Benji is one of four children spawned by John Kirkpatrick and Sue Harris, who played together as a duo throughout the 70’s and 80’s and with countless classic line ups – Albion Country Band, Steeleye Span, Richard Thompson, Brass Monkey etc, etc.
He plays bouzouki and guitar and played with Oysterband and Bellowhead etc. and recorded several solo albums. More info: http://www.benjikirkpatrick.com/
Here are some of his videos
19 Jul 2010
4 Jul 2010
claughaun1 irish bouzouki player
Just discovered this man on youtube. He has posted more than 200 videos up to now. Many of them him playing one of his irish bouzoukis. He must have several of them.
Fear a Bhata played on a Beard Zouk
Only our rivers run free on a Joe Foley special made zouk
The Gael on a Beard Zouk
If you're interested in more look at his channel, lots of tunes to discover. He plays Guitar, Banjo and Mandolin too.
Fear a Bhata played on a Beard Zouk
Only our rivers run free on a Joe Foley special made zouk
The Gael on a Beard Zouk
If you're interested in more look at his channel, lots of tunes to discover. He plays Guitar, Banjo and Mandolin too.
3 Jul 2010
Beth Patterson covers Iron Maiden
My friend Peter Hankiewicz gave me the hint to this fine video by Zouk Player Beth Patterson. Here she plays a cover of Iron Maiden's "Wasted Years". You can find some more videos of her on this blog.
25 Jun 2010
Andy Irvine live at Don Quixote's in Felton CA on 20. June 2010
Zahller and Graeck gave us some videos of a live show of Andy in Felton California. Nothing more to be said, just enjoy.
The Blacksmith
Never Tire Ot The Road
The Ballad of Tom Joad
The Ballad of Tom Joad (For comparism uploaded by Graeck
Reynardine uploaded by Graeck
My Heart's Tonight In Ireland uploaded by Graeck
The Blacksmith
Never Tire Ot The Road
The Ballad of Tom Joad
The Ballad of Tom Joad (For comparism uploaded by Graeck
Reynardine uploaded by Graeck
My Heart's Tonight In Ireland uploaded by Graeck
18 Jun 2010
Saltfishforty
Never heard of them, but they're great. Saltfishforty are Douglas Montgomery (fiddle/viola) and Brian Cromarty (guitar/mandola/vocals) from Orkney. More information on their website at:
http://www.saltfishforty.co.uk/
or at myspace
http://www.myspace.com/saltfishforty
Here are two videos with a zouk on it:
http://www.saltfishforty.co.uk/
or at myspace
http://www.myspace.com/saltfishforty
Here are two videos with a zouk on it:
Octave Mandolin
Octave mandolin playing in the open fields or so. The tune is called Fű-dal - Grass-song and is fantastic!
Here's another video of this extraordinary player called Lábnyom - Footprint
Here's another video of this extraordinary player called Lábnyom - Footprint
Improvisation Modal is playing Mumbai
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.
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.
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