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I got chatting to that fella in Dun Laoighaire a few years ago. He was busking outside the shopping centre during the world music festival, he sounded absolutely class then too. Legend!
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Dan's turned up at the "Session" session at the Willie Clancy week the past 2 years. I love his music. I'd also love to see a Comhaltas judge's face if he turned up for the "Miscellaneous Instruments".
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A legend indeed, T. And a fine fellow to boot (he's put me up a couple of times on my jaunts across Ireland).
"I'd also love to see a Comhaltas judge's face if he turned up for the "Miscellaneous Instruments""
The Comhaltas judges probably all know of him already - he never fails to turn a head. I think he'd stand a good chance of winning, actually. But somehow, I don't think he's the competitive type.
...Going to watch the miscellaneous competition at the fleadh is something I have always wanted to do. In the olden days, it was there to cater for 'oddballs' like tenor banjo, piano, guitar etc. But they all have their own categories now. So what sort of instruments turn up there nowadays? Euphonium? Panpipes? Steel drums? Vibraphone? Sarod? Or is it just slight variations on the conventional instruments - 3 row chromatic button accordion, English concertina, silver flute, 5-string fiddle etc?
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Impressive. I wonder if even now there are not bars in Thailand jammed with locals and Ozzies playing ITM on these things and starting an exotic new branch of the tradition.
I wonder how long it'll be before he's recording with Sharon Shannon and co!
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How's this for an exotic branch of a tradition?
"While the cumbia dance developed and stayed very much true to its roots, reflecting the deep cultural basis from which it came, the music, born of a hybrid of two cultures, continued (and continues) to be influenced by outside forces. According to legend, a German shipwreck that washed up onshore is the origins of the accordion sounds which are emblematic of folkloric cumbia and vallenato (another form of popular Colombian folk music). "
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Irish tunes on the khene (a free-reed instrument from Laos and Thailand):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMgw9xI-OcY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asLxqOV0rbQ&feature=channel
He says he's played this thing in sessions in Tullamore.
# Posted on September 18th 2009 by Tracie
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I got chatting to that fella in Dun Laoighaire a few years ago. He was busking outside the shopping centre during the world music festival, he sounded absolutely class then too. Legend!
# Posted on September 18th 2009 by T
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Damn it! I thought I'd get to seeGraham Chapman hanging from a wire with his 'oop. Oh play the grand piano my 'oops got a hole in it!
# Posted on September 19th 2009 by shanty
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Dan's turned up at the "Session" session at the Willie Clancy week the past 2 years. I love his music. I'd also love to see a Comhaltas judge's face if he turned up for the "Miscellaneous Instruments".
# Posted on September 19th 2009 by Kenny
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Hi Kenny - as you know, I was at the session session this year. I was quite amazed at the sound of his music - could've listened to it all day.
# Posted on September 19th 2009 by On Sabbatical
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A legend indeed, T. And a fine fellow to boot (he's put me up a couple of times on my jaunts across Ireland).
"I'd also love to see a Comhaltas judge's face if he turned up for the "Miscellaneous Instruments""
The Comhaltas judges probably all know of him already - he never fails to turn a head. I think he'd stand a good chance of winning, actually. But somehow, I don't think he's the competitive type.
...Going to watch the miscellaneous competition at the fleadh is something I have always wanted to do. In the olden days, it was there to cater for 'oddballs' like tenor banjo, piano, guitar etc. But they all have their own categories now. So what sort of instruments turn up there nowadays? Euphonium? Panpipes? Steel drums? Vibraphone? Sarod? Or is it just slight variations on the conventional instruments - 3 row chromatic button accordion, English concertina, silver flute, 5-string fiddle etc?
# Posted on September 19th 2009 by CreadurMawnOrganig
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Yeah, but Dan is always up for a laugh. It's not completely improbable that he would do it just for the craic.
# Posted on September 19th 2009 by DrSilverSpear
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Impressive. I wonder if even now there are not bars in Thailand jammed with locals and Ozzies playing ITM on these things and starting an exotic new branch of the tradition.
I wonder how long it'll be before he's recording with Sharon Shannon and co!
# Posted on September 19th 2009 by nicholas
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Brilliant!
# Posted on September 19th 2009 by CW
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How's this for an exotic branch of a tradition?
"While the cumbia dance developed and stayed very much true to its roots, reflecting the deep cultural basis from which it came, the music, born of a hybrid of two cultures, continued (and continues) to be influenced by outside forces. According to legend, a German shipwreck that washed up onshore is the origins of the accordion sounds which are emblematic of folkloric cumbia and vallenato (another form of popular Colombian folk music). "
# Posted on September 19th 2009 by John Galt