A lovely session recording of concertina player Kate McNamara at the Catskills Irish Arts Week was posted on concertina.net. Listed to it here: http://www.metayer.info/mp3/R09_0066.MP3
I'd like to get a name for the first tune, which I've transcribed below. The Reverend's tune-finder came up empty-handed.
X: 1
T: (? Kate McNamara's)
M: C|
L: 1/8
R: Reel
K: D
A | BAdB AF ~F2 | DEFD EFDB, | DEFA BABd | ABdf eBdA |
BAdB AF ~F2 | DEFD EFDB, | DEFA fece | dBAG FAD :|
|: A | fd ~d2 Adfb | bafb afeg | fd ~d2 adfa | baaf e2de |
f2fd edfa | bafb afed | ABde fece | dBAG FAD :]
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/3033
Some information here, Tony. Can't help you with the tune title, "boxist", but it's a good one, and very nice playing. You should post it in the tunes section, and someone might identify it from there.
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
Tony, Kate is from East Clare and was taught I believe originally by Mary McNamara(no relation).She has recently brought out a CD called Are You The Concertina Player and it also features some of her siblings.
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
Ok then Bernie.Mary MacNamara the concertina player from Tulla.Not Mary that works in the Co-Op or Mary that works in Easons etc ! What Mary Mac(Mc) Namara did you think I meant? The one that teaches the Highland Pipes?????
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
Thanks for the ID, snorre -- I'll post it under that name.
Kate has a small MySpace site (just one track), where she lists Mary McNamara (sic) as one of her influences.
I first heard Kate's playing a few years ago when some tracks she recorded at age 16 were included on the compilation CD set "Anglo International" -- see http://www.angloconcertina.co.uk/.
In the Anglo International booklet (downloadable from the above site), Mary's and Kate's bios and photos appear on facing pages. Initially I assumed they were mother and daughter -- I didn't even notice the different spellings of their last names.
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
So Kate is sending CDs to the Button Box in Massachusetts, just letting you know, it will probably be much cheaper than getting them from Ireland if you're in the US or Canada.
By the way I'm the one hosting the clip posted above, thank God I have a good hosting plan or I think my bandwidth would have busted by now
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
Sorry about the bandwidth, Azalin! And I'm glad it didn't crash your site. Though maybe even that would have been worth the exposure you've given to Kate.
I've posted the ABCs to the tune section under the title "Road to Sligo."
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
Azalin, the file you put up was pretty big--about 7-8 MB, if I recall. Next time, you might use Audacity to make it much smaller, by exporting it as a 64K mp3. The sound quality is compromised a bit, but people could still hear the tune well enough.
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
p.s. I don't mean the file size would be only 64K--I mean the compression, bits per second, whatever. I just know that 192K is near album quality, 128K is pretty good, and so on--24K is like a cell phone call over a very bad connection.
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
Forrest, thanks for the tip, but yeah I know about bit rates but I didn't mind putting a big file out there, I think I can transfer up to a GB a month with my hosting plan so it should be good. I don't like compromises, maybe that's why I'm single?
The Edirol is doing a very good job with live recordings, I think it's one of the best purchase I ever made... after Kate's CD, that is
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
Kate is a great young concertina player. I've pasted in a review of her CD from a recent Treoir which gives a bit more information on her musical beginnings.
"Are you the Concertina Player?
Kate McNamara
Kate McNamara, a highly talented young concertina player from Tulla in Co. Clare, has just recorded her first CD. The recording - "Are you the Concertina Player?" - was launched as part of the 2008 Fleadh Cheoil an Chláir also in Tulla on 20th June by Comhaltas Ardstiúrthóir, Senator Labhrás Ó Murchú.
Kate started playing traditional music on tin whistle at the age of five in Broadford where her teacher was East Clare musician, Paula McMahon. At the age of nine she switched to concertina and was taught by renowned Clare concertina player, Mary McNamara. Mary’s distinguishing East Clare style has had a major influence on Kate’s playing and accounts for her own distinctive traditional approach to the music. The music on the CD is played in characteristic East Clare fashion where the ornamentation is sparing and subtle, while the pace is un-hurried. For a young musician who regularly plays with such celebrated East Clare musicians as Paddy Donohue, Vincent Griffin, Séamus Bugler to name but a few, what else would you expect?
The choice of repertoire on the CD which consists of reels, jigs, barn dances and slip jigs, is excellent and includes many of the traditional standards that have stood the test of time. In fact the first reel, John Brennan’s (also known as Dick Sherlock’s) is an all time favourite while jigs such as Joannie Madden’s, The Cat’s Meow and Junior Crehan’s, Luachrachan (also known as the Lurgadán) should, in my opinion anyway, be part of every self-respecting traditional musician’s repertoire!
Kate is joined on the CD by her brother, Gearóid McNamara on tin whistle and her sister, Amy McNamara on fiddle. Also on the recording are Michael Landers (guitar), Mary Corry (piano), James Conheady (Fiddle), and Quentin Cooper (Bass, Bouzouki, 5 String Banjo and Slide Guitar). Multi instrumentalist, Quentin also recorded, mixed and mastered the CD at his Lahinch Studio.
Overall this is a lovely concertina album and is a “must have” for all lovers of Irish traditional music and in particular those who appreciate and enjoy the unique East Clare style of music.
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
Thanks David_h for the URL correction; the Kate referred to in the link I pasted is definitely not "our Kate" - I must have lost the zero on the end somehow!
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
I saw her play live a few times in the Catskills this summer, it was definitely her foot. Amazing playing, and that little slippered foot is better than a bass drum.
Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
A lovely session recording of concertina player Kate McNamara at the Catskills Irish Arts Week was posted on concertina.net. Listed to it here: http://www.metayer.info/mp3/R09_0066.MP3
I'd like to get a name for the first tune, which I've transcribed below. The Reverend's tune-finder came up empty-handed.
X: 1
T: (? Kate McNamara's)
M: C|
L: 1/8
R: Reel
K: D
A | BAdB AF ~F2 | DEFD EFDB, | DEFA BABd | ABdf eBdA |
BAdB AF ~F2 | DEFD EFDB, | DEFA fece | dBAG FAD :|
|: A | fd ~d2 Adfb | bafb afeg | fd ~d2 adfa | baaf e2de |
f2fd edfa | bafb afed | ABde fece | dBAG FAD :]
# Posted on July 26th 2009 by boxist
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
I have no idea of the tune name but whatever it is the playing is gorgeous. Any more info on this musician?
# Posted on July 26th 2009 by Tony O'Rourke
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/3033
Some information here, Tony. Can't help you with the tune title, "boxist", but it's a good one, and very nice playing. You should post it in the tunes section, and someone might identify it from there.
# Posted on July 26th 2009 by Kenny
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
Tony, Kate is from East Clare and was taught I believe originally by Mary McNamara(no relation).She has recently brought out a CD called Are You The Concertina Player and it also features some of her siblings.
# Posted on July 26th 2009 by concertinaplayer
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
This is listed as "Road to Sligo" on her album.
# Posted on July 26th 2009 by snorre
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
She was taught my Mary MacNamara not Mary McNamara (different person altogether).
# Posted on July 26th 2009 by Bernie
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
Ok then Bernie.Mary MacNamara the concertina player from Tulla.Not Mary that works in the Co-Op or Mary that works in Easons etc ! What Mary Mac(Mc) Namara did you think I meant? The one that teaches the Highland Pipes?????
# Posted on July 26th 2009 by concertinaplayer
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
Thanks for the ID, snorre -- I'll post it under that name.
Kate has a small MySpace site (just one track), where she lists Mary McNamara (sic) as one of her influences.
I first heard Kate's playing a few years ago when some tracks she recorded at age 16 were included on the compilation CD set "Anglo International" -- see http://www.angloconcertina.co.uk/.
In the Anglo International booklet (downloadable from the above site), Mary's and Kate's bios and photos appear on facing pages. Initially I assumed they were mother and daughter -- I didn't even notice the different spellings of their last names.
# Posted on July 26th 2009 by boxist
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
Mary also used to teach tin whistle in Feakle, the same one right? or was that Kate?
# Posted on July 26th 2009 by piobagusfidil
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
So Kate is sending CDs to the Button Box in Massachusetts, just letting you know, it will probably be much cheaper than getting them from Ireland if you're in the US or Canada.
By the way I'm the one hosting the clip posted above, thank God I have a good hosting plan or I think my bandwidth would have busted by now
# Posted on July 26th 2009 by Azalin
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
Sorry about the bandwidth, Azalin! And I'm glad it didn't crash your site. Though maybe even that would have been worth the exposure you've given to Kate.
I've posted the ABCs to the tune section under the title "Road to Sligo."
# Posted on July 26th 2009 by boxist
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
Azalin, the file you put up was pretty big--about 7-8 MB, if I recall. Next time, you might use Audacity to make it much smaller, by exporting it as a 64K mp3. The sound quality is compromised a bit, but people could still hear the tune well enough.
# Posted on July 26th 2009 by John Galt
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
p.s. I don't mean the file size would be only 64K--I mean the compression, bits per second, whatever. I just know that 192K is near album quality, 128K is pretty good, and so on--24K is like a cell phone call over a very bad connection.
# Posted on July 26th 2009 by John Galt
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
Forrest, thanks for the tip, but yeah I know about bit rates but I didn't mind putting a big file out there, I think I can transfer up to a GB a month with my hosting plan so it should be good. I don't like compromises, maybe that's why I'm single?
The Edirol is doing a very good job with live recordings, I think it's one of the best purchase I ever made... after Kate's CD, that is
# Posted on July 26th 2009 by Azalin
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
PS: Oops I can transfer up to 250GB a month, and right now I'm at 1.8GB, I should be OK
# Posted on July 26th 2009 by Azalin
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
Whew! Fair play, then.
Although I'm glad I don't have only a dial-up connection. (Or is that a thng of the past?)
# Posted on July 27th 2009 by John Galt
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
Kate is a great young concertina player. I've pasted in a review of her CD from a recent Treoir which gives a bit more information on her musical beginnings.
"Are you the Concertina Player?
Kate McNamara
Kate McNamara, a highly talented young concertina player from Tulla in Co. Clare, has just recorded her first CD. The recording - "Are you the Concertina Player?" - was launched as part of the 2008 Fleadh Cheoil an Chláir also in Tulla on 20th June by Comhaltas Ardstiúrthóir, Senator Labhrás Ó Murchú.
Kate started playing traditional music on tin whistle at the age of five in Broadford where her teacher was East Clare musician, Paula McMahon. At the age of nine she switched to concertina and was taught by renowned Clare concertina player, Mary McNamara. Mary’s distinguishing East Clare style has had a major influence on Kate’s playing and accounts for her own distinctive traditional approach to the music. The music on the CD is played in characteristic East Clare fashion where the ornamentation is sparing and subtle, while the pace is un-hurried. For a young musician who regularly plays with such celebrated East Clare musicians as Paddy Donohue, Vincent Griffin, Séamus Bugler to name but a few, what else would you expect?
The choice of repertoire on the CD which consists of reels, jigs, barn dances and slip jigs, is excellent and includes many of the traditional standards that have stood the test of time. In fact the first reel, John Brennan’s (also known as Dick Sherlock’s) is an all time favourite while jigs such as Joannie Madden’s, The Cat’s Meow and Junior Crehan’s, Luachrachan (also known as the Lurgadán) should, in my opinion anyway, be part of every self-respecting traditional musician’s repertoire!
Kate is joined on the CD by her brother, Gearóid McNamara on tin whistle and her sister, Amy McNamara on fiddle. Also on the recording are Michael Landers (guitar), Mary Corry (piano), James Conheady (Fiddle), and Quentin Cooper (Bass, Bouzouki, 5 String Banjo and Slide Guitar). Multi instrumentalist, Quentin also recorded, mixed and mastered the CD at his Lahinch Studio.
Overall this is a lovely concertina album and is a “must have” for all lovers of Irish traditional music and in particular those who appreciate and enjoy the unique East Clare style of music.
Contacts:
http://www.myspace.com/katemcnamara
http://www.custysmusic.com";
# Posted on July 27th 2009 by Bannerman
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
http://www.myspace.com/katemcnamara0
So many people, so few names.
Thanks, now I know what the style of concertina playing that I like is called.
# Posted on July 27th 2009 by David50
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
You can also email Kate at kate dot concertina at gmail.com. It's the email address listed on her CD.
# Posted on July 27th 2009 by Azalin
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
Thanks David_h for the URL correction; the Kate referred to in the link I pasted is definitely not "our Kate" - I must have lost the zero on the end somehow!
# Posted on July 27th 2009 by Bannerman
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
Extremely nice playing.... What was the thump thump thump?
# Posted on July 27th 2009 by TomB-R
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
Mind you, it's a very steady thump thump, doesn't obviously speed up until 5min 30sec in!
# Posted on July 27th 2009 by TomB-R
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
I think it was Kate's foot!
# Posted on July 27th 2009 by Azalin
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
Seemed like the prime suspect!
# Posted on July 27th 2009 by TomB-R
Re: Please identify this tune played by Kate McNamara
I saw her play live a few times in the Catskills this summer, it was definitely her foot. Amazing playing, and that little slippered foot is better than a bass drum.
# Posted on July 29th 2009 by tracywag