Re: [Harp-L] Looking for Traditional Irish Music

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'd characterize James Thurgood as more of a Cape Breton player (same goes for Tommy Basker). While some Cape Breton music has a distinct Irish component, the Scottish component is much stronger - and Cape Breton style has its own distinct identity anyway.

Winslow 

--- On Wed, 1/21/09, Ken Hildebrand <airmojoken@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Ken Hildebrand <airmojoken@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Looking for Traditional Irish Music
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx, winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 11:21 AM

Two others who play Irish (Celtic) music are:

James Thurgood
Steve Shaw

Excellent players who also frequent Harp-L.

Ken H in OH


--- On Wed, 1/21/09, Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Looking for Traditional Irish Music
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 9:21 AM
> Is Irish music like a car dealership where you can go in and
> order the
> colors and options from a list?
> 
> Or is it something that grows organically, where you find
> what you find what the players have already created before
> you try to make it conform to your ideas?
> 
> 
> 
> Tremolo is an important part of Irish harmonica (French
> Canadian, too, by the way). So is chordal playing.
> And Eddie Clarke was one of the most brilliant Irish
> harmonica trad
> players ever - on chromatic.
> 
> 
> 
> Some names:
> 
> 
> 
> James Conway
> 
> John Murphy (and the Murphy Family)
> 
> Noel Pepper
> 
> Mick Kinsella
> 
> 
> 
> You already know about Brendan Power and Rick Epping.
> 
> Winslow
> 
> Winslow Yerxa
> 
> Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5
> 
> --- On Wed, 1/21/09, James boutilier
> <jamesb@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: James boutilier <jamesb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Looking for Traditional Irish Music
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 7:23 AM
> 
> hey
> after a failed attempt to buy from an online musician, I
> thought I'd try
> ya'll in here before i say #$%^ it and stick with
> Youtube.
> 
> im just trying to find some Irish harmonica music like the
> kind id like to
> learn.
> 
> you wouldnt think it would be such a battle, but it has...
> 
> anyway,
> 
> im looking for "Traditional" Irish Harmonica.
> no chromatics
> no tremolo, etc...
> 
> just Diatonics 10 hole Irish Harmonica. Clean notes (not so
> much into
> Vamping/chording, probably cuz im not there yet)
> 
> It seems (if i got the terms right now) I like slower SLIP
> JIGS (more
> melancholy type?), and Air (droney type).
> 
> If that makes sense and anyone can suggest a CD, or a local
> mate that cut a CD
> or sends downloads or something, please lmk.
> 
> Note: I have used Search, etc.... and I checked the bunch
> from my last thread,
> but things like - Pigtown sounded too modern/mountainy?, I
> got ahold of Tommy
> Basker, but it's note a Pure Sound, it's more
> Vamping/chording.
> 
> Well, thanks in advance for any help anyone feels like
> throwing in.
> 
> Kindest,
> 
> jim
> 
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