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Clubs in the GTA
Talking to Syd got me wondering about groups of MD players around the Greater Toronto Area. I'm wondering whether there are any up here besides the...
@B. Ross Ashley started 17 years ago - replies: 8
Child of Grace (Denson 1991) 77t
I've posted a Sacred Harp song, "Child of Grace" to ezFolk and will post it here as well. It's played melody-drone on a Rockwell YAM strung with...
@Flint Hill started 17 years ago - replies: 11
Faithful Soldier, Southern Harmony #122
We used to sing this one in West Georgia in the 1950s, and I still love it. It's from William Walker's Southern Harmony , a shape-note songbook...
@Flint Hill started 17 years ago - replies: 12
What's a Noter-Drone dulcimer?....
A member wrote to me and asked this question:What's a Noter-Drone dulcimer?I thought rather than them getting an answer from only one person, it...
@Strumelia started 17 years ago - replies: 33
I Wonder As I Wander...
I Wonder as I Wander by John Jacob Niles"I Wonder as I Wander" has its origins in a song fragment collected on July 16, 1933 by folklorist and...
@Rod Westerfield started 17 years ago - replies: 2
The beginning of the end, circa 1978
Happened to run across an interesting article by one JC Rockwell that suggests he was a pioneer -- maybe even the pioneer -- of the chord-playing...
@razyn started 17 years ago - replies: 38
Anyone want to start a modern/chording style players group?
I started a group for old style noter/drone players this past week and it has become very popular.I just wanted to mention here on the forum that...
@Strumelia started 17 years ago - replies: 3
Preparing for a gig
This topic interests me because, since setting my goal of just putting myself out there at sessions in 2009 I have had some bookings (paid and...
@Foggers started 17 years ago - replies: 7
The worst sort of gig
I just think it could be amusing, in a horrible way, to see how low we sometimes have to stoop in the name of music. Or maybe some other name, but...
@razyn started 17 years ago - replies: 10
The Friendly Beasts
Ok ... I figured to start our sharing hymn, we would start with a Christmas song... so here we go..."The Friendly Beasts" is a traditional...
@Rod Westerfield started 17 years ago - replies: 9