On Saturday November 10, I’ll be back at Yachats Celtic Festival with Dan Compton for a return performance–on the main stage evening concert. We’ll be sharing that stage with Aoife Clancy (Co. Tipperary, Ireland) and Town Pants (Vancouver, BC). Should be a great night! I’ll also lead a late-morning workshop on fiddle tunes from Round Peak (Galax, VA and Mt. Airy, NC)…there will be a lot of music, song, and dance in Yachats Nov. 9-11, a great line-up of performers, and plenty of sessions. Hope to see you there!
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Quebec Tune of the Month for Oct. 2012: Reel Saint-Paul
Here is a great old classic reel from Québec which is widely played by fiddlers and accordion players alike. En avant la musique!
Reel Saint-Paul (dance speed, mp3)[wpdm_file id=115]
Reel Saint-Paul (sheet music)[wpdm_file id=116]
Old-Time Tune of the Month for Oct. 2012: Salt River
Here is a great old “barn burner” of a tune from Galax-area fiddler Norman S. Edmonds (1889-1976). “Uncle” Norm, as he was known locally, was a very active musician in his community of Hillsville, Virginia, passing along tunes learned from his father and grandfather to his son and grandson and the world at large.
You can hear some of Norm Edmond’s music on the CDs Normand Edmonds and the Old Timers, Vols. 1 and 2, available from The Field Recorder’s Collective. Edmonds is accompanied by The Old Timers, with Rufus Quesinberry on banjo and his sons John, Cecil and Paul Edmonds on guitars. The selections were gathered from 15 minute programs made from January to September 1958 for Galax radio. The Old Timers Show, recorded by Edmond’s son Rush, began in the mid 1950s and was on the air for fifteen minutes every Saturday morning until circa 1970.
Salt River (dance speed, mp3) [wpdm_file id=112]
Salt River (sheet music, pdf)[wpdm_file id=113]