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Triona Ni Dhomnaill and the Bothy Band,
1976, Just a Taste
Happy St. Patrick's Day to one and
all! From the vaults, the legendary Bothy Band performing "Do
You Love an Apple" at the Embankment in Dublin, 1976. Astoundingly
beautiful- browse YouTube
for the band and you are in for a real treat. This seminal band was the
model for innovation in Celtic music
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Rare Woody Guthrie
We may have been asleep and missed this when it first surfaced, but in
case you were, too, here you go- one of (supposedly) only two pieces of
film of Woody performing, this one is extraordinary.
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Amanda Shires: When You Need a Train It Never Comes
You know, that there is a lot of similarity in contemporary music, more
than there ever was- as well as as more diversity. You can easily miss
something really great, as you may not be Mc-reminded 100 times. But it is
out there, and when it is good, it WILL get around (with a little viral
elbow-grease). Here's one: Watch this stark, mesmerizing video from Amanda Shires of When You Need A Train It Never Comes. Amanda was
playing fiddle with the Texas Playboys at age 15and is on tour now.
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Morgan O'kane: Gone
Just out from Break Thru RadioTV, "Gone" by Morgan O'kane , very cool
banjo-dude playing it live on the Staten Island Ferry. Originally from
Virginia, Morgan O'kane has brought a bit of southern mountain flare to New
York City for the past seven years, this is the real deal, check him out.
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Gerry Segal: Bus Ride To Washington
In Honor of MLK: Gerry
Segal attended the 1963 March on Washington. "When
I saw the last summers 'Restoring Honor' gathering abusing the memory of
Martin Luther King I wrote this song."Peace, all...
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Ben Hall: I'll See You In My Dreams
The first time Charlie Louvin discovered the young, Merle
Travis-style guitarist Ben Hall playing, he asked, "When can you
go to work with me?" When Hall replied that he couldn't just yet, as he was
studying music at Belmont University, the elder statesman was none too
pleased to be turned down, huffing, "You don't need to be in school, you
are meant to be playing that guitar."
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