I’ve been listening to a bunch of fiddle jigs, because I’m learning one called Little Burnt Potato, or La P’tite Patate Brûlée. I’m listening to a bunch of them so I can get my little brain around the different bowing choices. Of course tunes like… Read More
I’ve been trying to listen to as much fiddle music as I can because I think listening a lot will help me become stronger on the instrument. Recently I came across some videos featuring a fiddler from Seattle named Vivian Williams. I have really been… Read More
Joey Quinones & Thee Sinseers on KEXP via YouTube
The new episode of The Agency is up! Listen here or find it in all the good podcast places. Regina King’s directorial debut of ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI is a must see according to Candy. I revisit two David Fincher movies. What do songwriting, memory,… Read More
“All American music is Black American Music.” Desiree Cannon I found this video on the Western AF YouTube channel….lots of great music over there.
I’m having enough trouble learning fiddle. This crazy-beautiful instrument seems like a nightmare of complexity. I like it though!
Free books are available at the 27th Street Book Box, located in front of our place Twenty Seventh, about half a block north of Lake Prom, here in Toronto’s Long Branch neighbourhood. There has been more than the usual amount of activity and turnover at… Read More
Check out Sierra Farrell’s music on YouTube….
Tuffy P asked me to dig through our massive photo archives to find a particular photo from a few years ago. While digging around in there I was stopped in my tracks by this photo of our handsome Newf George.
I’ve been listening to various versions of a tune called Sandy Boys because I’m learning to play it on fiddle. I came across this odd, slow, haunting version on YouTube performed by the Lazy Goat Stringband. Often you hear Sandy Boys as an instrumental but… Read More
27th Street 