Re: stylistic difference between old and modern tunes
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 11:30 pm
Has it?PB+J wrote:When did the banjo enter into the family of acceptable instruments for Irish traditional music?
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Re: stylistic difference between old and modern tunes
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 2:24 pm
I know a banjo player who says he likes sitting next to accordionists. Makes the banjo sound "almost delicate", he says.benhall.1 wrote:Has it?PB+J wrote:When did the banjo enter into the family of acceptable instruments for Irish traditional music?
Actually, I've heard some unusually compelling Trad banjo on occasion, especially one time by Larry Nugent's sister, recorded on cassette tape in a kitchen. Before then I never imagined one could squeeze emotion out of a banjo, but she sure did it. Must run in the blood.
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Re: stylistic difference between old and modern tunes
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2018 1:03 pm
B part of the Spring Well sure sounds like the C part of the Farranfore jig on John Skelton and Kieran O'Hare's "Two-Tone" album...