DetlefS’s two hundred and forty-one comments
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Re: Traditional Music Festivals in Ireland, Scotland, UK or Europe in 2022?
There is a Folk Festival in Tondern, Denmark ( www.tf.dk ) at the last weekend in August, from 25.8 - 28.8.2022. The last two years it was cancelled, but it seems this year it will happen. more…
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Re: Tune Titles—keep it going…
He was Far from Home, but the Ships are sailing to his Sligo Maid. more…
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Re: Who wrote these two tunes?
The first tune is The Kesh Jig (https://thesession.org/tunes/55) and as far as i know an old traditional tune. So no known composer. more…
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Re: I’d like to hear your best original compositions.
There is the tune search site from Reverend: more…
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Re: Instrument noises in Trad Music
You need the helicopter noises to play Stockhausen. more…
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Re: I’d like to hear your best original compositions.
The tune "Lapwing" is inspired by "The Curlew". I learned the "The Curlew" in our learner session. At home I tried to remember it and came up with the A-part. Because I liked it I wrote a B-part for it. more…
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Re: identification of (I think) an Irish folk tune…
For me this sounds like a scottish waulking song, a song sung by women while waulking cloth. I don't know if there is a similar tradition in Ireland. Some songs that Julie Fowlis has in her repertoire come to my mind. But i'm not able to speak one of the... more…
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Re: Br*****t Duty in Germany.
I've ordered two CD's from Amazon and after klicking "Buy now" I saw, that they got send from Amazon UK. I was prepared for the worst, because i read from others, that they had to pay more tax then the cost of the CD, but they arrived without any extra pa... more…
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Re: Favourite solo trad albums?
Oisín Mac Diarmada Ar An Bhfidil : https://thesession.org/recordings/285 more…
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Re: guitar album recommendations
Dave Flynn: Contemporary Traditional Irish Guitar more…