So yesterday I'm listening with a critical and dissatisfied ear to a tape of myself playing Liberty Two-Step, at the same time the TV is on with no sound,...
Do you mean this tune? (from http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/LIAM_LITE.htm ) LIBERTY TWO-STEP. AKA and see "Liberty [1]." Canadian, Two-Step. D Major....
Hello, everyone -- I'm listening again and again to "Les Danseries de Quebec...De l'autre bord de l'eau," featuring Lisa Ornstein, Denis Pepin, and Robert...
Yup, that's the one. I see they also give Reel de Ti-Jean as an alternate title - referring to Jean Carignan, perhaps. - thurg ... Morrissey ... late ... ...
... Danseries de ... Denis ... that ... I'd ... Marc ... for ... as ... Hi, Andy -- Thanks for the suggestion. I actually have "Dance Ce Soir" already, and,...
... Hi Ned, I just gave it a listen. I recognized it immediately and knew I had another recording of it, and the first place I checked was "Crooked Tunes,"...
Andy! Thank you very much for the info about "Crooked Tunes" as the place to find Marc Perrault's tune. My next task, of course, will be to find a good source...
Ned, Crook Tunes (Airs Tordus) (by Les Tetes de violon) is at Trent Sous Zero http://www.clic.net/~thirtybe/ choose Catalogue, and it is 1st CD in Fiddle...
... The site says it is "in progress" (as well as these 2): --Keith Corrigan, Lisa Ornstein and Andre Marchand - a collection of unique irish-quebecois tunes...
... I think), San Francisco? I wish - might have given me an opportunity to meet some more of these folks. I think this was in Port Townsend, Washington, in...
You're right -- Washington state, not SF Calif. I'd forgotten the north american fiddle camp thing is in Washington. Heh, forgot about piping incident too....
Thanks very much, Andy, for the web info on; I'll check it out. Be well. - - - Ned ... Ned: the source for those books is: http://www.clic.net/~thirtybe/ ...
I'm curious to know if anyone has tried using the podorythmie soundfont I posted in the files section. Feedback would be appreciated. No-one has tried to...
Winslow, I haven't tried using the soundfont yet. I'm trying to get back to practicing the real thing (feet). (I need the exercise!) But I think your soundfont...
... <snip> ... grandfather was a French-Indian from Mackinac. In part that's why I became interested in the music of French Canada. A few on the short list: ...
Wow. This is very cool, Winslow. Thanks so very much. I'd like to share this with the MIMac and NISHNAWBE rootsweb lists I belong to. I'll include a link to...
Wow. This is very cool, Winslow. Thanks so very much. I'd like to share this with the MIMac and NISHNAWBE rootsweb lists I belong to. I'll include a link to...
Nishnabwe? I should mention that Teddy Boy is an Anishnaabe speaker and recorded a CD of Christmas tunes in Anishnaabe for Sunshine; they also have some...
Yes, I've been reading that comic strip ... it is interesting. It's funny you should mention it, because today in a thrift shop I picked up a book with a...
Teddy Boy's fiddle stuff is definitely worthwhile - he's an authentic player and a good musician. Unless you're trying to encourage kids to speak Anishnaabe I...
Hello, Winslow and everyone -- I'm a harmonica player in a contra- dance band concentrating on Quebecois tunes here in Southern California of all places. As a...
... Bonsoir Ned et tous, At the group's webpage you will find lots of info, including podorhythmie basics Lucy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/QueTrad FILES ...
There's a DVD (if you can find it) called Karaoke Jukebox Vol 11: La Bottine Souriante, which features LBS videos with and without karaoke (!) plus two bonus...
The Algoma Traditional Music and Dance Family Camp ... From: Julie and Pat <jnotes@...> Dear traditional music lovers, The Algoma Traditional Music and...
forwarding some (condensed) news to you. I will put a pdf of the full "Info Memoire" (bulletin d'information de Lanaudiere : Memoire et Racines) on the files...