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The Butterfly Posted by: newfiefiddler
Video duration: 170 seconds A beautifully haunting piece that we have recently added to our repertoire. Related: butterfly, fiddle, irish, jody, newfiefiddler, newfoundland, rich, sillywizard, the, tune |
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Cooley's Reel Posted by: newfiefiddler
Video duration: 111 seconds An Irish tune played at many sessions. Steve plays bouzouki, I play guitar and Don plays bodhran. Related: bouzouki, cooleys, fiddle, hale, irish, jody, newfoundland, reel, reid, session, steve, tune |
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Cold Missouri Waters by James Keelaghan Posted by: newfiefiddler
Video duration: 246 seconds A beautifully written song from a confessional point of view about a terrible fire that broke out in Mann Gulch, North Montana in 1949. The subject in the song, a guy named Dodge, survived the fire only to die a few years later from Hodgkin's Disease. I learned this version from the amazing Richard Shindell. Related: cold, folk, hale, james, jody, keelaghan, missouri, newfiefiddler, song, waters |
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SIlver Spear & Reel de la Pistroli Posted by: newfiefiddler
Video duration: 156 seconds A couple of great tunes. The first is an Irish one called the Silver Spear usually played together with Maid Behind the Bar and the second is a French Newfoundland tune composed by Emile Benoit and named after Pistroli en Atlantique - a music festival held in New Brunswick I think. Related: fiddle, guitar, irish, jig, music, newfiefiddler, newfoundland, reel, sillywizard, silver, spear, tune |
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Merry Blacksmith / Cup of Tea / Mountain Road Posted by: newfiefiddler
Video duration: 223 seconds A set of session tunes we love to play. Related: blacksmith, cup, fiddle, hale, jody, killicks, merry, mountain, reeves, rich, road, tea, tune |
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Saltwater Joys Posted by: newfiefiddler
Video duration: 207 seconds A Wayne Chaulk song regularly performed by Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers that has become one of Newfoundland & Labrador anthems. Related: accordion, buddy, chaulk, fellers, guitar, hale, jody, joys, newfoundland, other, reeves, rich, saltwater, song, wasisname, wayne |
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Green Fields (David Francey) Posted by: newfiefiddler
Video duration: 209 seconds Another beautifully written song by David Francey. Related: canadian, david, fields, folk, francey, green, guitar, hale, jody, music, newfiefiddler, newfoundland, song |
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First Christmas by Stan Rogers Posted by: newfiefiddler
Video duration: 305 seconds A beautiful Stan Rogers piece I was asked to post a while back. I dedicate this song to everyone who has to spend Christmas away from home. Related: canadian, christmas, first, folk, hale, jody, rogers, song, stan |
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Lock Keeper Posted by: newfiefiddler
Video duration: 267 seconds A Stan Rogers song I was asked to post! Related: guitar, hale, keeper, lock, music, newfoundland, ody, rogers, song, stan |
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Tiny Fish For Japan Posted by: newfiefiddler
Video duration: 203 seconds Another Stan Rogers piece I was asked to post. Related: canadian, fish, folk, for, guitar, hale, japan, jody, rogers, song, stan, tiny |
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Belfast Mill Posted by: newfiefiddler
Video duration: 176 seconds Another great Irish song about the closing of a mill in Belfast. Rich and I also recorded this one some weeks ago. Related: belfast, irish, mill, newfiefiddler, newfoundland, sillywizard, song |
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You Ain't Goin Nowhere (Easy Chair) Posted by: newfiefiddler
Video duration: 180 seconds Brian and I dropped into Del's Music to jam with Steve. This is a song we did together for the first time. I'm on fiddle and sing harmony, Brian is singing and playing guitar and Steve, of course, is on the bouzouki. Related: aint, brian, chair, dels, easy, fiddle, goin, gruchy, guitar, hale, jody, music, newfoundland, nowhere, reid, song, steve, you |
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The Ships Are Sailing Posted by: newfiefiddler
Video duration: 97 seconds A tune I learned years ago on the fiddle. Related: are, fiddle, guitar, irish, music, newfoundland, sailing, ships, the, tune |
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Farewell to Nova Scotia Posted by: newfiefiddler
Video duration: 198 seconds A great old favorite that I have been performing for a very long time. There is no author attached to the song. Related: canadian, farewell, folk, hale, jody, newfiefiddler, nova, scotia, song, to |
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Fogarty's Cove Posted by: newfiefiddler
Video duration: 149 seconds A Stan Rogers song we do when we are out and about. Related: cove, fogartys, folk, hale, jody, newfoundland, reeves, rich, rogers, song, stan |
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Portland Town Posted by: newfiefiddler
Video duration: 185 seconds Teledude1972, sillywizard and I continuing our jam session. It was a fun-filled night of music! Related: newfiefiddler, portland, sillywizard, teledude1972, town |
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Boys of Blue Hill Posted by: newfiefiddler
Video duration: 109 seconds Rich Reeves and Jody Hale of The River Ramblers playing a much loved hornpipe. We learned this from a couple of different sources including the Battens from CBS. Thanks guys!! Related: accordion, blue, boys, guitar, hale, hill, jody, newfiefiddler, newfoundland, of, ramblers, reeves, rich, river, sillywizard, tune |
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Hills of Connemara Posted by: newfiefiddler
Video duration: 117 seconds Rich and I did this a few weeks ago and I just discovered that I had not uploaded it. So here it is - The Hills of Connemara. Related: accordion, connemara, guitar, hills, irish, newfiefiddler, of, sillywizard, song |
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Rolling Down to Old Maui Posted by: newfiefiddler
Video duration: 183 seconds A song reorded by Stan Rogers that is traditionally performed acapella. This video was a trial to see how my webcam would pik-up the voice. Related: acapella, canadian, down, folk, maui, music, old, rogers, rolling, song, stan, to |
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Summer Lightning by Garnet Rogers Posted by: newfiefiddler
Video duration: 263 seconds I have only recently learned this - someone requested it a while back! Related: garnet, hale, jody, lightning, newfiefiddler, rogers, summer |
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A Pair of Brown Eyes Posted by: newfiefiddler
Video duration: 194 seconds A beautiful song written by Shane McGowan. I just learned this and tried to play the melody as it was intended. It's one of my new favorite songs. Related: a, brown, eyes, hale, irish, jody, mcgowan, music, newfiefiddler, of, pair, pogues, shane, song |
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Calliope House Set Posted by: newfiefiddler
Video duration: 281 seconds A set of tunes we have started playing. The first is Calliope House, followed by Merrily Kiss the Quaker's Wife, then it's Out on the Ocean and the Rambling Pitchfork (thanks newfiecelt) Related: callaiope, fiddle, hale, house, irish, jody, kiss, merrily, newfiefiddler, quakers, session, tunes, wife |
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Wild Mountain Thyme Posted by: newfiefiddler
Video duration: 231 seconds I have been playing this one for a long time now and still enjoy doing it! Related: go, hale, jody, lassie, mountain, newfiefiddler, thyme, wild |
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Waking Hour Posted by: newfiefiddler
Video duration: 220 seconds A beautiful song by Canadian folk singer/songwriter David Francey. A friend introduced his music to me a few months ago and since then I have been smothering myself in his songs. Related: canadian, david, folk, francey, hale, hour, jody, newfiefiddler, song, waking |
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Lakes of Pontchartrain Posted by: newfiefiddler
Video duration: 376 seconds Another great song that was probably discovered by the French and English during the War of 1812 in Louisiana and Canada. My favorite version is by Paul Brady but I believe Dylan and Peter, Paul and Mary also performed it. Related: folk, hale, jody, lakes, newfiefiddler, of, pontchartrain, song |
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