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er of folk music including world music of many varieties on every corner of sidewalk you can find folks busking and it seems to be a beacon for street performers from all over the country they gather to busk at the nation s biggest free music festival and make sure that any high falutin folk snobs are brought back down home with some toe tappin tunes this year also featured the first annual cascadia ragtime rendezvous jug band jubilee in portland or boasting 26 bands it was surely one of the best gatherings of its kind i wish i could have gone but instead i went to the preview event a gathering of six bands in an old speak easy and naughty film screening secret theater most of these bands are described below baby gramps the old king of hokum and amalgamation of all things old weird america is baby gramps he is harry smith s anthology of american folk music compressed into a single person he has been at times the single champion of the bizarre with his wild ragtime rockabilly throat singing mad talking foot stomping hokum falokum idiosyncratic palindromatic amusing musical musings he was old before it was cool and will be old after it s cool too he has inspired countless others to cast off their chains of sex appeal and charm and invite the demons of strangeness and syncopation to become their new spirit guides check out his website the crow quill night owls among those who was taken aback and then taken aforwards by gramps was a young kit stymee stovepipe he has since locked himself in numerous metaphorical and probably literal closets with nothing but a gramophone some old jug band records and an instrument by so doing he s mastered the resonator guitar washboard harmonica and blows a mean jug besides syncopation pervades his entire being upon emergence from his musical cocoon he started two fantastically good jug bands the first the inkwell rhythm makers in eugene or was probably the best thing to come along in jug band world since the cheap suit serenaders the second the crow quill night owls is the best thing since the inkwell rhythm makers they re probably the best jug band in the world at once fully classic and traditional sounding and also unique and fresh in the crow quill night owls kit stovepipe is joined by windy city alex on tenor banjo and kazoo and baylin adaheer on washtub bass and kazoo when maria muldaur wanted to make a jug band album a couple years ago she thought it would be impossible because no one is playing that music anymore then she discovered the crow quill night owls and took em on board to record the only jug band album ever nominated for a grammy check out their facebook and bandcamp sites they just came out with a new album a week ago i bought it the first night it was on sale the gallus brothers joining maria muldaur on her album and tour and subsequent kids album are the gallus brothers who also fill out the crow quill night owls quite often making the band an unstoppable 5 piece to be reckoned with the gallus brothers have two things that turn heads immediately when they start playing suspenders and circus tricks well that may have been what first drew folks to the band 10 years ago but it s the impeccably great fingerpicking guitar of devin champlin and the ohmygodwhatthehellisthatthing irresistably infectious suitcase percussion kit of lucas hicks that keep folks comin back to boogie until they fall over and get the boogie cramps trust me once you hear the combination of suitcase low hat bones spoons washboard and things that rattle and ding you will understand why i don t hesitate to call lucas the most inventive percussionist this side of moondog and somehow though he s the only one doing what he does it sounds as if all these old good time country blues songs were written with his playing implicit in their rhythm and whatever the style of the song devin plays it perfectly with just the right bit of bounce to keep your toes attentive check out their bandcamp and website sour mash hug band and there are a few contemporary bands for whom jug band music is just one of many influences these are some of the best indefinable bands out there fully of roots and original vigor too jug band music takes a turn to the east with the sour mash hug band and their beguiling combination of vaudeville klezmer gypsy swing and some good olefashioned trombone accordion and banjolele downhome new orleans shakers they re like the 1934 world s fair condensed into a band curtains please they re running a kickstarter campaign right now to raise the funds to press their next album really right now they ve got about 24 hours left to meet their goal go check it out hot damn scandal and lastly there is the band that s been primarily responsible for my absence from the blogging world while i can t pretend to be unbiased about hot damn scandal i can say that even if i weren t personally involved in the band i would still drink up the music like hot chili whiskey and dance my earballs off at all their shows imagine a post apocalyptic jug band with tom waits on lead vocals django reinhardt on slide guitar and mississippi john hurt standing behind the musicians on stage beaming his sly self contented smile at those young folks who took his way of pickin and brought it so many different places if those three legendary musicians had a child together and it dropped out of school thumbed a ride across the country and ended up in new orleans it might sound something like hot damn scandal the repertoire of songs consists of everything from outlaw ballads to dirty jazz gypsy blues circus freakouts ragtime sea shanties string band funk lonesome heart breakers and the occasional tender love song the singing sounds like a street singer who took one lesson from paul robeson another from tom waits and a third from the bottom of the bottle of life the music sticks in your head like dirty bubble gum on your soul and shakes the hips of even the devout seatbound folks but there are just enough moments of unexpected tuneful dissonance and dueling syncopated solos to keep even the most diehard avant jazz head coming back for more as scott casey put it hot damn scandal performs music that seems to be carved out of the broken heart of the american dream you feel like you have heard these songs all your life these are your favorite boots your lucky hat your saturday night shirt your old dog that disappeared after the rain and if you happen to live in or want to visit northwest washington in august you can catch most of these folks and more at the subdued stringband jamboree one of my favorite little festivals posted by the irate pirate 2 comments january 24 2013 the pipering of willie clancy vol 2 willie clancy 1918 1973 willie clancy was an iconic figure in the revival of the uillinn pipes and traditional music from the 1960s onwards his father gilbert played flute and concertina and had known and listened to legendary blind travelling clare piper garrett barry willie played his first tin whistle at five years he was also influenced by his grandmother who had a keen ear for music like his good friend junior crehan he was also influenced by the west clare style of fiddler scully casey from nearby annagh willie clancy possessed amazing talents whistle player flute player singer storyteller philosopher and wit he was particularly known for his mastery of that most complex of wind instruments the uilleann pipes born on christmas eve 1918 willie grew up in an atmosphere of music singing and storytelling both his parents ellen and gilbert sang and played instruments willie started playing the whistle at the age of five he was greatly influenced by his grandmother by his father and by garrett barry the legendary blind piper from inagh garrett barry died in the workhouse in ennistymon at the close of the nineteenth century his piping style was passed on to willie by his father gilbert willie was aware that garrett barry possessed a heritage of music unique to himself the music of garrett barry is known and cherished today because of willies determination to pass on this treasure see image below willie was seventeen years old when he encountered the great travelling piper johnny doran by the early forties willie had mastered the basic piping techniques and in 1947 he won first prize at the oireachtas competition unfortunately he could not make a living from his music and he was forced to emigrate to london where he worked as a carpenter while there he continued with his music and made contact with other notable players including seamus ennis with the death of his father in 1957 he returned to miltown malbay and married doirin healy he developed a highly distinctive and individual style of piping from 1957 until 1972 the summer music sessions in the west clare town became widely renowned with willie clancy as one of the main attractions pipe making reed making and all things connected with the instrument were explored and advanced by the clancy influence he gave many performances on both radio and television as well as live sessions in his local area his sudden death in january 1973 at the age of fifty five was widely mourned among friends and musicians alike he is buried in ballard cemetary just outside the town of miltown malbay as a tribute to this extraordinary man and gifted musician it was decided to set up an annual summer music school in willies home town the school quickly established a name for good music and high standards in tuition a fitting tribute to a fine musician from county clare library willie clancy the pipering of willie clancy vol 2 year 1958 73 recorded 1994 released label claddagh posted by the irate pirate 2 comments labels celtic roots december 20 2012 happy solstice abbots bromley horn dance on darkness the child is born in the darkness of the womb the chicken hatched after incubation birth begins in darkness as dawn follows the long night and spring springs from winter we must not interrupt the incubation period within us or force it to bear fruit before its time to pull a seed out of the earth before it sprouts to open a chrysalis before the emerging butterfly forms its wings may prevent new life from awakening torrey philemon you darkness that i come from i love you more than all the fires that fence in the world for the fire makes a circle of light for everyone and then no one outside learns of you but the darkness pulls in everything shapes and fires animals and myself how easily it gathers them powers and people and it is possible a great energy is moving near me i have faith in nights rainer maria rilke on darkness out of darkness light solstice and the lunar eclipse by starhawk 10 20 2010 winter solstice the shortest day and longest night of the year for pagans wiccans and goddess worshippers this is one of our most sacred holidays as winter closes in the darkness grows and the light recedes for pagans darkness is the necessary balance to light we don t conceive of the dark as evil but as a place of potential of gestation the black fertile soil where the seed puts forth roots and shoots the dark womb where new life is nurtured but being humans we also have a natural affinity for the light the time of growth and new beginnings of warmth and color and bright new hopes solstice reminds us that no darkness no loss no grief or disappointment is final out of darkness light is born every ending gives rise to a new beginning out of disappointment and despair comes new courage new hope this year solstice coincides with a total lunar eclipse the last time this happened was in 1544 the earth aligns directly with the sun and the moon casting a shadow on the moon s face the moon is a super moon at its closest to the earth and so my astrologer friends tell me we are also directly aligned with our milky way s galactic center where the galaxy gives birth to stars we are in a great birth canal on the night when mythically mother night gives birth to the sun child of the new year what does this all mean for those of you who like to align your meditations and your magic with the movements of the stars we stand tonight between the past and the future for the first hour and a quarter of the eclipse starting at 1 30 am east coast standard time it s as if we step out of time we are free of the past and we can consciously create the future for ourselves for our communities for the earth it s a night to take a good look at what you want to shed what are the behaviors the beliefs the patterns that no longer serve let them go make the commitment to change and it s a night to envision the future you want to create what world do we want to see how will we step up to face the huge challenges of healing our communities our economies our climate and our environment what risks will we need to take what will we need to let go of and what will we need to embrace and hey even if you think all astrology is bunkum take a moment tonight to go out to marvel at the moon with the mark of the earth written across her face to let go of what you no longer need and call in what you want and if you can do this with friends and family in community with good food and a warm fire and a few candles and raise a cup of gratitude for all we have and all we share you may find that the courage the support the power the love and luck you need for this new year are born in the depths of the night and awaken at dawn with the rising sun a blessed solstice to you all and with that in mind i d like to share with you this special mysterious ancient solstice tradition that was still being performed the last time there was a full eclipse on a winter solstice some hundreds of years ago i d like to specially dedicate this post to joski at merlin s new rags and gadaya at the old weird america for their superb scholarly posts and special collections of different versions of ancient folk tunes besides for solace of our people and allurement of the savages we were provided of musike in good variety not omitting the least toyes as morris dancers hobby horses and maylike conceits to delight the savage people whom we intended to winne by all faire means possible the abbots bromley horn dance the abbots bromley horn dance is the oldest surviving ritual dance in the northern hemisphere the dance dates back at least to the early medieval period the first written record of its performance is from the barthelmy fair in 1226 historians have suggested that it celebrates the purchase of hunting rights in needwood forest from the abbot of bromley restoring previous saxon privileges it is performed every year on wakes monday in the village of abbots bromley in the english midlands at 8 00 a m the horns are taken from the church where they are kept during the year and the dancers make their rounds stopping at various locations throughout the village and its surrounding farms and pubs a distance of about ten miles after dancing all day the horns are returned to the church 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