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Gee.... come back from delivering newpapers this morning looking for something to toast the toes by to find this. And what better thing to toast your toes by..a large flame. Sorry, couldn't resist it. Bill if you're lurking...sorry to see you've been pushed out (too). But, you had something to offe...

I just got an e-mail from Muireann (copied below), which is not good news for those wanting to buy her CD. However, I hear that there are some copies still available in the Muisc shop near 'Dick Mac's' pub, at the top of the hill, opposite the church, in Dingle (Co. Kerry). By the way, that 'Rumsfel...

I was lucky enough to be in the audience, last night, for TG4's Gala music awards ceremony at the University of Limerick. The fiddler John Carty was awarded 'Musician of the Year'. Other awards went to Frank Harte, for his work in collating and singing traditional Irish songs. Kerry Box player Johnn...

Tony wrote:What part of this has to do with Uilleann ??

I was wondering about that too. The word 'Uilleann' refers to the elbow (as in the bits that pump the bag and the bellows).

If you can get your elbow in there Brian, I'll be well impressed!

Steve

I just wasted 20 minutes. I don't know what Maalox is, which made reading the rest of it pointless.

Do you know a version that is politically correct written in universal English?



Steve

Steven wrote:Actually, my Webster's New College Dictionary gives both pronunciations of Quay, key and kay.

Ah, but wasn't Mr Webster American?

Okay, now I have to ask you guys something. I have a running feud with a guy in my band about the word "quay." He claims that in some parts of Ireland, its pronounced KAY. Why? Because the chorus from Star of the County Down. "From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay" Jay-zus , not an...

Royce wrote:Had an Overton. Had the very first Overton.

And I always thought that it was Finbar Fury who had the very first Overton. Just goes to show how wrong we can be.

Steve

Hey, guys, can't you leave your private feuds in the cloakroom? Or just go out the street, by the canal, and get it straight? While we're in a semantic phase in this thread, Doesn't the word feud imply a pluralism? As in, it takes two to feud (and tango). I'm not feuding, and as far as I can see ne...

Hi Jessie, and thank you. Shanna Quay has always been 2 words when I've spelt it. Obviously, the website name runs into one, and there lies the confusion (for a few others) I think. The Irish word Seanachai is used to denote a story-teller. I use a phonetic version of it. Quay (say: key) is a place ...

Shanna Quay has it on extremely good authority, that production of the O'Briain Low Whistle - all keys - will seriously decline from now on, and into the foreseeable future. This is due to Cillian concentrating on making pipes (his main business) at least for the time being. The excellent High D Imp...

The English folk singer, Kate Rusby has been around for about 10 years now. But, for some reason, I had never heard her voice (at least not that I could remember) until last night. I urge you to try and clap your ears on the track 'Underneath The Stars' from her new CD of the same name? It is outsta...

Are the Meg and Sweetone the same whistle, or is there supposed to be some mysterious difference? John The Meg and the Sweetone share the same design, but they are manufactured differently. The Sweetones, as far as I know, are made in the UK (still) and the Megs are made in China. I was also told b...

Paddy Bush is a close friend of a friend of mine, John Ryan (not Sean Ryan). John is studying Irish Trad. Music (with whistle as his first instrument) at the World Irish Music Centre, in Limerick. I'm seeing John next week, and I'll see if he can throw any light on it. I might persuade him to ask Pa...

Good Point about the C, Brian (nice to see you again, by the way!)

I'm talking to Cillian again next week, and I'll mention it...again.

Steve