I don’t know how many of you delve into the clips archive. I only do it when I’m so busy at work that I buckle under the pressure and do nothing when I really should be working (surely I’m not alone).
Anyway, the set features Markus, who posts here sometimes, but I also loved the fiddle playing on the first track. Markus certainly likes to give the Hammy a blast, you can really hear him digging in. The second tune is a great tune - I must re-learn it.
Hope you enjoy it. I must get back to work - damn, look at the time, I’d better just go home!
I don’t know how many of you delve into the clips archive. I only do it when I’m so busy at work that I buckle under the pressure and do nothing when I really should be working (surely I’m not alone).
We are all goofing off, that is why we are visiting the site!
Anyway, the set features Markus, who posts here sometimes, but I also loved the fiddle playing on the first track. Markus certainly likes to give the Hammy a blast, you can really hear him digging in. The second tune is a great tune - I must re-learn it.
Sounds great!
Hope you enjoy it. I must get back to work - damn, look at the time, I’d better just go home!
ot over yet for us on the “Left Coast” of the US of A…
If I remember correctly, the 2nd tune is Spindle shanks, which is somewhat a classic back home in Helsinki. (I’m in Limerick until July..) Once you’ve picked it up, you’ll have a great way of getting up a certain boxplayer’s nose if you ever visit the O’Malley’s’ session in Helsinki. A great bloke who seems to know all the tunes but not like them all. Just follow it up with Christmas Eve and tell him I said hi.
Flutes made by Hammy Hamilton. They’re classic large-holed flutes, nicely optimized for honking and playing Irish music in general. Deirdre Havlin, erstwhile of Deanta, plays them; she shows that not only can they honk, but they can sing pretty well too.
I just dragged my Hammy out the other day, and was blown away by how sweet and easy-blowing the high register is. I’d forgotten, and it’s been to my detriment!
I like these too. The Fairbanks crowd plays the first tune there, the Paddy Fahy’s reel in G major. It’s been one of my favorites for a year or more. Martin Hayes recorded it as a slow reel, beautifully. Does anyone else play this one? How fast?
That Hammy does sound great. Just makes me want one even more. I think Danu does that second tune but calles it a different name which I can’t remember right now. Great playing.
