A search of the "Sessions" section shows no sessions in Boston, MA. I don't want to start a discussion contrary to the site policy, but surely that can't be true? I'll be in Boston Mon-Thurs in a few weeks. Any suggestions, pointers?
I was up in the Boston area not too long ago, and had a similar question about the sessions listed on this site. I found nothing under Boston, but if you run a search for sessions in "Massachussetts (MA)", you'll get a list that has sessions in places like Brighton. If you get out a map, you'll see that many of these places are small towns near Boston or subdivisions of Boston. That should answer your question. I got a pretty good feel for the levels of the sessions, so if the comments about the sessions listed on the site don't give enough guidance, email me through this site and I can tell you what I found out.
Just so there's no confusion, that's "Massachusetts". I mispelled the name on my first post. As much as I've been there, I still spell it wrong all the time. Oh, and Brighton and Somerville are definitely in the Boston area. The other town names, I'm not sure about, so again, a map is probably your best bet.
I think some ppl don't actually want to list their sessions on here b/c they get too crowded. That would probably go double for places in Boston. Scott, try the Burren on Monday night, you may be very pleasantly surprised.
Yeah, being a Boston-area resident myself, that apparent omission really threw me until I followed connaughtman's suggestion. Actually, there were a couple of entries on the list I'd forgotten about, or never even heard of before.
There are a few I could suggest, but they won't be happening during the days you're here. Wanna extend your visit a little?
Emily, have you been to the Burren? I was there this past Sunday night after my flute lesson. The Burren has great music every night but it's a place where you go to listen unless you are also a top notch Irish musician. The Burren is a big bar and can get pretty noisy. So try and get a seat close to the musicians or it's really hard to hear. You can sit at the bar and still have trouble hearing the music on some nights. Wed nights at the Burren, there are sometimes good concerts.
I'm ashamed to admit that I did a search on Massachusetts and didn't turn up anything, no doubt because I misspelled it. Thanks for the pointer and I'll try to figure out how far those sessions will be for me.
It would be great if you could search based on the distance from some address. It would require people enter a street address for the sessions, and using something like MapQuest, but it would be a neat feature.
To answer Zina's question, I'm an intermediate whistle player. I think Zina -- or somebody here -- was at the Fado session in Denver recently. I've been to that session and was able to play along with a few tunes I knew. But I'm happy to go to a more advanced session and just listen as well.
I'm in the Washington, DC area. I happened to travel to Denver and made it to the Fado session, but I'm not normally out there. (Unfortunately, since that seemed to be a fine session.)
Although on the other side of the Atlantic I understand that traditional sessions have been going on for years in Boston under the auspices of Larry Reynolds. You'll find these at the Green Briar, Washington Street, Brighton Center. Boston Original Slow Session for beginners starts at 7:00pm followed by open seisiún at 9:00pm. All musicians and listeners are welcome.
Boston Sessions?
Boston Sessions?
A search of the "Sessions" section shows no sessions in Boston, MA. I don't want to start a discussion contrary to the site policy, but surely that can't be true? I'll be in Boston Mon-Thurs in a few weeks. Any suggestions, pointers?
-- Scott
# Posted on September 8th 2003 by srt19170
Re: Boston Sessions?
My god. That's weird. I know there's lots. I wonder what happened to them all? Well, Scott, what level of playing do you want?
# Posted on September 8th 2003 by Zina Lee
Re: Boston Sessions?
I was up in the Boston area not too long ago, and had a similar question about the sessions listed on this site. I found nothing under Boston, but if you run a search for sessions in "Massachussetts (MA)", you'll get a list that has sessions in places like Brighton. If you get out a map, you'll see that many of these places are small towns near Boston or subdivisions of Boston. That should answer your question. I got a pretty good feel for the levels of the sessions, so if the comments about the sessions listed on the site don't give enough guidance, email me through this site and I can tell you what I found out.
# Posted on September 8th 2003 by Jason G
Re: Boston Sessions?
Just so there's no confusion, that's "Massachusetts". I mispelled the name on my first post. As much as I've been there, I still spell it wrong all the time. Oh, and Brighton and Somerville are definitely in the Boston area. The other town names, I'm not sure about, so again, a map is probably your best bet.
# Posted on September 8th 2003 by Jason G
Re: Boston Sessions?
I think some ppl don't actually want to list their sessions on here b/c they get too crowded. That would probably go double for places in Boston. Scott, try the Burren on Monday night, you may be very pleasantly surprised.
# Posted on September 8th 2003 by emily_bmore
Re: Boston Sessions?
Yeah, being a Boston-area resident myself, that apparent omission really threw me until I followed connaughtman's suggestion. Actually, there were a couple of entries on the list I'd forgotten about, or never even heard of before.
There are a few I could suggest, but they won't be happening during the days you're here. Wanna extend your visit a little?
# Posted on September 8th 2003 by sts
Re: Boston Sessions?
Emily, have you been to the Burren? I was there this past Sunday night after my flute lesson. The Burren has great music every night but it's a place where you go to listen unless you are also a top notch Irish musician. The Burren is a big bar and can get pretty noisy. So try and get a seat close to the musicians or it's really hard to hear. You can sit at the bar and still have trouble hearing the music on some nights. Wed nights at the Burren, there are sometimes good concerts.
http://www.burren.com/burrenframeset.html
I know a couple good secrets that I don't want to post online, but if you email me, I'll fill you in : )
Joyce
# Posted on September 9th 2003 by JMH
Re: Boston Sessions?
I'm ashamed to admit that I did a search on Massachusetts and didn't turn up anything, no doubt because I misspelled it. Thanks for the pointer and I'll try to figure out how far those sessions will be for me.
It would be great if you could search based on the distance from some address. It would require people enter a street address for the sessions, and using something like MapQuest, but it would be a neat feature.
To answer Zina's question, I'm an intermediate whistle player. I think Zina -- or somebody here -- was at the Fado session in Denver recently. I've been to that session and was able to play along with a few tunes I knew. But I'm happy to go to a more advanced session and just listen as well.
-- Scott
# Posted on September 9th 2003 by srt19170
Re: Boston Sessions?
Where're you from, Scott? And why haven't we had a few tunes together, then?! *grin*
# Posted on September 9th 2003 by Zina Lee
Re: Boston Sessions?
I'm in the Washington, DC area. I happened to travel to Denver and made it to the Fado session, but I'm not normally out there. (Unfortunately, since that seemed to be a fine session.)
-- Scott
# Posted on September 10th 2003 by srt19170
Re: Boston Sessions?
Ah, I see...well, next time you make it out...
# Posted on September 10th 2003 by Zina Lee
Re: Boston Sessions?
Although on the other side of the Atlantic I understand that traditional sessions have been going on for years in Boston under the auspices of Larry Reynolds. You'll find these at the Green Briar, Washington Street, Brighton Center. Boston Original Slow Session for beginners starts at 7:00pm followed by open seisiún at 9:00pm. All musicians and listeners are welcome.
# Posted on September 10th 2003 by Bannerman