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Latest NewsNovember 10, 2008
The 'Cap' of Kevin Burke's Solo Canon: Fiddler's Second Solo Recording Ranks First
CEOL - By Earle Hitchner
What do the Beatles's "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" in 1967 and Irish traditional fiddler Kevin Burke's "If the Cap Fits" in 1978 have in common?
The first partially influenced the second.
Before I explain why, I want to expose, once and for all, a dirty little secret about the impact of the Bothy Band, of which Burke was a member, on Irish traditional music from the middle to late 1970s. It was rock-and-roll. A key, usually overlooked ingredient in the enormously influential sound of the Bothy Band was its rhythm, and that came from Donal Lunny on bouzouki and guitar and Micheal O Domhnaill on guitar.
I can hear all the trad-heads and purists out there screaming "sacrilege" and "heresy." But in a recent interview I did with Lunny, now residing in Japan, he admitted that rock-and-roll shaped his... more
November 5, 2008
his five favorite Trad Bands. Among the list are Lunasa, The Bothy Band, and Dervish. The post includes some nifty video as well, check is out here.
September 11, 2008
A living room concert with Solas who will play tracks from their new CD, For Love and Laughter, will be broadcast on Echos Radio on Thursday, September 29th.
Check here to find out where you can hear Echoes near you.
May 21, 2008
The Indie Acoustic Project is proud to announce the winners of the IAP's "Best CDs of 2007" Awards. The winners in each of 15 categories were selected from among the 3 finalists in each category. It is the position of the IAP that all of the 45 CDs selected as finalists were in fact the 45 Best CDs of 2007. Accordingly, it was extremely difficult to determine the "winner" for each category, as all of the finalist CDs were outstanding in their own rights. But, since our award process is (loosely) modeled on the Oscar and Grammy Awards, a winner is expected to be chosen. Picking a winner also makes it easier to publicize the musicians: most publications are more likely to make note of 15 CDs winning an award than they are to write an article announcing all 45 finalists.
The process for determining the finalists was difficult enough: the finalists were selected from the ever-growing multitudes of CDs considered for the awards. As always, the quality of the CDs submitted was... more
May 19, 2008
Welcome back to the "staff picks" shelf at The Riff. Fresh off production of our July/August issue, we're happy to be playing some music.
1. You've heard it before, but not like this. "Cotton Eyed Joe" in its true Appalachian splendor—one fiddle, one voice. A New Yorker by origin, Bruce Molsky travels deep in the backwoods of America collecting tunes and learning technique from porch-sittin' old-timers. An immaculate musician, in this track, Molsky nails the true scratchin' style of old-timey music—complete with quarter tones and double stops, he fiddles and sings at the same time.
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