Christmas Eve’s three hundred comments

Thanks for posting this, Dave. Enough said! more…

You're very welcome, Julian. You've got a real treat in store! more…

An amazing book from Martin Hayes. Surely it has already been mentioned here, but my rather hurried search could find no trace of it. I'm still happy to remind you to get your hands on it! https://www.ennisbookshop.ie/p/martin-hayes-shared-notes-a-musica... more…

The marimba in all its Glór-y ... more…

https://youtu.be/1Qd16PeD_y8 more…

You're certainly not mistaken, Donald! Kinnon Beaton taught us this at Colàisde na Gaidhlig a few years ago. Great one! more…

I only play one tune on the flute. Sometimes it even refuses to be played. It's 'The Harsh February' by Phil Cunningham. Why? I heard John from Tyrone play it in Strokestown many years ago and it sounded great. There you are - that's my tuppence worth! more…

Yes, Pi, I feel your devastation! Not to mention the great mortal sin of repeating a tune in a session, even if you weren't sitting in for the first outing of said tune. Ah well, understandable I suppose since there are only 2,673,428 other tunes just wai... more…

I've just rooted out two 78s on the Regal Zonophone label that I rescued from my grandmother's house. more…

I'd say that cases of MIAS more…