A few months ago, when I was looking for Scots-Irish music, I got the book A Dossan of Heather: Irish traditional music from Packie Manus Byrne of Donegal, compiled and edited by Jean Duval and C&F’s own Stephen Jones (StevieJ). I came to love the book so much that I asked Steve if I could write about it on the board. At about the same time, I also got a copy of the CD Phenigma, named for both a tune on the CD and the band that Steve, Jean Duval, and others played in from 1990-1996. It’s a tasty and wonderful CD and includes some tunes that were later included in A Dossan of Heather, so I decided to write about both of them together. Both are treasures.
I’ve posted my comments on the whistle board but wanted folks here to know too.
Carol