[Cro Dreoilin] Celtic Artists

[Donna Miller]

A long time ago, maybe during the renaissance of Irish music in the 
middle of last century, an Irish musician looked at a tenor banjo, which 
is a 4-stringed banjo with a shorter neck than the blue grass 
kind--often used in Jazz and Zydeco--and noticed it was tuned in fifths 
like a fiddle.  Since then, tenor banjos, tuned like fiddles have been 
somewhat popular in Irish step dance music.  For a good example of Irish 
tenor banjo, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z07VrjbXFCQ (Angelina 
Carberry).  I don't have time to give you more examples because I have 
to go to work.  However she is one of the current masters.

D

On 6/16/2011 6:11 PM, Greyhart wrote:
>
> Ok, what is Irish banjo?
>
> I'm familiar with 5 string and Tenor banjo as played in Bluegrass, 
> which has its roots in Celtic folk music. I grew up playing lots of 
> reels and jigs with my dad.
>
> Greyhart
>
> *From:*community-bounces at crodreoilin.org 
> [mailto:community-bounces at crodreoilin.org] *On Behalf Of *Donna Miller
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 14, 2011 6:40 AM
> *To:* community at crodreoilin.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Cro Dreoilin] Celtic Artists
>
> Being in the local Celtic music scene, I am around so many brilliant 
> musicians who aren't big names that I'd prefer to listen to a good 
> Irish music session at a pub than a concert with a big name.
>
> I lately have been partial to the Dervish CD we bought though.  My 
> banjo teacher also introduced me to the Irish banjo music of Angelina 
> Carberry who is one of the current masters.  I have all of her CD's 
> (but being a beginner banjo player, I am partial to Irish banjo).
>
> If you want to sample the local scene, go to http://www.thesession.org 
> and search for local sessions.  I do know that Jessie Burns from 
> Gaelic Storm does play in the Boulder session once in a very blue moon.
>
> D
>
> On 6/14/2011 12:05 AM, Sebastian wrote:
>
> I was wondering what every one's favorite celtic musical artists are. 
> Personally, I like Gaelic Storm, Lunasa and Shooglenifty.
>
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