Live Review: Bua

This month, I saw the Irish band Bua perform at Traditions Cafe in Olympia WA. Their lineup consists of four exceptional musicians all of which are originally from the Midwest, Brían Ó hAirt with vocals, sean-nós dancing, and concertina, Devin Sheperd on fiddle, Seán Gavin on flute, uilleann pipes, and whistle, and Brian Miller on Guitar …

Live Review: Lúnasa with Tim O’Brien

This concert from an exceptional lineup was the experience of a lifetime! The show began with the Grammy award-winning bluegrass mandolin player, fiddler, guitarist and singer Tim O'Brien doing about twenty minutes/half an hour minutes of songs. "We have some planned stuff and some unplanned stuff for you all tonight!" he said when he went onstage. …

Introduction April 2016

Hello all! Hope you enjoyed our old time month, with lots of good old time American music! We'll continue some of that this month, but we're mostly shifting back to our variety of music styles. This month we have also moved our archive to a page rather than a post as it had previously been, …

Musician of The Month April 2016

Every month, we choose different musician to praise and write about. This month, writer Eros Faulk tells us about fiddler/whistle player Colin Farrell. COLIN FARRELL Instruments: Fiddle, Tin Whistle. Albums: Make A Note, On the Move, The Young Irelanders (The Young Irelanders.), Mancunian Way (Ceile). Colin Farrell was born in Manchester, England into a very …

Tune Of The Month: April 2016

Splendid Isolation Time Signature: 4/4 Tune Type: Reel Key Signature: G minor Genre: Irish Composed By: Brendan McGlinchey Recordings: The Armagh Piper's Club: 40th anniversary album: Track 16: Beatha Ur On A Bhas/Splendid Isolation/The Singing Stream. Paul Kelly: A Mandolin Album: Track 6: The Minor Reels/The Lads Of Laois/The Otter’s Holt/McGlinchey’s. Sean Keane, Kevin Burke, Paddy Glackin …

Tracks Of The Month April 2016

River's Selections Pickin' The Devil's Eye Artist: Fiddlers Four Album: Fiddlers Four Length: 2:22 Composed By: Trad Notes: Pickin' The Devil's Eye is a great old time tune that as Bruce Molsky writes in the liner notes was first recorded by Enos Canoy and Jim Myers in 1939 for Alan Lomax. Enos Canoy played the …

Videos Of The Month April 2016

River's Selections  Téada with Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh - Opening Set Of Reels Gradam Ceoil 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MetUXD7YLsc Notes: This video starts off with images of the Gradam Ceoil trophy, which quickly cuts to footage of the streets of Cork, and a man selling copies of the newspaper Evening Echo. Then Téada's Bodhran player Tristan Rosenstock comes up and …

Song: An Buachaillín Bán

This version is as sung by Karan Casey. It is also played without words as a slow air. First I have the Gaelic lyrics, then I have an English translation.    Ta mo chroí-se go tláth lag 'S i lár mo chuid saothair Tagann lán tocht im chléibhse Cé nár mhéin liom é rá Tá …

Tour Dates April 2016

The Gloaming   04 JUN THE GLOAMING THE KENNEDY CENTER Washington, DC http://www.thegloaming.net 21 SEP THE GLOAMING COLSTON HALL Bristol, UK http://www.thegloaming.net 22 SEP THE GLOAMING ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL London, UK http://www.thegloaming.net 23 SEP THE GLOAMING BRIDGEWATER HALL Manchester, UK http://www.thegloaming.net 24 SEP THE GLOAMING USHER HALL Edinburgh, UK http://www.thegloaming.net 25 SEP THE GLOAMING SYMPHONY …

Coming Up From Beyond Tunes

Here are some posts to be published in the coming weeks from Beyond Tunes: May 2016 Issue CD Review: Foghorn Stringband Rattlesnake Tidal Wave CD Review: 2 (The Gloaming) Thanks for reading, and stay posted for publications from Beyond Tunes Blog!