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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: Irish fiddle music
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:10:44 -0500 (EST)
Irish Fiddle This is unusual, I think. This past weekend, we went to a flea market near our place in Brooklyn, and I bought a Sony TC-864 portable audio reel-to- reel tape recorder, from 1964. It works perfect, and is rather heavy, around 12-13 pounds. Anyway, there was a five-inch reel of tape on it, recorded with four separate mono tracks, each about 45-50 minutes. They are apparently Irish field recordings from nearly forty years ago. I found the fiddle fantastic and complex, and have put up (greatly compressed) the first 48 minutes at my site. I have no idea who the fiddler is. There is also vocal, some guitar, some flat-picked violin (really), and some odd 'experimental' work to come, if people are interested. I'll leave these recordings up for a few days - please check out - http://www.alansondheim.org/ir1.mp3 http://www.alansondheim.org/ir2.mp3 I prefer the second, but both are amazing. If anyone can identify the fiddler, please let me know - somewhat should release this material, if it hasn't been. - Alan