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Out of curiosity, how do you get on with the absence of an in-tune OXXOOO Cnat? John Sindt is a scholar and a gentleman, and a MASTER craftsman. His work is awesome and the value of his work is superb. But... I wish he would offer an alternative version. We wound up selling ours to a very good home...

Looking forward to the Nighttown gig in Cleveland Heights, OH. here's a link (but ya gotta scroll wayyyyy down) http://www.jwpjazz.com/nighttown/nighttown_special_events.html 12387 Cedar Road (top of Cedar Hill) Cleveland Heights, OH Tickets/reservations 216-795-0550 http://www.nighttowncleveland.com

The New Celtic Revival radio program welcomes world class button accordion player and composer, John Whelan for an interview on WBGU 88.1 FM this Monday (August 24, 2009) at noon. Although John was born in England, his father Denis was from Wexford in County Clare, Ireland. As John grew up he won nu...

Therefore, it is, by definition a whistle, right?

OK, here's my entry...

"I just found this whistle on ebay and I wonder if anyone could identify it for me?

Dale, any ideas?"

I just came across this article on MSNBC. http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/06/24/1976108.aspx http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/090624-bone-flute-coslog-11a.jpg If you follow the link, you can even hear audio of it being played! (Or a reconstruction actually, but clo...

I just got the word that Aaron Jones will be calling into my show this coming Monday May 18, 2009! We'll be talking about all things OBD and his new project with 2 Duos ("Till the Cows Come Home.") :D My show is from noon until 3:00 PM EDT I hope that everyone will tune in. The best way is...

I'm hoping that everyone from NW Ohio who's into really traditional Irish music will be certain to attend the workshops,concert, dancing and session this Sunday.

It's going to be a great event. And we really don't get musicians of this caliber in our area very often!

from Bob Midden and Mary Dennis: On Sunday, April 26 we will be hosting workshops, a concert, dance, and a session with internationally renowned musicians, Randal Bays, Dave Marshall and Aine Meenaghan and famed set dance instructor, Anne McCallum. Randal Bays and Dave Marshall are a fiddle and guit...

Ah, yes what a night Greenfields with Liz and John. Wish I could be there.

I will ask Liz but I haven't heard of any. Liz tells me that the reception for the President has been moved the the U.S. Capitol building (more room.) John and Liz will be doing a phone interview on my radio show on the day before, Monday Marcy 16, 2009, between noon and 2:00 PM Eastern U.S. Time. T...

John Doyle and Liz Carroll will be playing for the President of the USA and the Taoiseach of Ireland at the White House on St. Patrick's Day. I'm so happy, I could burst.

Sorry. :oops: Under the terms of our webcasting license, we can't archive or podcast any copyrighted material. So what I'll have to start doing is making a recording of original material (i.e interviews) without any recorded music, and make those available... assuming that the interviewees don't obj...

My VERY special guests on my show tomorrow Monday Feb 23, 2009 will be Karan Casey and Kevin Crawford.

You can tune in online at http://wbgufm.com or over itunes. From noon until 2:00 PM EST (5:00 PM until 7:00 PM GMT.)

A long time ago, either Frank Zappa (or Martin Mull) said that "Writing about music, is like dancing about architecture." :D Same with describing the sound of a whistle. There is someone I know around here, who is a single malt whiskey maven and he sounds JUST like your example, to my igno...