Frank Harte/Donal Lunny - You Lovers All

An old recording from 2003 which shows fine singer Frank Harte together with Donal Lunny on Bouzouki. This is a lovely Irish/Canadian emigrant song which has been recorded several times, Goitse did it, and there's a fine version sung by "Open the door for three" and Mick Moloney, but I first heard it sung by Len Graham.

A woman sets off in to search for her lover. She has no idea where he might be found. But she knows he is in North America. And fortune is with her, she finds him in the first bar she enters.

Ye Lovers All

Ye lovers all both great and small
Who dwell in Ireland
Oh I pray you pay attention
Whilst I my pen command
It was my father’s anger
That drove my love away
But I still have hopes
We’ll meet again in North Americay

My love he was fair and handsome
And to him I gave my heart
Ah but little was our notion
That we would ever part
It was in my father’s garden
That this flower it did decay
But I still have hopes twill bloom again
In North Americay

Now I did not want for money
Kind fortune on me shone
So out of my father’s castle
I took five hundred pounds
It was in the town of Belfast
My passage I did pay
And then set sail across the sea
To far Americay

Now the captain’s wife was kind to me
As you may understand
And she kept me in her cabin
Until we reached dry land
It was in the town of Quebec
We landed on the quay
But I knew not where to seek my love
In all Americay

Now I being sick and sore and tired
Well I went into an inn
And it was there I found my William
The lad I loved within
He took me gently by the hand
And to me he did say
Oh I never thought I’d see your face
In North Americay

Now I hear this couple has got wed
As you may understand
And I hear they live quite happily
In a town they call St. Johns
And the money that she took from home
Well in gold she paid it down
And they think no more of Ireland
Nor Enniskillen town.

Lyrics from: https://songoftheisles.com/2013/01/08/ye-lovers-all/

There you can find a lovely recording of Niamh Parsons together with Gerry O'Beirne on Guitar.

I tried to tab the intro Donal plays. Here it is, Capo 4th fret:

Here's the first verse, hope it is nearly correct. Unfortunately Tabledit recognizes chords not always correctly and I don't know how to change the names of chords:

You can download my tab here

But if you download please comment!

Daoiri Farrell on RTE One

Daoiri played two songs from his new album on the Sean O'Rouke show on RTE One. Here's the deep link to the recording. Don't know how long it well be valid.
https://cdn.rasset.ie/.../20190208.../manifest.m3u8

He sings two songs: Windmills and The Galway Shawl.

I tried to tab the intro to Galway Shawl. Here it is:

Daoiri Farrell - Full Concert

Daoiri Farrell Trio at Shrewsbury Folk Festival 2018. What a great performance.

I tried to tab the intro to "Creggan White Hare", the opening song. Here it is:

If you need this as pdf or tabledit-file please let me know.

Daoiri Farrell & Zachary Scot Johnson - Bogie's Bonnie Belle

Here's a version of Bogie's Bonnie Belle. Daoiri just announced the release of his third album which will come out this month.




I tried to tab the intro Daoiri plays. Here it is:

If you need a pdf or tabledit file write comment or a mail. Also if you think there is a mistake somewhere.

Daoiri Farrell - 2 videos I took at a workshop weekend in Halle, Germany in 2011

I first met Daoiri in 2011 at a workshop weekend in Halle, Germany. This weekend was presented by the Halle Music School which was led at that time by Flute and Whistle player Alan Doherty.
In the first video Daoiri plays my Dreizehnter bouzouki. I asked him to play Paddy's green shamrock shore.



 The second video is a song I don't know the title of.

Helen Flaherty, Philip Mansour Live in Elmstein

A concert I filmed at Naturfreundehaus Elmstein. Philip plays some Songs on his Stevens 10 String Bouzouki, but most songs on DADGAD Guitar.

Andy Irvine Live at Club Kuckucksei in Nürtingen

On Nov, 10th 2018 Andy played at Club Kuckucksei in Nürtingen. I'm not sure if it was the fourth of fifth time he played there. Another fantastic evening of great songs and stories. I posted my video to youtube and hope you will enjoy it.

Jig Rhythm lesson - Strumming Triplets

This one's for guitar, but as it is about right hand patterns it is useful for Zouk also. It is about strumming triplets in a Jig Rhythm. It takes some time to play it fluently, but it's worth the effort. By the way, Nye published a book about accompanying Irish Music. You can get it here:
http://finaleguitar.co.uk/product/backing-guitar-techniques-for-traditional-celtic-music/

Atsushi Akazawa - Si-Folk

Interesting Zouk player from somewhere in Asia, maybe Japan. Couldn't find any information in English. Here he plays with Tessin Kanekonon Whistle








And here with Karen Ashbrook on Flute

An old recording of his group Si-Folk
Atsushi Akazawa ; Bouzouki
Toyoaki Haraguchi ; Uilleann Pipes
Fumio Yoshida ; B/C Accordion
Recorded live at the Sou-sei Hall in Tokushima　14 November 1997


Recorded live at the R's Art Court in Tokyo on 27 May 2000

Bouzouki Lesson by Bill Worsfold

Just found this on youtube. A short lesson, but Bill shows some chords and right hand techniques. Hopefully he continues with this series.

Lord Kitchener's Pipes - TAB for GDAD

Made from an ABC-File from thesession.org
If you need the Tabledit-file just comment below.

Tripping Up The Stairs - TAB for GDAD

This is a tab for Tripping Up The Stairs made of an ABC-File from thesession.org

If you need the tabledit-file just comment below.

My Darling Asleep - TAB for GDAD

I imported an abc-File from thesession.org
into tabledit and this is the tab that came out. If you need the Tabledit-File just comment below or write an email.

Tijn Berends - The Sauna, Inches from Dublin

Here's another fantastic video from Tijn. So much drive in the right hand. He writes about this:

Here's a nice set of reels, played on my trusty harmonica and my shiny new Joe Foley bouzouki. The first tune is one I wrote myself last week called "The Sauna", inspired by a gig I had to play in a hellishly hot tent. The second one is called "Inches from Dublin", originally from Padraig Rynne (or so I'm told) but I play the version by uillean piper Michael Boere.

Darren Lynch - Bouzouki Lesson #3

Darren Lynch gives us another bouzouki lesson. In #3 he discusses G-Modal and explains some basic chords for accompaniment in G and Gminor.