Some days, my usual diet of folky-dolky music won’t do. Here’s the late Hasil (pronounced Hassle) Adkins performing his not so big tune, The Hunch. Mr. Adkins, known as The Haze, was a one man band tour de force, often considered to be the father… Read More
Time to feature Mac Beattie featuring various great Canadian fiddlers… What a delightful piece!
Somehow, I posted a lengthy list of train songs a while back without including the late Handsome Ned performing Steel Rail Blue. That just isn’t right. I thought about this tune because I have been writing in this space about my days living in a… Read More
Mr. Edwards played a lifetime of blues. He was 96.
Here’s a lovely schottische Istumbled upon on YouTube, played on a two-row diatonic.
Regular readers know that I have a music student. I’ve been teaching him to play the triple row diatonic button accordion, and he’s coming along well. The button accordion is a folk instrument and in many cultures the normal way of teaching and learning it… Read More
Wayfaring Stranger is a British folk tune from the 18th Century. There are countless recorded versions. Here’s some I enjoy. Jack White Bill Monroe, solo and finally, Tennessee Ernie Ford
Last night I found myself out on a boat cruise in Toronto Harbour. Here’s a view of the city from the lake… I was there to support my nephew Luke who is a guitar picker in a band called Slaves 2 Debt. That’s Luke over… Read More
All good things must come to an end, include my little list of drinking songs. I hardly scratched the surface really, but hopefully you enjoyed the ones I selected. For Drinking Song #50, I’ve selected The Killer performing What’s Made Milwaukee Famous (has made a… Read More
Drinking song #49 is Parlez Nous A Boire (Let’s talk about drinking…not marriage) Sending this one out to any Cajuns or Acadians out there this evening.
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