There’s a new recording of a set of reels culminating with John In The Fog on youtube. They’re played on a boxwood Eb flute made by Tom Aebi. The URL is: www.youtube.com/watch?V-RVn7IRuhlwo&feature=channel
If that doesn’t work putting Mat Walklate in the search box should locate it.
Thanks and welcome. But there’s no link there, and a search just returns a bunch of stuff. How about a working link, so no one has to guess. Not sure I understand the reason for this post anyway.
I micro-reviewed a CD of Mat’s a while back (Sept 09) for Taplas magazine… (that’s not a link to the review, which isn’t available on-line, just to the mag’s website) - as it was a micro-review, I doubt anyone will object to me pasting it here:
Manchester based, Mat Walklate is a very talented player of flutes, whistles, uillean pipes and harmonicas. This delightful self-produced album is great value at 16 tracks/nearly 63 minutes. Material is mostly traditional Irish, a few self-penned tunes and a couple of songs. The supporting cast of musicians is excellent. Mat’s sense of melody and pace is well judged as are the arrangements. Very enjoyable. There’s a lot of multi-tracking to use/showcase his multi-instrumental prowess and there are a few lapses of synchronicity - and indeed a few places where lead instrument timing wanders a little and retakes might have been advisable, but these don’t detract significantly from a generally well done album. Most of the playing is technically exemplary as well as artistically tasteful and satisfying. This album’s worth more than a microview, really. Recommended.
(Disclaimer: I have no commercial interest here or any connection with Mat - don’t think I’ve even met him at any Manchester sessions…)
Beautifully played Mwalklate, boxwood certainly has something about it, to my ears anyway, and Toms skillfull craftsmanship as well, I wonder do most accomplished players or not so accomplished have a boxwood flute in there gig bags, I have a few recorders made of box and apart from the sound, the color and feel of boxwood is very nice, prone to warpage I know, the few that come up for sale seem to sell quite quick like the recent Noy boxwood and amber, and I think there is a murray keyed up on ebay at the moment, both of which have warps.