Category: Music

I used to play “Sir John Fenwick” on my hammered dulcimer with a friend who played a mountain dulcimer. Bruce Charlton has some notes on the history behind the tune.

A rarity by Malcom Dalglish, Grey Larsen and Pete Sutherland, back before they named themselves “Metamora.” This was a cassette-only release.

Continue reading “Tune of the day #199”

For those who like to count.

Yardbirds fans should recognize this tune. It was originally recorded by Tiny Brandshaw.

A bit of Irish/French/Canadian music, with Larsen on flute and Marchand on voice, guitar and feet.

A different flavor of fusion, with Scott Henderson, Gary Willis, Kirk Covington and Scott Kinsey.

Chick Corea in an acoustic mood, with Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola and Lenny White.

Exploring the Irish roots of Japanese music — or is it the other way around?

An old fiddle tune, done a bit differently.

Some jazz-funk to wake you up. Randy Brecker, sax, and Micheal Brecker, trumpet, were part of Dreams and worked with Todd Rundgren and Frank Zappa, among others.

If I had to pick just one of Schubert’s works, it would be this one.

If you heard a piano on a British record from the later ’60’s, the chances are that either Rick Wakeman or Nicky Hopkins was playing it.

Before there was CCR, there was Dale Hawkins.

I made several hammered dulcimers in years past. Dalglish was one of the musicians I listened to while figuring out how to play the things.

Another forgotten ’60’s band. This one features guitarist Paul Cotton, who would later join Poco.

Carl Maria von Weber wrote “Aufforderung zum Tanz” in 1819. Berlioz orchestrated it in 1841. That orchestration was used by Michel Fokine for the ballet Le Spectre de la Rose.¹ Karl Tausig, probably Liszt’s most brilliant student, took Weber’s “Invitation to the Dance” and made it a virtuoso showpiece.

I figure most bloggers are posting jigs and reels today, so here are the nocturnes of Irish pianist John Field. The video should start with the “Nocturne in B-flat major, H.37,” which I played when I was first learning the piano, but they’re all worth hearing.

There was no escape from the original back in ancient times, and I’m sick of it. Driscoll, Auger and company make the tune listenable.

… and this makes six months of daily tunes. There are six more months to come.

It’s too soon to say that Mancuso is one of the greats, but he is pretty good and worth keeping track of.

The queen of rockabilly, with Roy Clark on guitar.