Swedish tunes on the Nyckelharpa…posted by gabimaas
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Off the mainstream and into the ditch?
A few months ago, a friend of mine said, “hey Eugene, you just like music that is outside the mainstream just because it’s outside the mainstream.” I protested. “No I don’t think so, I just like what I like.” After some consideration though, I wonder… Read More
Sustain
My experience at the Mid-west Banjo camp kick-started my learning and since I returned home I’ve wanted to play and play and play. With that kind of immersion experience you get exposed to a lot of ideas, but most of them require plenty of practice… Read More
How music works
I just finished reading How Music Works, the 2012 book by David Byrne. I’d like to thank Hobie Post up front for recommending this excellent read. For those who saw the name of the author and immediately thought the question, yes, it is by THAT… Read More
T-Model Ford
At one time I listened to a lot of blues music. Back in the early 80s when I was in university, I would go into the listening room at the York U library and sign out all sorts of obscure blues records, and sit down… Read More
The Log Jam Song
I like log driving songs almost as much as I like train songs. Here’s legendary Canadian songwriter Wade Hemsworth. Here’s my favourite of Mr. Hemsworth’s tunes, The Land of the Muskeg Of course he also wrote the Log Driver’s Waltz and the Blackfly Song, both… Read More
Valerie June
Tuffy P came across Valerie June’s music recently and we’ve been giving her recording, Pushin’ Against a Stone a good listen. She sings with a lot of confidence, strums guitar and uke, and carries around enough hair for 5 or 6 performers. I think maybe… Read More
Just because nobody writes songs about trains anymore….
…doesn’t mean we should forget all about the great train songs we have…. Tonight I’d like to feature some songs about train wrecks.Let’s start with Vernon Dalhart performing Wreck of the Old 97 from 1924… I was just 3 when the great Hank Snow recorded… Read More
Salty Dog Blues
Let’s enjoy a Daily Dose of the Salty Dog blues tonight, starting with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs… Johnny Cash… Doc Watson (with dancing)
Diggy Liggy Lo
Here’s the Savoy Family Band for a Saturday night…
27th Street 