Slow is More

[Tiposx]

On 9/30/2025 at 8:27 PM, Jody Kruskal said:

Lisa Gutkin (fiddle) and Jody Kruskal (Anglo concertina) play “Springfield” composed by the talented Old-Time fiddler Erynn Marshall

Hi Jody

I have listened to this a few times now, I think the tune, the playing, the video and the whole vibe is just exquisite. Concertina and fiddle together -could hardly be bettered. Many thanks.

 

[Jody Kruskal]

Hi Tiposx, I'm so pleased that you liked it. I've been playing with Lisa for decades but far too rarely. I was to play a wedding near her place and we got together before my gig. What an amazing performer she is.

[Jody Kruskal]

Jody Kruskal plays Hole in the Wall on the G/D Anglo concertina. This tune is currently a popular English country dance though written by Henry Purcell hundreds of years ago. It’s the hornpipe from his Abdelazer suite, played SLOW with a flexible tempo.

 

 

 

[Matt Heumann]

Your slower version makes me think think Purcell and Pachelbel were hangin' out together since Hole in the Wall and Pachelbel's Canon share a lot of phrasing and were both written about the same time.

Chicken or the Egg?

[Jody Kruskal]

egg

[Matt Heumann]

3 minutes ago, Jody Kruskal said:

egg

Being a former Natural Science teacher and Field Naturalist, I concur! Maybe they shared a scandalous gene pool, hence the similarities (or maybe they were just shacking up).