wathgwen’s seventeen comments

I think this one was a follow-up to “Celtic Passion”- which is overall a very good album, surprisingly…. ‘serious’- not sure how else to describe it. more…

the originally posted one has the lead-in at the end (it goes well with Black Pat’s), and the ‘standalone’ has a conclusion. Maybe I’m making it too structured, I don’t know. I was thinking of Wizard’s Walk. more…

Lac Amora is a park nearby that I really like. It’s also a good place to go and practice 🙂 more…

This is my first finished attempt at writing a tune. I’m not sure how “playable” it actually is. There’s a ‘standalone’ version with a different C part ending: more…

just listening to this one for the first time now… a lovely tune. I just wish it weren’t syncopated on the sheet music already. more…

According to the session page, Cathal McConnell’s is also known as: Cathal McConnell’s, The Cock And The Hen, Dennis Ryan’s, Doodley Doodley Dank, The Northern Jig more…

Sounds modal to me… not like Dmaj. more…

I saw them at the Boulder Theatre, with one of my friends from my dance school. Of course, with the setup of the place, there was space for us to dance behind all the seats. I swear Sean saw us. :P Even if he didn’t, it was still uberfun. more…

Though this isn’t strictly an “Irish” album, it contains a good number of O’Carolan tunes on harp and kantele, as well as traditional Finnish music that has an Irish sound. more…

I thought I was crazy since I’ve known the light jig for two years and still haven’t been able to dance to this for the life of me. Now I know why. more…