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The concert and whole weekend was WONDERFUL. And I had a blast at McGurks on Sunday. I actually overheard a very INTERESTING converstation between a very well known whistle maker and Ms Bergin regarding choice of instruments. All in all it was a fabulous weekend. As there were available Burkes and C...

I actually have both a Harper non tunable D and a Burke, as well as a copeland. I am not a great player, nor am I an expert on trad music. The Harper has a very disticintive sounds.......and is quite beautiful. Many dont like the thick blade but I find it very comfortable and like a substancial whis...

The thing is that the OT converstation are generally ALWAYS marked as such, and the topic is clear. We can ALL exercise our choice. If we dont wish to read OT subjects, OR certain subjects......we don't have to open them. Ultimatly we can always just NOT read them if we dont like them, just as we ca...

make music not war

WARNING WARNING TAYLOR SALE!!! Ok.........thanks for the warning Jim, guess I have to stay out of Music Folk till they finish this up........(Go,,NO,,,but they are on SALE,the martins are lonely, I have deficits in the collection, only have one twelve..they probably have a nice twelve,hmmmm i hear t...

Just wanted to thank those who mentioned Delores Keane, with the description of her contralto voice. I was not familiar with her (being new to traditional music). With so many recommendations I splurged on a few CD's I encountered. LOVELY. There are not very many contralto singers who become popular...

Just began the harp around Christmas. O'Carolan recommendation is seconded. Plaxty Irwin is good with harp and whistle as are many of the others. Many of the airs work great too, the air version of the star of the county down sounds GREAT with whistle and harp. HAVE FUN

I will be there. I took the workshop last year with Grey Larson. Great teacher. The only problem is there is a REALLY big jump between the beginner and the intermediate class. But everyone was very nice and relaxed. Hope to see some C&F's there.

guess its a bad case of M.I.O.A. here. Multiple musical instrument obsessive acquistion disorder. I seem to keep aquiring guitars, whistles, and banjos. And NO, I dont resist the guitars any better than the whistles.

That the is REALLY cool Craig.

Wonder why is some folks are always involved in controversy? oooops I needs me spell cheek.

a midi file of the tune and the words is posted in mudcats digitraditionl data base. Its a lovely air, and I love the snip of dave playing it...listen to it quite often.

I confess to WHOA, GAS and........yes even BAD (banjo aquistion disorder)

I just LOVE a copper whistle

The Tune to Bold Fenian Men was a song used in Rio Grande, a John Wayne movie does that count? How about Johnny Has Gone For a Soldier and Shula Aroon, Shule Agra ???? (ARGGGGGH KANT SPELL)hmmmmmm Garyowen......was used by the calvary division under Custer. Sounds like an INTERESTING project...any c...

Yes, I too have had the horrible whistle clog problem. Unfortunatly, my FAVORITE whistle (burke WBB brass) clogs VERY easily, to the point of sometimes being impossible to get through a tune. The periodically sucking suggestion is not sufficient as ......well I would miss an awful lot of the tune. I...