Featured Tunes Music Library

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Billy in the lowground

Played by: Newomatics
Source: Soundcloud
Image: Dick Burnett

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The Frieze Breeches

Played by: Tom Ennis
Source: Wayback Machine
Image: Tom Ennis

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Whiskey Before Breakfast

Played by: Nick Amodeo
Source: Soundcloud
Image: Denver, United States

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Eighth of January

Played by: Allison De Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves
Source: Soundcloud
Image: Free Dirt Records & Service Co.

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The Keel Row (Shields Variations)

Played by: Edric Ellis
Source: Soundcloud
Image: St Ives

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The Laird o' Drumblair Strathspey
Played by: Tetsuya Yamamoto
From: Aichi, Japan
Source: Soundcloud

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Johnny Cope

Played by: Planxty
Source: Soundcloud
Image: Cold Blow And The Rainy Night

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The Blackbird
Played by:The Forge Band
Source: https://soundcloud.com/the-forge-band/the-blackbird

Si Bheag Si Mhor
Played by: Valerio Pelliccioni
at home for Christmas

Speed the plow
Played by: Hog-eyed Man
Source: Soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/hog-eyed-man/04-speed-the-plow

Turkey in the straw

Granny Will Your Dog Bite?
Source: Berea Sound Archive
Fiddle played by: John Masters and recorded in Fayette County, Kentucky by John Harrod - 1980s

Love is a tormenting pain
Played on Hammered Dulcimer & English Concertina
Source: SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/dick-glasgow/loves-a-tormenting-pain)

Astley's Ride
Played by: The Black Smock Band
Source: Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/the-black-smock-band

Old Molly Hare
Played by: Maddy Hejna -Burlington, United States
Illustration by: Barbara Cooney
Source: Soundcloud - soundcloud.com/mhejna

Largo's Fairy Dance
Played by: Concerto Caledonia - Glasgow, United Kingdom
SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/concal/fairy-dance)

Home Brew Rag
Wax cylinder recording made January 4, 2015 with Colin Hancock, Will Webster, Tyler, Dan and Christy Foster

Haste To The Wedding
Played by: Riordan Irish Folk
Source: https://soundcloud.com/riordan-irish-folk/haste-to-the-wedding

Irish Washerwoman
Played by: Angela Moorad
Source: https://soundcloud.com/omazing-kids-yoga/the-irish-washerwoman

The Girls I Left Behind me
Source: SoundCloud

Money Musk
Source: SoundCloud

Sir John Fenwick, the flower amang them all
Played by: Gillian Boucher (Toronto)
Source: SoundCloud

Kilwinning's Steeple

Teetotaller's Reel
Concert at Ed fortuna's House around 2003

Kemp's Jig
Played: Mark Farley
Source: SoundCloud

Bovaglie's Plaid
Played by:Adam Taylor
Source: SoundCloud

The Lass Of Richmond Hill
Played by:Owl Parliament
Source: SoundCloud

Sir Sidney Smith March
Played by: Chris Ormston, as played in duet by Henry & Tom Clough.
'Young' Tom Clough wanted to perform this wth him, but became ill and sadly died before them had a chance to record it. Chris plays Tom Clough's pipes now, so the tradition lives!
Source: SoundCloud

Cripple Creek
In 1965, Tracy Newman did 6 episodes of a public TV series for children called "What's New." She presented folk songs from all over the world, and many instruments, to the best of her ability at the time.
Source: Youtube

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Billy in the lowgroung
Played by: Newomatics
Image: Dick Burnett
Source: Soundcloud

Whiskey Before Breakfast
Played by: Nick Amodeo
Notes: Denver, United States
Source: Soundcloud

Eighth of January
Played by: Allison De Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves
Notes: Free Dirt Records & Service Co.
Source: Soundcloud

The Keel Row (Shields Variations)
Played by: Edric Ellis
From: St Ives
Source: Soundcloud

The Laird o' Drumblair Strathspey
Played by: Tetsuya Yamamoto
From: Aichi, Japan
Source: Soundcloud

Johnny Cope
Planxty
Cold Blow And The Rainy Night
Source: Soundcloud

The Blackbird
Played by:The Forge Band
Source: https://soundcloud.com/the-forge-band/the-blackbird

Si Bheag Si Mhor
Played by: Valerio Pelliccioni
at home for Christmas

Speed the plow
Played by: Hog-eyed Man
Source: Soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/hog-eyed-man/04-speed-the-plow

Turkey in the straw

Granny Will Your Dog Bite?
Source: Berea Sound Archive
Fiddle played by: John Masters and recorded in Fayette County, Kentucky by John Harrod - 1980s

Love is a tormenting pain
Played on Hammered Dulcimer & English Concertina
Source: SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/dick-glasgow/loves-a-tormenting-pain)

Astley's Ride
Played by: The Black Smock Band
Source: Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/the-black-smock-band

Old Molly Hare
Played by: Maddy Hejna -Burlington, United States
Illustration by: Barbara Cooney
Source: Soundcloud - soundcloud.com/mhejna

Largo's Fairy Dance
Played by: Concerto Caledonia - Glasgow, United Kingdom
SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/concal/fairy-dance)

Home Brew Rag
Wax cylinder recording made January 4, 2015 with Colin Hancock, Will Webster, Tyler, Dan and Christy Foster

Haste To The Wedding
Played by: Riordan Irish Folk
Source: https://soundcloud.com/riordan-irish-folk/haste-to-the-wedding

Irish Washerwoman
Played by: Angela Moorad
Source: https://soundcloud.com/omazing-kids-yoga/the-irish-washerwoman

The Girls I Left Behind me
Source: SoundCloud

Money Musk
Source: SoundCloud

Sir John Fenwick, the flower amang them all
Played by: Gillian Boucher (Toronto)
Source: SoundCloud

Kilwinning's Steeple

Teetotaller's Reel
Concert at Ed fortuna's House around 2003

Kemp's Jig
Played: Mark Farley
Source: SoundCloud

Bovaglie's Plaid
Played by:Adam Taylor
Source: SoundCloud

The Lass Of Richmond Hill
Played by:Owl Parliament
Source: SoundCloud

Sir Sidney Smith March
Played by: Chris Ormston, as played in duet by Henry & Tom Clough.
'Young' Tom Clough wanted to perform this wth him, but became ill and sadly died before them had a chance to record it. Chris plays Tom Clough's pipes now, so the tradition lives!
Source: SoundCloud

Cripple Creek
In 1965, Tracy Newman did 6 episodes of a public TV series for children called "What's New." She presented folk songs from all over the world, and many instruments, to the best of her ability at the time.
Source: Youtube