March, 2012

Snow, snow, snow. We've had way too much this year. I continue to play dulcimer on most Saturday afternoons at Celtic Treasures. Jim and Amanda went to Wintergrass in Bellevue, too bad I wasn't able to join them. Maybe next year. Luckily, St. Pats will bring lots of Irish music gigs my way. My favorite new tunes (on both dulcimer and concertina): The Wexford Mayfly and The Leaping Trout!

Phillip Price has a new CD, "In Dublin Town". The release party will be March 9, 6:30 -8:30 p.m. at UAA Student Union Building. I may drop in briefly at the start, seeing as I recorded a couple of tracks for him on concertina, but I have to play for Dancing Bears that evening.

Feb, 2012

Cold, cold cold. It was a cold month indeed. But now it's getting above zero. Must have been all that hot music at the Anchorage Folk Festival.

Jan, 2012

Happy New Year! The parties are winding down. It's been a wild month with lots of wind blowing, lots of snow falling, and I spent a lot of time holed up indoors playing "words with friends" (except when I was out partying, or shoveling snow. Jim and Amanda made a fabulous trip to Anvik, where they taught music and juggling for an entire week. Check out the YouTube that Jim made. It includes a recording of Amanda playing her fiddle during the trip.


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