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The Feekers-Tarbolten

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If you want your Irish music to be straight ahead traditional with no frills, just delicious home grown music, then Tarbolen is for you. I love folk instruments and the combination of the octave mandolin and banjo can be irresistible. The Bluegrass lover in me says it is one of the best releases this year. Traditional music is alive and kicking!

More about Tarbolen:

The Feekers are a folk music duo from Dublin. Darren Lynch plays mandola and octave mandolin and Johnny Keenan plays banjo and whistle.

This is the title track from their album Tarbolten.

Their debut album is now available from Claddagh Records:
http://claddaghrecords.com/WWW/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=3447

They can be contacted through their website:
http://www.thefeekers.weebly.com

They can be followed on FaceBook:
http://www.facebook.com/the-feekers

Elin Synnøve Bråthen

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 Norwegian Singer Embraces Irish Mysticism

Any Druid will love this lovely singer songwriter from the world of the Vikings. Her voice has that gossamer gentleness of mists and the crisp melancholy of the Norwegian landscapes. This video was  filmed on locations in Ireland (Connemara area on the west coast) and features Irish actor Seamus Hughes.

About the video:

The song “Higher Than My Stairway” by Elin Synnøve Bråthen is included on the album “The Anchor And The Dream” (label: Curling Legs, Oslo, Norway) – appraised by the public and the critics from A to Z. This dreamy music video was filmed on locations in Ireland (Connemara area on the west coast). Featuring Irish actor Seamus Hughes and includes the signature sound of a men’s choir – a rather unusual flavour for pop music of this kind. Recording producer: Øystein Sevåg, Mixed by Giert Clausen and Elin Synnøve Bråthen

Credits: Camera/filming: Nils-Petter Lotherington, Photography: Astrid Lunke, Cut/Edit: Erland Edenholm, Sound-finish: Giert Clausen

Photographer Morten Bendiksen, styling by Cårejånni Enderud

The Gorgeous Linda Welby on Irish Country Radio Music

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Refreshing Country with an Irish flavor.

Hi folks, if you want to hear the songs of Linda Welby or songs related to her style then you need to tune in to tune in to http://www.irishcountrymusicradio.com/.  Her voice is soothing and beautiful. She sings of songs that come from the heart. When you hear her, it seems like she is singing what you feel. She taps into that humanity in all of us, breaking the barrier between the artist and the listeners. This is the kind of honesty that is hard to reproduce using studio gadgets and production gloss…because this comes from no other place but the heart.

Linda Welby-When you’re down and out

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How to Make Trippy Music

Check this video out from Kendall McGuire

http://www.ehow.com/video_12221415_make-trippy-music.html

And yeah here’s a youtube video you might like:

Violin Lessons : Various Types of Violins

Thomas Felder

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I accidentally stumbled upon his page while doing my searched on Breton music. Then I realize not only that the information is in French(I am just beginning to study that language) but there is nothing much info on the web other than the fact that he teaches music in north Brittany. So I called his number and talked to him. He doesn’t speak English so I talked to his girlfriend  who was very helpful and she said that if I can email him the questions then she will help him out. Very interesting turn of events.

 

Flute Enchantment: Eliza Marshall

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Part dreamy, part energy…Eliza Marshall captivates listeners with her flute.

When you are stressed after a long day’s work the last thing you want to hear are the noisy drums bass and guitars. You want to stretch out and close your eyes and reflect about the great things that happened today. There are appropriate music for every occasion.  The music of Eliza Marshall falls into this category.

She taps into the Classical, Pop  and Folk styles with an ease of a blue fairy. Her years of discipline made her playing precise, crystalline and confident.  I just discovered here today and I am won over by her style. More power to you Eliza!

She has an update website: http://elizamarshall.com/

You can also listen to free tracks here: http://www.myspace.com/elizamarshall