Ptarmigan

2025 World Concertina Day International Concert Part 2 Featuring: Millicent & Tristan White, Gaylen Haas, Tim Collins, Dick & Sabina Glasgow, Willie Botha, Matt Heumann, Luke Vincent, Rick Epping, Jim Besser, and Gary Coover. Cheers, Dick

2025 World Concertina Day International Concert Part 1 Featuring: Rachel Mahony, Vincent Powell, Juliet Woodin & Janet Thomas, Jutta Tigges, Steve Wilson, Takayuki Yagi, Niki Fliri & Nina Dietrich, Dave Ball, Doug Watt, and Rosewood. Cheers, Dick

The Silver Slipper. . An Irish Hop or Slip Jig, learned from the Fiddle playing of Donegal's John Doherty.. Played on Tenor Guitar, English Concertina, Hammered Dulcimer, Fiddle, Tenor Banjo & Bodhran. Lockdown Video #832 Cheers, Dick

The Hag's Money. . Learned from the playing of Uilleann Piper Maurice Bradley. Also known as The Old Woman's Money ( Airgoid Caillighe ), from the mid C19th Goodman Manuscripts. Played on Hammered Dulcimer, Tenor Guitar, English Concertina, Fiddle, Nyckelharpa, Tenor Banjo & Bodhran. Lockdown Video #831 Cheers, Dick

Bundle & Go. . An Irish Jig which I first heard as the melody for a song - 'My Bonnie Wee Charlie', from the fine singing of Fermanagh man Gaby McArdle who, I believe, learned it from Mick Hoy. Played on Hammered Dulcimer, Tenor Guitar, English Concertina, Fiddle, Tenor Banjo, Trump & Bodhran. Lockdown Video #829 Cheers, Dick

Cuachag Nan Craobh ( Cuckoo in the Grove ) . An ancient Scottish Harp Air, which was later adapted in the 1870s for the song Over the Sea to Skye. Played on Hammered Dulcimer, Tenor Guitar, English Concertina, Fiddle & Nyckelharpa. Lockdown Video #828 Cheers, Dick

Is the Big Man Within. . This is a rather unusual Irish Set Dance, because the 1st part is a Slip Jig (9/8), while the 2nd part is a Double Jig (6/8). Played on Tenor Guitar, Hammered Dulcimer, English Concertina, Fiddle, Nyckelharpa, Tenor Banjo & Bodhran. One of my nicknames for Angus, our biggest dog, is 'Big Man', hence these photos. Lockdown Video #827 Cheers, Dick

The Highland Widow's Lament. . This old Scottish Air first appeared in print in Scots Musical Museum in 1797, but it was among the favourite airs of Robert Burns, to which he set a lyric lamenting the destruction of the Highlands by the Duke of Cumberland's forces after Culloden. Played on Hammered Dulcimer, English Concertina, Fiddle & Nyckelharpa. Lockdown Video #826 Cheers, Dick

There's also an Irish Reel with that name, composed by flute player Vincent Broderick, but clearly the two are not related. 😀 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvv0Eo4b_Y8 Cheers, Dick

The Ace & Deuce of Pipering. . A Irish Set Dance, first noted down by P.W. Joyce in Glenosheen, County Limerick in 1853. Played on Hammered Dulcimer, English Concertina, Fiddle, Trump, Tenor Banjo & Bodhran. Lockdown Video #825 Cheers, Dick

The Old Man Rocking the Cradle. . An old Irish Slow Air, learned from the Uilleann Pipe playing of the late Leo Rowsome. Played on Hammered Dulcimer, English Concertina, Fiddle & Whistle, Lockdown Video #824 Cheers, Dick

The Belles of Edinburgh. . A Highland Fling, first published in 1883. This wee video is dedicated to the three Belles of Edinburgh I grew up with, Margaret, my Mum & sisters Fiona & Deirdre. Played on English Concertina, Fiddle, Hammered Dulcimer, Tenor Guitar, Trump, Tenor Banjo & Bodhran. Lockdown Video #823 Cheers, Dick

New Year's Gift. I came across this rather appropriately entitled Northumbrian Hornpipe today, composed by that master of the Hornpipe - James Hill. Given the day, I just had to learn it. Played on English Concertina, Fiddle, Tenor Guitar, Tenor Banjo & Bodhran. Lockdown Video #822 Cheers, Dick

Maurice Duncan's trip to Ballycastle. . This is a 2/4 March I composed in honour of the late celebrated Scottish Fiddle player from Campbeltown, Maurice Duncan, following his trip to Ballycastle, back in September of 2012. ... Yesterday I finally got around to recording it in its rightful key of A. Played on English Concertina, Fiddle, Tenor Guitar, Trump, Tenor Banjo & Bodhran. Lockdown Video #821 Short Bio. on Maurice, from the 'Box and Fiddle', borrowed from 'The Oban Times'. Cheers, Dick

A' Challuinn (New Year's Day) . The jolly tune to an old Scots Gaelic Waulking song. Played on Hammered Dulcimer, Tenor Guitar, English Concertina, Fiddle, Trump, Tenor Banjo, Whistle & Bodhran. Cheers, Dick