So those of you who do that whole living in NC and enjoying good music thing (I'm looking at you, southernsinger and robertliguori), you should check out Lissa Schneckenburg. She and a couple of good musicians (guitar and double bass) are coming to Durham NC on Thursday (tonight, technically) and Winston-Salem on Friday. I just came from her house concert here in ( Read more... )

Well, that's certainly the case today. I just flipped over to 'Party Mix' in iTunes and scrolled back to the first really good song in the list, 'The Opera Reel,' performed by Trapezoid (Sam Rizzetta, a well-known Hammered Dulcimer player and maker, with whom I've played music a number of times, great guy, and some other folks). Just spot on what ( Read more... )

So, Radiothon's coming up for WUVT, currently planning out my 90 minute themed show. Theme for this semester will be 'Songs on the Water,' which means I'll be playing all songs about rivers, lakes, the sea, and life thereon. Suggestions, I'll take 'em. Any sort of Maritime music is what I'm goin' for, so I'll probably talk over something like ' ( Read more... )

Some of you might be interested in this, my radio show is on from 1430-1600 on Sundays on WUVT FM 90.7 Blacksburg. Ahem.

Anyrate, you can pop over to the WUVT Website and catch the web stream, if you're not in town. I'm listed as 'various,' 'cause, well, I am. I have a general theme of Celtic and Contra-style music, but I'll probably throw in a ( Read more... )

Good chorus. I'll have to snatch the rest of the lyrics at some point.
Oh Burke and Hare were a terrible pair,
Their deeds were beyond belief.
Oh they worked underground in Edinburough town,
The cruelest kind of thief.

( Men of Erin )

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Hmmm. Definitely amusing what a little hands-on experience can yield, isn't it?

But I have a wonderfully nostalgic memory of sitting in Bogens with a small group (robertdliguori, Federica, vt_andros, and a few others) singing Flogging Molly songs. It was somehow very appealing. Mebbe it's the Irish and Scotch blood in me.