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Cormac Begley and Caitlin nic Gabhann (?)
Peter Laban replied to Daniel Hersh's topic in Concertina Videos & Music
Where's the link then Daniel? I only see the above and 'Edwina Guckian' is the only link in that quote, which leads to her Facebook page, not to any video -
Cormac Begley and Caitlin nic Gabhann (?)
Peter Laban replied to Daniel Hersh's topic in Concertina Videos & Music
Is it just me or is there only a link to Edwina Guckian's facebook page (which can only be viewed if you have a Facebook account)? -
This is a bit of a zombie thread revival but it should perhaps be mentioned Éilís Crean has compiled a book titled 'The Life and Music of Eddie Kelly : the East Galway Tradition as interpreted by Eddie Kelly' that contains all 21 of Kelly's compositions. In 2017 her recording Searbh Siúcra featured her playing these tunes. The book was to be launched at the Feakle Festival on Thursday, I went up only to find there was no launch, without any sort of an explanation apparent. Which was a bit of a disapointment. Someone told me later Crean was delayed in her travel and the launch was postponed. I am hoping to find out more later. While I was in Feakle I landed in a pleasant session with loads of concertina players, presided over by Michael O Raghallaigh and Catherine McEvoy. As I had traveled up I sat in there for a bit, made the trip worthwhile. The book is out there somewhere anyway, if any of the original posters of this thread are still around and interested.
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<Never mind, off-topic Sunday morning. thoughts>
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Homewood Music gallery of available concertinas
Peter Laban replied to Bob Tedrow's topic in Buy & Sell
Works fine for me in Firefox (68.0.1 (64 bit)) -
An elaborate early Lachenal English #9952
Peter Laban replied to Bill Crossland's topic in Concertina History
Yes we get to see a few of those played occasionally. Here's one : Anders Trabjerg is another player who likes that sort of thing. -
I like to think get to see a fair few nice concertina players and very much so during the past few weeks. Normally I wouldn't bore you with that but today Chris Droney, in his 94th year, his daughter Ann Kirrane, son Francis and daughter in law Aine McGrath did a spot at lunchtime. And the unstoppable Chris Droney deserves a mention. Some snaps :
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For the sake of discussion perhaps speed and unmusical/poor playing shouldn't be equated. They can run together but one doesn't follow from the other in the hands of a good player.
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One man's 'lively' is the next person's 'breakneck speed'. It's always hard to figure out who is referring to what speed exactly. Some people fall over themselves at speed while others are perfectly relaxed and comfortable at the same speed. And dancers.. in my experience dancers demand speeds higher than those I would perhaps play at when playing to amuse myself. Any opinions on the speed in the video below, clearly a comfortable one for the dancer:
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West Clare Concertina Players
Peter Laban replied to John Moran's topic in General Concertina Discussion
The Rolling Wave RTE, 16 June, Kitty Hayes : https://www.rte.ie/radio/radioplayer/html5/#/radio1/11048700 -
West Clare Concertina Players
Peter Laban replied to John Moran's topic in General Concertina Discussion
Well, that probably explains the missed calls from Aoife Nic Cormaic on my phone earlier this week. ? -
West Clare Concertina Players
Peter Laban replied to John Moran's topic in General Concertina Discussion
Well, same here. I was making a way in during the seventies without much of a clue and became more focused and serious once I started the pipes, or got the pipes, in 1979. The quality these gentlemen's music would probably have eluded me (Ronan Browne alludes to that sort of thing in his sleeve notes for the CD). I am sure I heard Paddy Murphy play during the Willie weeks of the early eighties without understanding much of his music and that's probably only one of the players I regret not paying enough attention to when the opportunity was there. I can only be glad a few of that generation were left by the time I did start paying attention, or developed an ear and a degree of appreciation for what I heard and perhaps some understanding of what to listen for. Looking back though, there are a fair few tunes on this CD I knew as doing the rounds at the time. With hindsight, listening to recordings from that time and being familiar with the repertoire of players of that time and place, it's probably safe to say this was a repertoire popular with that group with many tunes breaking out of that circle to become overall classic tunes. Over the past few weeks I have been hearing a fair bit of music, a lot of younger players with whole new repertoires of tunes. I pick up the tunes that appeal to me, the ones that stick easily, but there's a lot of comfort in hearing 'the old tunes' played well and finding new corners in them when revisiting them. -
West Clare Concertina Players
Peter Laban replied to John Moran's topic in General Concertina Discussion
Hard to say isn't it? A good portion of those tunes will come up if you listen to recordings of the time and players of that era so I would venture they were popular. But then again, some would have been popular because these very people played or recorded them. A bit of a chicken and egg situation. -
West Clare Concertina Players
Peter Laban replied to John Moran's topic in General Concertina Discussion
They had a deal at the launch,tenner for one, three for 25. Only got the one though. ? The launch concert was very enjoyable. Actually spotted you walk down O'Connell st just before it Steve (we were having a bit of pre-concert something to eat). LtoR: Geraldine Cotter, Eamonn Cotter, Kieran Hanrahan, Eimear Coughlan, Maeve Donnelly, Francis Cunningham, Ronan Browne, Johnny Kelly, Cathy Potter and invisible in the back row on the right were Gerald Coughlan, Nicky & Ann McAuliffe -
There are a few like it going around. What's the thing with the boxers?
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High jacking threads..etiquette
Peter Laban replied to richard's topic in General Concertina Discussion
Concertina.net is indeed one of the more civilised forums. As a general rule though I think on forums like this once you post a topic, it's out of your hands and it may, or may not, go anywhere or nowhere. Often you find your topic going to quite unpredictable and unexpected places. It can be infuriating but best to not let it get to you. It 's something that happens. And once posted, your relinquish control of the topic. Meta discussions giving out about it don't generally help to improve the situation. That said, some musical instrument forums I frequent have a clear stated policy against 'price policing' , which is a good thing that could have avoided what happened here. an example, form the chiffandfipple forums : http://forums.chiffandfipple.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=84192#p1038851 -
West Clare Concertina Players
Peter Laban replied to John Moran's topic in General Concertina Discussion
I'll bring up this thread, just to take the slight diversion I took it on and divert it a bit further. The CD Friends of Note, a collection of archive recordings of Paddy Canny, Peter O'Loughlin and (concertina player) Paddy Murphy, with young Geraldine Cotter on the piano, was launched earlier tonight, followed by a big, and magnificent, concert. Anyone interested in Clare music should get one. They're available here, for a tenner: https://www.coisnahabhna.ie/shop/product/cd/401/ -
wheatstone tenor-treble ebony Aeola on Ebay this week
Peter Laban replied to robert stewart's topic in Buy & Sell
This one? https://www.ebay.ie/itm/wheatstone-concertina-modele-19-tenor-aigus-etat-exceptionnel-dorigine-1929/333206515078?hash=item4d94a7ed86:g:z6MAAOSwXAxcSC2E -
Shruti box/drone note choice advice
Peter Laban replied to wes's topic in General Concertina Discussion
you may also want to take a look at this site: https://www.shrutibox.co.uk/ The foot pedals they supply are a useful addition to the box. -
I don't think you should, you were correct.
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They'll be doing a CD launch on May 19 during the Tulla Trad festival at Cnoc na Ghaoite
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Women Concertina Players of Irish Music on TG4
Peter Laban replied to Robin Tims's topic in Concertina Videos & Music
It still says 5 days when I look at the page. They usually leave programs up for at least a month after broadcast, pretty good going I think. They also have a habit of repeating these regularly so this one will be around again. It's possible to download the stream, using a suitable app/browser extension, if you want to keep it for future reference. -
West Clare Concertina Players
Peter Laban replied to John Moran's topic in General Concertina Discussion
Yes, looking forward to that. Mind you, the next generation isn't half bad either, Eimear Coughlan (Paddy Canny's grandaughter) is quite the musician. -
West Clare Concertina Players
Peter Laban replied to John Moran's topic in General Concertina Discussion
While on the topic of West Clare concertinaplayers (and this one may well deserve a thread of its own): later next month a CD will be launched with a recording made during the late 1970s by Séamus MacMahúna of Paddy Murphy, Paddy Canny, Peter O'Loughlin with Geraldine Cotter on the piano. The launch will be at a concert with Geraldine joined by family members of the original players. One to watch out for, if you're into that sort of thing. -
West Clare Concertina Players
Peter Laban replied to John Moran's topic in General Concertina Discussion
Thanks for that John. I had a look at it a few months ago, plenty of familiar faces and situations. I remember turning up for the reunion of the surviving members of the Laictin Naofa, ( it was actually a talk, it was a bit of a surprise they all turned up and played too boot) and realising I hadn't brought a camera. Tom did, fortunately. But that said, Tom was a man of many talents but photography was perhaps not one of them. He was in the right places and with the right people though and that makes the collection a valuable one. There were a few occasions too where I did bring the camera so I could turn the tables and get a few snaps of Tom, here he is conducting a public interview with another of the great West Clare characters, Marty Malley: