Two David Ingersons singing sean nos! How wild is
that!

Just a few personal comments on the music...
Singing the songs has been a part of my life, even
though
I am in Montana, since I learned from recordings as a
child.
My grandfather and his siblings were born in Ireland
and
immigrated with their parents as teenagers, but I was
born
too late (1951) to learn directly from them.
Still, I have sung as a child while I played, as an
adult
while I wash the dishes and clean the house, as a
performer,
as a member of an Irish session in my town, as a
mother
to my son. In the last 10 years I have searched for
and found
many of the songs that are obscure here, not the ones
found
in popular recordings. I learn the ones that touch
me, that
I can sing for myself, even though no one here would
be
very interested in them, even at our session. I have
a strong
feeling about these songs that may not be popular.
They feel
like strays that I am rescuing so they can be sung
over here
in the Rocky Mountains, a long way from Ireland.

I regret that I didn't know about Joe Heaney being in
Washington
state when I could have gone to study with him. I
feel thankful
that people did field recordings of singers in the
early 20th century
and have made them available to us so far away from
their origin.
John Moulden, Jean Ritchie and others have been a
great source of the
traditional archive. My thanks to them.

Alice Flynn www.aliceflynn.com

--- drew <muse_shop@...> wrote:

>
> See! Someone mentioned postings being lackadasical
> lately (actually,
> moribund I believe was the word chosen), I said I
> could change that,
> lol! But to the point, I can see I'm way out of my
> league musically-
> some of you seem to be professional or at least
> semi-pro in the study
> and performance of traditional music forms, whereas
> I'm just an amateur/
> hobby/ acoustic musician who draws heavily on irish,
> traditional and
> early music for inspiration. I may throw some
> You-Tube links out later
> for my music, if ya'll promise not to scream, "You
> Suck!" but in the
> meantime it's inspiring just to hear some of you
> talking a bit about
> your take on music - what it means to you on the
> different levels it
> reaches us all at! Thanks!
>
> -Drew
>
>
> --- In traditionalirishsinging@yahoogroups.com, dave
> ingerson
> <n3qck@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hello DAVE,
> >
> > Its DAVE, yes it is true I have been playing and
> preforming
> traditional Irish music for over 27yrs. I have a 6
> piece band short 1
> but that's besides the point I'm a singer song
> writer currently working
> on putting an album together. 2nd weekend in Aug. we
> are having a music
> festival here. I don't drink anymore but I do like
> to share in stories.
> As a boy I grew up in SCOTLAND and moved around
> alot, if you wish we
> could share in song and friendship an extended
> handshake awaits you.
> >
> > CHEERS,
> > DAVE
> >
> > David Ingerson davidingerson9@... wrote:
> > Hi there, Dave Ingerson, Irish singer! Sorry for
> how late I'm
> replying. Life sure gets busy sometimes. And then I
> got a sore throat
> and pretty sick just for St. Paddy's day, of all
> times. Oh well.
> >
> > Someone had told me there was another David
> Ingerson who sang Irish
> songs, but I never followed up on it. And now here
> you are! Pretty
> amazing! I'm not part of a band and pretty much keep
> to the old style of
> Irish singing--solo and unaccompanied. And, since
> there's not a lot of
> call for the old stuff, I perform maybe once a year
> or so, although I'm
> very active in several folk song circles here in
> Portland, Oregon, and I
> sing every day, (mostly to myself), and enjoy it
> hugely.
> >
> > If I remember correctly, you are in northeastern
> Pennsylvania. I am
> tentatively planning a trip to the east this summer,
> partly to attend
> the Irish Arts week in Durham, NY, so I might be
> able to drop in for a
> day and we could hoist a few brews and sing a few
> songs!
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > David
> >
> > Brian Matthew Hart ohairt@... wrote:
> > That's odd, two David Ingersons!
>
>
>
>

>




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