birlibirdie’s one thousand, six hundred and thirty-nine comments

Lastly, and since you pride yourself on exact definitions http://www.thesession.org/tunes/1004/comments#comment649039 more…

Hexatonic is right. more…

Weejie? ;-) -Leave an let leave! more…

The first part reminded me right away of a tune I heard on the bagpipe: but where, when and by whom? It's all come back to me now: It was Daimh playing the Antrim Rose http://www.thesession.org/tunes/3049 (which I first heard in Co. Antrim at that... more…

How many good tunes are buried in this archive cause everybody have their nose poised on the latest arrivals? more…

Here's an example of a tune whose name matters: It forces you to hear -and play, of course- in a certain way. Program music has always helped keeping or building the rapport with the audience. more…

Nice tune Aidan! Nice and... not so easy! A bit of a finger-crosser on tin-whistle that one! (part2 bar3) more…

sounds dorian to me thought there isn't one single 6th in this beautiful heptatonic reel. more…

Darach in his own words about his tunes and his contribution to the album: http://www.thesession.org/discussions/505/comments#comment13519 more…

We can't hope to capture that energy in written, but, what the hey, here's an impressionistic interpretation of John McSherry's interpretation of the tune... more…