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nuadha_prime asked me about seven of my interests (from my LJ profile):
Genticorum is a lovely French-Canadian trio we've met several times. Very unusually for a Quebecois band, they have a flute player, but for some reason I've spent more time hanging around with their fiddler, Pascal Gemme.
Chulrua is another trio of traditional musicians that we've spent time and taken workshops from, this time Irish-style musicians living in the Midwest -- here's a nice video. (They are named after Finn McCool's dog.) I think Patrick Ourceau (their fiddler) was the first fiddle player whose class I ever sat in, and I've learned many more tunes from him since.
Celtic College is a natural follow-on from Chulrua, as that's where I met Patrick. It's a week-long program in Goderich, Ontario that happens every August. It offers great opportunities to learn from top-notch traditional musicians from a variety of different "Celtic" traditions, and to have eight nights in a row of great sessions. I've gone five times now, and studied with people like Peter Horan, Frank Maher, Liz Carroll, Loretto Reid, Patrick Ourceau, Christina Smith, Pascal Gemme, Andre Brunet, Nancy Kerr, etc.
Emile Benoit (1913-1992) was a terrific fiddler and tunesmith from the French-speaking portion of Newfoundland. We've learned a bunch of his tastefully crooked tunes over the years, and "Jim Hodder's" is a particular favorite. Most recently I learned "Ryan's Fancy Arriving" (though off of a Graham Wells recording rather than this one).
Goderich is the location of the Celtic College and Celtic Roots Festival, as mentioned above. It's a beautiful little town on the Canadian side of Lake Huron -- you can easily walk down from the festival and take a pleasant swim at the beach.
James Morrison -- "The Professor" -- is one of the "big three" fiddlers from Sligo who had a successful recording career in New York City back in the 78rpm era. As such he is one of the key figures in the history of my beloved music from South Sligo.
Marine City on the beautiful St Clair River is my hometown. There have been Fosters there for about 120 years now, ever since my great-great grandfather picked up his family and moved there from Ontario.
Genticorum is a lovely French-Canadian trio we've met several times. Very unusually for a Quebecois band, they have a flute player, but for some reason I've spent more time hanging around with their fiddler, Pascal Gemme.
Chulrua is another trio of traditional musicians that we've spent time and taken workshops from, this time Irish-style musicians living in the Midwest -- here's a nice video. (They are named after Finn McCool's dog.) I think Patrick Ourceau (their fiddler) was the first fiddle player whose class I ever sat in, and I've learned many more tunes from him since.
Celtic College is a natural follow-on from Chulrua, as that's where I met Patrick. It's a week-long program in Goderich, Ontario that happens every August. It offers great opportunities to learn from top-notch traditional musicians from a variety of different "Celtic" traditions, and to have eight nights in a row of great sessions. I've gone five times now, and studied with people like Peter Horan, Frank Maher, Liz Carroll, Loretto Reid, Patrick Ourceau, Christina Smith, Pascal Gemme, Andre Brunet, Nancy Kerr, etc.
Emile Benoit (1913-1992) was a terrific fiddler and tunesmith from the French-speaking portion of Newfoundland. We've learned a bunch of his tastefully crooked tunes over the years, and "Jim Hodder's" is a particular favorite. Most recently I learned "Ryan's Fancy Arriving" (though off of a Graham Wells recording rather than this one).
Goderich is the location of the Celtic College and Celtic Roots Festival, as mentioned above. It's a beautiful little town on the Canadian side of Lake Huron -- you can easily walk down from the festival and take a pleasant swim at the beach.
James Morrison -- "The Professor" -- is one of the "big three" fiddlers from Sligo who had a successful recording career in New York City back in the 78rpm era. As such he is one of the key figures in the history of my beloved music from South Sligo.
Marine City on the beautiful St Clair River is my hometown. There have been Fosters there for about 120 years now, ever since my great-great grandfather picked up his family and moved there from Ontario.