ayedbl’s one hundred and ninety-four comments

I’m surprised no one has mentioned John Doyle. more…

After trying various earplugs (none professional) to protect my fading hearing from the banjo, I finally got a very good ($250) set of over-ear noise-cancelling headphones (not wireless, so I can use them on airplanes, etc as well) and they are great. more…

Thanks to both of you. Certainly has the Cape Breton sound. more…

A lovely tune played by Buddy MacDonald and Rachel Davis, but no name attached that I can find. It’s the first one in this set. If anyone recognizes it, I’d be grateful. Also, how would this tune be classified? more…

Nigel G, more…

Dow’s list at more…

I tend to eschew formulas such as “a likelihood for N 0f ((U + s) * (P + d))/BA” as I can never remember whether the units are metric or English. more…

Seems like it’s never a good idea in any session to “play very loud random notes on your banjo throughout a tunes you don’t know” whether or not you’re sitting next to a legend. more…

“Masters of the Irish Guitar” might be a good place to start. more…

Just picking up on “It’s a Loar I don’t know the exact model…” more…