A Bourrée for a Sunday night. Here’s 17 Hippies with a fabulous performance. 17 Hippies is a band from Berlin. I don’t know too much about them, but I understand they bring together an assortment of folk music traditions.
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French Polkas
These are a little different than the polka music we mostly hear in North America. This is Clive Williams. You may recall I posted one of his performances the other day. Now here’s Mike Smith playing a French polka on hurdy gurdy.
Bourrées
That was JackDiatonique. The bourrée is a French dance from the 17th century. Parts of the tune in the first video remind me of a Basques tune whose name I just can’t recall. Here’s Clive Williams… This next one has pipes and a big piano… Read More
French Schottisches
I’ve been thinking about French Schottisches and learning to play a few of them on my button accordion. Here are some lovely examples I found on YouTube. Here is some very nice playing by a fellow whose YouTube handle is TheUniversalGenius… Now let’s move from… Read More
Not all bagpipes are from Scotland or Ireland
Most of us think of Scottish music and the Great Highland Bagpipes or perhaps Irish music and the Uilleann Pipes when we think about bagpipes, but variations of the instrument have been played for centuries through a lot of Europe, as well as other areas… Read More
Who Stole the Kishka?
I’ve been teaching my button accordion student a little polka called the Bertha Polka and I wanted him to get a feel for some of the different approaches to attacking a polka, so we took a few minutes to surf around YouTube listening to some… Read More
Catching up
I realize I haven’t posted nearly enough accordion music lately and some readers will be disappointed. I’ll try to make it up to you with a Saturday morning Daily Dose. Here’s a fellow named Sean Folsom playing a 3-row chromatic button accordion from 1900. Now… Read More
King of the Nine String
Tonight’s Daily Dose features Big Joe Williams, the King of the Nine String guitar. Wait, he’s the only guy who played a nine string guitar. He modified a six string. That makes him the king.
Uke Bob Dylan Covers
I know you’ve been waiting for this…..a Daily Dose of Bob Dylan covers, all played on ukulele. I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more…. Most of the time… Make you feel my love… It ain’t me babe….
How to play the Hurdy Gurdy
Here’s Melissa the Loud also giving a demonstration She has a website too. I really appreciate her love of the less loved instruments and I think you’ll enjoy visiting her site. If you’re a folk music freak like me, be sure to check out her… Read More
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