bellarmine University.
For more information look at:
http://www.myspace.com/roberttincher
There are a few more songs on which he plays the bouzouki.
This is what is written about him on his Profile:
Robert Tincher has been singing the ballads of Scotland and Northern Ireland since 1973 and has played with several well-known Celtic music groups in Kentucky and southern Ohio. The first, Mad Catherine and the Moondog Pirates, gave many fans their first taste of the music back in the early 1980's.
More recently, Robert was part of Pale, Stout and Amber, who Lexington Herald-Leader music writer Walter Tunis once called "the top local pick for Irish and Celtic music." Although they never widely toured, their 2004 Pale, Stout & Amber CD received international radio airplay and favorable reviews in Ireland and the United Kingdom.
In June, 2007, Atlanta's Southern Arts Federation selected Pale, Stout and Amber as one of two Spotlight Artists of the Month from a registry of 752 performers, writers, and visual and media artists from the southeastern United States who have been recognized for the outstanding quality of their work.
When Pale, Stout and Amber dissolved in September, 2008, Robert relaunched himself as a solo performer. In July, 2009, he was selected for artistic excellence to participate in the Peforming Arts Directory, a program of the Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, which is supported by state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
For more information look at:
http://www.myspace.com/roberttincher
There are a few more songs on which he plays the bouzouki.
This is what is written about him on his Profile:
Robert Tincher has been singing the ballads of Scotland and Northern Ireland since 1973 and has played with several well-known Celtic music groups in Kentucky and southern Ohio. The first, Mad Catherine and the Moondog Pirates, gave many fans their first taste of the music back in the early 1980's.
More recently, Robert was part of Pale, Stout and Amber, who Lexington Herald-Leader music writer Walter Tunis once called "the top local pick for Irish and Celtic music." Although they never widely toured, their 2004 Pale, Stout & Amber CD received international radio airplay and favorable reviews in Ireland and the United Kingdom.
In June, 2007, Atlanta's Southern Arts Federation selected Pale, Stout and Amber as one of two Spotlight Artists of the Month from a registry of 752 performers, writers, and visual and media artists from the southeastern United States who have been recognized for the outstanding quality of their work.
When Pale, Stout and Amber dissolved in September, 2008, Robert relaunched himself as a solo performer. In July, 2009, he was selected for artistic excellence to participate in the Peforming Arts Directory, a program of the Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, which is supported by state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
4 Mar 2010
Eamonn Coyne, Clare Mann, Aaron Jones
Some videos from a TG4 programme. There is no information, when this session was recorded.
First Dennis Ryan's and The Cock and Hen
Roscommon reel, Toss the feathers and Cregg's pipes
And finally here's Jarlath Henderson (Uillean Pipes), Ross Ainsley (smallpipes) & Aaron Jones (cittern) at the Gordon Duncan Memorial Concert in Celtic Connections 2007 with thanks to my friend Tom
First Dennis Ryan's and The Cock and Hen
Roscommon reel, Toss the feathers and Cregg's pipes
And finally here's Jarlath Henderson (Uillean Pipes), Ross Ainsley (smallpipes) & Aaron Jones (cittern) at the Gordon Duncan Memorial Concert in Celtic Connections 2007 with thanks to my friend Tom
20 Feb 2010
Donal Lunny at Custiys Music Shop
Donal Lunny playing Bouzouki and Mary Custy playing fiddle with two fine jigs here. I can't understand what the name of the first jig is, the second one is the battering ram.
The Blacksmith
A really good version of the blacksmith by Kyle. He's got a real powerful playing on this one. A tribute to Andy Irvine and his well known version of this song.
And another video:Two tunes from the album Dual by Eamon Doorley, Julie Fowlis, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh and Ross Martin calledTha 'm buntata mor / An Bairille. The second tune is also known as The rocky road to Dublin.
And another video:Two tunes from the album Dual by Eamon Doorley, Julie Fowlis, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh and Ross Martin calledTha 'm buntata mor / An Bairille. The second tune is also known as The rocky road to Dublin.
16 Feb 2010
Ralf P. Wacker's Irish Bouzouki Book will be translated soon
Ralf, the writer of the German book for the Irish Bouzouki just informed me, that his book is currently translated into English.
The Uilleann piper of his band is studying in Limerick, where she is working on a translation. Let's hope it will not take too long before we can announce a new book for the world market. And I can promise you it will be of great interest for all players of the Irish Bouzouki.
Ralf's websites for more information:
www.ralf-wackers.de
www.currach.de
27 Jan 2010
Beth Patterson with Iona
Beth Patterson together with Iona. Fine live performance from November 22,2009.
First a new song by Beth called Click(?)
This one's by Iona with Beth, Can Wassel
First a new song by Beth called Click(?)
This one's by Iona with Beth, Can Wassel
42 Minutes Best of Festivals 2009
SIMMO7TS posted a 42 min survey of some festival shots. First there is Patrick Street with some songs and tunes. After that there's Chumbawamba and Dougie McLean. If you've got some time watch it all, otherless you might enjoy Patrick Street.
And here's some more 38 min, this time just Andy Irvine. Most of the videos have been posted before seperately.
And here's some more 38 min, this time just Andy Irvine. Most of the videos have been posted before seperately.
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