tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968542165299439860.post1174511355413457832..comments2023-05-17T10:00:57.951+01:00Comments on Ceol Álainn: Peter Browne - The Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Master: Pádraig O'Keeffe (1993)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968542165299439860.post-7172776536140986802010-01-08T00:43:43.743+00:002010-01-08T00:43:43.743+00:00That's it. Polkas, in my opinion, opens the SC...That's it. Polkas, in my opinion, opens the SC's sound to a more european feel (you see, even a slow air like The Wounded Huzzar, as it's second title also implies, is european "inspired" - at least in it's theme). About the scottish tunes it seems that Johnny Cope as a polka (O'Keefe recorded and I also listened on the album you posted here from Denis Doody) was a favorite there - I always knew it as the jacobite song the Tannahill Weaver's recorded!<br /><br />I think that this variety of tunes is great to keep my ears fresh and fully interested listening to a whole album (and I guess it's the same in sessions).Well, maybe after spend some months in Ireland ( - not in the SC) I will return as a "reel converted" lol. 'Till then I quite enjoy the richness of polkas, hornpipes, slow airs (love'em), jigs and reels together (at least O'Keefe played lots of reels too - as the text mentioned). Up the Blackwater! lol<br /><br />I got what you mean about the apalachian style - though I dont know if I'd de able to distinguish D. Murphy's playing from another non-SC's old time irish fiddler player (I think I would distinguish only Donegal's more straight and stacatto playing - I'm still a great filistine in irish music :)<br /><br />All The Best,<br /><br />Tiago.that's all folk!https://www.blogger.com/profile/04738507992647501637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968542165299439860.post-34269839786020743062010-01-07T16:38:10.770+00:002010-01-07T16:38:10.770+00:00It's interesting that you should mention the E...It's interesting that you should mention the European and Scottish influences on this music, and it's certainly true in terms of the repertoire: European polkas were introduced in the mid-Eighteenth Century, and there are many Scottish marches which have been turned into polkas. But in terms of other musical traditions, I would say that Sliabh Luachra fiddling from this period shares much with the music of the Appalachians. Listen to the Denis Murphy recording and you'll se what I mean. It's an interesting coincidence, or a fascinating yet unexplained relationship...<br /><br />And you are, as always, very welcome.Dragut Reishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01256728779381297103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968542165299439860.post-11222162228939035512010-01-07T01:21:54.037+00:002010-01-07T01:21:54.037+00:00What a good text - and what a guy that Padraig O&#...What a good text - and what a guy that Padraig O'Keeffe: "For much of his life Pádraig has no fiddle, except one which he left out in the rain during a session" lol<br /><br />Of all the irish regions the music that I am most fond of is the Sliabh Luachra's. I like the variety os styles, the blend of the irish tradition with a european or scottish mood...<br /><br />By the way, I just listened to the O'Keefe's recording (mentioned in the text) of the Wounded Huzzar (The Banks Of The Danube).What a beuatiful record. Very haunting and full of soul. A very unique slow air playing , indeed!<br /><br />Well, thanks for the textes and records. Nice to see the blog back on tracks!that's all folk!https://www.blogger.com/profile/04738507992647501637noreply@blogger.com