Programme: ComhaltasLive #204: More music from America
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- ComhaltasLive #204 - 7: Ottawa Session
Large Session from the 2005 Comhaltas Convention in Ottawa.
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- ComhaltasLive #204 - 6: Dennis Alexander
A solo by fiddle-maker Dennis Alexander from Ottawa - two old reels: “The Peeler’s Jacket” and “The Star of Munster.”
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- ComhaltasLive #204 - 5: James Stephens
Two jigs composed by fiddle player James Stephens from Ottawa - a slip-jig called “The Homeless Jig” and a double-jig: “The Golden Hills”. James is joined on concertina by Greg Brown from Newfoundland.
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- ComhaltasLive #204 - 4: Conor McGurk
A selection of reels by the 2004 All-Ireland piano accordion champion Conor McGurk from Queens, New York. The first reel in the key of ‘c’ was a great favourite of fiddle player Andy McGann.
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- ComhaltasLive #204 - 3: John Dahms and Jeremy Keddy
A fiddle and Uilleann Pipes duet by John Dahms and Jeremy Keddy, respectively, both from Ottawa, Canada. They play a selection of reels ending with “The Curragh Races” which is this week’s tutorial.
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- ComhaltasLive #204 - 2: Dennis Alexander
From Ottawa, Dennis Alexander is one of the great fiddle makers in Canada. here Dennis plays two old jigs commencing with “Apples in Winter”.
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- ComhaltasLive #204 - 1: Session
One of the many sessions of impromptu music at the Comhaltas North America convention in Ottawa in April 2005.