OLDNICKILBY Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 About 6 years ago I started this topic. Well Andy Parr has now graduated from Newcastle with a First. Well done M'Duck. His playing has come on in leaps and bounds . No surprise to me that he got a First. Alistair described him at a local Concert when Andy did support as "Probably the best English Concertina player I have had through my hands in 40 years" Perhaps some techy could do the "Blue Clicky" to his Facebook clips. If you are involved in a Folk Club he is well worth booking and it will help him with the costs of doing his Masters the year after next. On a lighter note I played him a tune from Hamish Bayne's C D, some time later at a gig he played the same tune that he said he had learnt in Bosnia as a Swedish Hymn Tune. I phoned Hamish to share the story. " Ah" said Hamish "It is Swedish but it was written by Bennie Andersen(I may have the spelling wrong) He wrote Money Money Money" So Andy was playing Abba Oh heck and so was I Perhaps I should wash my Concertina out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 So Andy was playing Abba Oh heck and so was I Perhaps I should wash my Concertina out You really think that will improve your playing of Hej Gamle Man? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Mansfield Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Found his FB page but couldn't find any music on there. Congratulations to him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex West Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Benny Andersson now plays with his orchestra (Orkester) which comprises him on piano accordion, the fiddlers from the Orsa Spelman and a bunch of others. They paly a mixture of traditional and more modern stuff, including tunes written in the traditional Swedish idiom by Benny (and also by Bjorn). Try looking for "Frykdalsdans Nr 2" on Youtube and that will lead you to a whole host of good sstuff from the BAO! Meanwhile, I'll try to find Mr Parr's music Alex West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLDNICKILBY Posted July 1, 2014 Author Share Posted July 1, 2014 I have had a word with Andy's Dad and he has promised to add a Video of Andy's performance at the Sage in Gateshead. Fingers crossed., I thought that all young people were techies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy's Dad Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 (edited) Hi Old Nic. Andy's dad here. Here is a sample of some of Andy Parr's English Concertina playing for his recital on the Newcastle University Degree of Folk and Traditional Music. Hope you like it.......(click on link) Neil. Andy has asked me to remove this link so he can do some editing (cutting out all the chat} He will upload when ready. Neil. Edited July 10, 2014 by Andy's Dad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Wooff Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Neil, unfortunately your link does not want to open ( or Telecharge or whatever it does)..... any ideas ? Geoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLDNICKILBY Posted July 4, 2014 Author Share Posted July 4, 2014 Ah, it must be the Franglaisnet Geoff. It works for me in the U K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Wooff Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 OK Nick, I'll try a different server, thanks, Geoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy's Dad Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Neil, unfortunately your link does not want to open ( or Telecharge or whatever it does)..... any ideas ? Geoff. Hi Geoff, just tried it here again and it seems ok. Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azalin Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 That's the finest example of Irish music played on English concertina I've heard so far. Astounding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 That's the finest example of Irish music played on English concertina I've heard so far. Astounding! Yes, it's brilliant - and it's well worth watching his arm and bellows movements on the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Mansfield Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Thanks for that video link, brilliant stuff. Now to get to see him live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Wooff Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 I eventually got it working by changing to Firefox and have managed to watch some of the video, between thunderstorms,..... most enjoyable too! Thanks to all involved, Geoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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