I was listening to a little bit of alleged 'folk' music on the radio the other day & the term 'faux-k' jumped into my head. ya know faux, as in fake, with a K on the end - sums up that watery stuff that dilutes the quality of the real stuff. for instance in the 60's in New York City there was a great folk singer named Dave Von Ronk & there was the faux-k legend Joan Beaz. One can still speak their mind through homonyms & be clear as a bucket of mud, all at the same time!
I haven't posted in a while & hoped that some of the old timers would remember the good old days of pointed wit.
All that aside, I'm looking for some recommendations for new recordings to add to my collection, I like solo recordings of traditional tunes. So let me know if theres something I've got to hear.
Dympna O'Sullivan "Bean Chairdin." I listend to some tracks from the CD at a friend's place. Nice relaxed concertina music. Willie Kelly is also on it.
The Clare set, not all solo concertina but plenty, 6 cds remastered stuff from the 70's, Including Chris Droney,and the Russel family,
Elizabeth Crotty; concertina music from west Clare
Micho Russell,;Traditional Irish music from County Clare.
The Pipering of Willie Clancy vol1 and 2
Hmm, do I sense a pattern here, some common thread running through these, my favourite latest Cd's?
I think there were probably fewer new Irish releases in 2007 than any of the previous ten years.
Some you might have missed, all highly recommended, include:
Breda Keville - The Hop Down;
John Wynne and John McEvoy - Pride of the West;
Garry Walsh - Penny Trumpets;
David Power - The Little Cuckoo of Glen Nephin;
Oh, and back to Brad's question. I'm leaving for Clare on Monday and making my own list right now for the annual splurge at Custy's.
My list includes:
Dympna O'Sullivan
Paddy Murphy (1st to win All-Ireland on concertina)
Laichtin Naofa Ceili Band
Tulla Ceili Band 60th Anniversary
Feakle Festival
Christy McNamara (accordion/concertina)
Bobby Casey
Molloy, Carty, McGlynn
Joseph Browne (fiddle, piano, concertina - homemade recordings of a player who died at age 19 a few years ago)
And I can recommend Breda Keville (my favorite Irish release of the last few years), Martin O'Brien (concertina), and Edel Fox & Ronan O'Flaherty (concertina/fiddle), Junior Crehan, and John Joe Casey (concertina) (I'm sure there are more I'm forgetting) from previous years' purchases.
Faux-k vs Folk & Album recommendations
Faux-k vs Folk & Album recommendations
I was listening to a little bit of alleged 'folk' music on the radio the other day & the term 'faux-k' jumped into my head. ya know faux, as in fake, with a K on the end - sums up that watery stuff that dilutes the quality of the real stuff. for instance in the 60's in New York City there was a great folk singer named Dave Von Ronk & there was the faux-k legend Joan Beaz. One can still speak their mind through homonyms & be clear as a bucket of mud, all at the same time!
I haven't posted in a while & hoped that some of the old timers would remember the good old days of pointed wit.
All that aside, I'm looking for some recommendations for new recordings to add to my collection, I like solo recordings of traditional tunes. So let me know if theres something I've got to hear.
Thanks & Happy New Year
# Posted on January 3rd 2008 by Mad Baloney
Re: Faux-k vs Folk & Album recommendations
I've just heard the sample tracks from Pathway to the Well, Molloy, Carty, McGlynn, and it sounds brilliant. Nice measured pace as well.
# Posted on January 3rd 2008 by Duijera Dubh
Re: Faux-k vs Folk & Album recommendations
With people like that it's got to be good. thnx for the heads up
# Posted on January 3rd 2008 by Mad Baloney
Re: Faux-k vs Folk & Album recommendations
Dympna O'Sullivan "Bean Chairdin." I listend to some tracks from the CD at a friend's place. Nice relaxed concertina music. Willie Kelly is also on it.
# Posted on January 3rd 2008 by slainte
Re: Faux-k vs Folk & Album recommendations
The Clare set, not all solo concertina but plenty, 6 cds remastered stuff from the 70's, Including Chris Droney,and the Russel family,
Elizabeth Crotty; concertina music from west Clare
Micho Russell,;Traditional Irish music from County Clare.
The Pipering of Willie Clancy vol1 and 2
Hmm, do I sense a pattern here, some common thread running through these, my favourite latest Cd's?
# Posted on January 3rd 2008 by jig
Re: Faux-k vs Folk & Album recommendations
I think there were probably fewer new Irish releases in 2007 than any of the previous ten years.
Some you might have missed, all highly recommended, include:
Breda Keville - The Hop Down;
John Wynne and John McEvoy - Pride of the West;
Garry Walsh - Penny Trumpets;
David Power - The Little Cuckoo of Glen Nephin;
and,
Diarmuid O'Brien - Cairde CairdÃn.
# Posted on January 3rd 2008 by Floss the Tethers
Re: Faux-k vs Folk & Album recommendations
Dave Von Ronk---mentioned by Dylan in song?
# Posted on January 3rd 2008 by bodhran bliss
Re: Faux-k vs Folk & Album recommendations
Van Ronk, not Von Ronk, I think. Didn't he just die a few years ago?
# Posted on January 4th 2008 by cuchulain54
Re: Faux-k vs Folk & Album recommendations
Time is passing faster than you think, c54. Van Ronk died Feb. 10, 2002.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/feb2002/vanr-f14.shtml
# Posted on January 4th 2008 by GaryAMartin
Re: Faux-k vs Folk & Album recommendations
Oh, and back to Brad's question. I'm leaving for Clare on Monday and making my own list right now for the annual splurge at Custy's.
My list includes:
Dympna O'Sullivan
Paddy Murphy (1st to win All-Ireland on concertina)
Laichtin Naofa Ceili Band
Tulla Ceili Band 60th Anniversary
Feakle Festival
Christy McNamara (accordion/concertina)
Bobby Casey
Molloy, Carty, McGlynn
Joseph Browne (fiddle, piano, concertina - homemade recordings of a player who died at age 19 a few years ago)
And I can recommend Breda Keville (my favorite Irish release of the last few years), Martin O'Brien (concertina), and Edel Fox & Ronan O'Flaherty (concertina/fiddle), Junior Crehan, and John Joe Casey (concertina) (I'm sure there are more I'm forgetting) from previous years' purchases.
# Posted on January 4th 2008 by GaryAMartin
Re: Faux-k vs Folk & Album recommendations
I always got a huge groove listening to Van Ronk.
Thanks for the reminder.
# Posted on January 7th 2008 by hauke