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From: myhui@bnr.ca (Michael Hui)
Subject: Re: Loreena McKennitt
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd., Ottawa, Canada
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 10:35:48 GMT

In article <1992Apr15.054655.8616@cs.dal.ca> bulger@ug.cs.dal.ca (Fred Bulger) writes:
>	Her albums are an investment which I think most folk music fans would
>cherish.  I rate her right up there with Stan Rogers in the folk music circle,
>however in a somewhat different light ... that's saying a lot from me.

I totally agree. I even have both the double CD special promo version of
The Visit and also the single CD version, the latter for lending out to new
converts. Hers is one among only four groups where I deem their music special
enough to invest in an entire CD collection. She has four CDs out now. The
two CD The Visit promo version has an interview and some songs from her
previous albums in the other CD.

I saw her play a community hall in a very small town in rural farm country
outside Ottawa. It was a packed hall, and she got a very long standing
ovation plus two encores. Her concert schedule recently through Canada
included many very small communities, in addition to all the large ones.
It shows you just how much she cares about the folk roots of her music
and the support she has in all communities large and small across Canada.

All her CDs have recently been released internationally by Warner Brothers.

To reach her own office, write to Quinlan Road, Box 933, Stratford, Ontario
                                                           N5A 7M3  Canada

She has a mailing list set up and periodic mailings on recent developments
and concert schedules, as well as direct order of all her CDs or cassettes.

>  Fred Bulger                |  1-(902)-496-9029  
>  6222 Chebucto Rd.          |  bulger@ug.cs.dal.ca  
>  Halifax, Nova Scotia       |  fbulger@ac.dal.ca 
>  CANADA    B3l 1K8          |  bulger@moon.sba.dal.ca

Michael MY Hui          myhui@bnr.ca           Ottawa Canada
From: Geraint.Jones@comlab.oxford.ac.uk (Geraint Jones)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Re: Linda Healy?
Date: 7 Apr 92 15:12:36 GMT
Reply-To: Geraint.Jones@comlab.oxford.ac.uk (Geraint Jones)
Organization: Oxford Parallel Reality, Buzzware Artificers to the Gentry

spp@zabriskie.berkeley.edu (Steve Pope) wrote:
>->  I heard a song on the radio yesterday by a Welsh singer,
>->  Linda Healy.   Any information on her, on her recordings etc.,
>->  would be appreciated -- this one exposure was enough to
>->  get me interested!

Linda Healy has a crystal voice and a very characteristic Meirionydd accent.
(-eh- vowels whee the rest of Wales has -ah-s, that sort of thing.)

She is best known as /the/ voice with a trio called Plethyn who have half
a dozen albums of traditional folk and contemporary folksy stuff.  They do 
the usual stuff with mandolins and fiddles and whistles and such, but their
trademark is complicated harmony singing with her voice shining against 
the gravelly bass fom Roy and John.   They specialise in the sort of singing
that is associated with the plygain (Christmas celebration) in that part of
Wales.

They have a big following both for the quality (and entertainment value) of
the performances and for the quality of their songwriters.  (They sing a lot
of Myrddin ap Dafydd's stuff, both the political and the romantic.) 

	Blas y Pridd			Sain C745N		
	Golau tan gwmwl			Sain C788N		
	Rhown garreg ar garreg		Sain C826N / 1226M
	Teulu'r tir			Sain C874N / 1274M
	Caneuon gwerin i blant		Sain C909N / 1309M
		(Folk songs for children)
	Byw a bod			Sain C993N
	Drws agored			Sain C433N / SCD 4033
	Blas y pridd + drws agored	Sain SCD 6045
		(two cassettes, less a couple of tracks, on CD)

She also has a solo cassette, 

	Amser			Sain C666N / 1466M

of stuff which she put together while she was `away from singing' for a year 
or so for the birth of her baby.  That apart, when I last knew she was working
as a secretary at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Those are all `Sain' label recordings, C*N are cassettes (GBP 6.63), *M are
vinyl (also GBP 6.63) and SCD are CDs (GBP 9.71) all prices including VAT.
They do mail order (P&P 10% on single items, 5% for larger orders) and are at

	Canolfan Sain
	Llandwrog
	Caernarfon
	Gwynedd
	United Kingdom		LL54 5TG

	Phone +44 286 831 111
	Fax   +44 286 831 497
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
From: jts@wdl1.wdl.loral.com (Jim Stenstrom)
Subject: Re: Elderly Instruments
Organization: Loral Western Development Labs
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 22:00:25 GMT

johnmac@reg.triumf.ca (JOHNMAC*DOUGALL TRIUMF OPERATIONS) writes:

>In article <1992Apr10.054503.29874@edsi.plexus.COM>, terry@edsi.plexus.COM 
>(Terry Dawson) writes...
>>irilyth@cs.swarthmore.edu (Joshua Smith) writes:
>> 
>>>Elderly Instruments, somewhere in Michigan,
>>
>>I play left-handed guitar and it's a major event for me to see any left
>>handed instruments in the stores where I live.  At Elderly I was able to
>>noodle around on and compare five guitars, including two Martins and a
>>Gibson.  The right handers in our group were even more ecstatic.  Lots
>>of nice stuff, reasonable prices and a friendly, helpful and
>>knowledgeable staff.

>Oh tell us more about these lefty Martins....a D-18 perhaps?  
>-john.

Elderly Instruments address is:
1100 N. Washington
P.O. Box 14210
Lansing, MI 48901
Phone: (517) 372-7890 (Mail Order)
       (517) 372-7880 (Showroom)

You can call or write Elderly, and they will send you a hefty set of
catalogs free. It takes a couple of months. There are
four catalogs Acoustic Instruments and Accessories, Electric Intruments and
Accessories, Records, Tapes & CD's, and Books and Videos.  They also will
send you a list of Used Equipment available. The acoustic Instrument catalog
is nice to have.  A new Martin D-18 is listed for $984.00 (Add $90.00 for
left handed model).  An HD-28 is listed for $1350.00.  My catalog is about
6 months old.  I bought a Martin J-21M (I know what your going to say! You
bought your guitar Mail Order!). Anyway, the service I received was very good,
and the guitar came properly setup. Besides Martin, they also carry Gibson,
Collings, Guild, and Alvarez-Yairi, as well as Banjos, and Mandolins.  

					Hopes this helps,
						Jim	
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
From: elton@fnord.sybase.com (Elton Wildermuth)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Re: Ballad of the Female Bandit
Date: 15 Apr 92 18:22:33 GMT
Article-I.D.: sybase.19503
Organization: Daoine Sidhe

Regarding Andrea Aldridge talking about Oak, Ash, and Thorn:
>
>>    This is great!  Are there more verses, or a chorus or refrain?   Is it
>>    available recorded by anyone?
>
>Recorded, yes.  Available?  You might have to hunt a little.  Oak, Ash and 
>Thorn, a wonderful Californinan quartet, recorded it under the title of "The
>Crafty Maid's Policy", along with several other great a capella songs.

OAT only have 2 albums so far, "Sowing Wild Oats" and "Out on a Limb".
I don't remember which songs are on what album.  The first was a studio
album, the second live; both are still available in both cassette and
vinyl.  My opinion is that the live album is *much* better, because the
energy in their singing is so much higher.  They also issued a single that
contains "Teddy Bears' Picnic" and "The Owl and the Pussycat".

Anyone who wants any of the above can contact me, and I'll give you more
information.

			-- Elton
From: mike@fionn.lbl.gov (Michael Helm)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Re: A song fragment request
Date: 11 Apr 1992 08:12:02 GMT
Organization: N.I.C.E.
Reply-To: mike@fionn.lbl.gov (Michael Helm)
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.128.60

dans@yang.earlham.edu writes:
>> ||School day's over, come on then John
>> ||Time t be gettin your pit boots on
>It is indeed called "School Day's Over."  Like so many other great songs, 
>it was written by the late Ewan McColl.  You can probably find it on one 

Was this song written for a musical play?  I don't seem to have a version
of him doing it to confirm or refute that.

Anyway, it is also one of the hilites of "By the Time It Gets Dark"
(also known as the "moleskin breeches" CD) by Mary Black.  Mine
has the ominous DARA label so I dunno if you can still get this
in the USA.

For some reason I find this one of the saddest songs I have
ever heard.
From: e343gv@tamuts.tamu.edu (Gary Varner)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: St. Louis next weekend (4/16-4/19)
Summary: Any recommendations?
Date: 13 Apr 92 18:58:34 GMT
Organization: Center for Peripheral Philosophy   :-)

I'm going to be in St. Louis Thursday April 16 through Sunday April 19
(a friend and I have tickets to the Cards-Cubs series Friday night
and Saturday and Sunday afternoons).

Anybody have any suggestions about music to see Thursday, Saturday or
Sunday night?

And where's the biggest selection of tap beer in town?

Thanks in advance,
 _______________________________________________________________ 
|    |  |____    Gary Varner                                    |
| ___|       |   Philosophy      "It's too late to die young."  |
| \       *  |   Texas A&M                     -- Gregg Brown   |
|  \/\      /   e343gv@tamuts.tamu.edu                          |
|_____\   /_____________________________________________________|
       \(
From: esucv@warwick.ac.uk (TOny M)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Gordon Giltrap anyone?
Date: 7 Apr 92 15:19:10 GMT
Organization: Computing Services, Warwick University, UK

I have 'Perilous Journey' and think it's brilliant. Does anyone know what
Gordon's other albums are like? (do they also contain orchestra / piano /
synth / sax et al.??)

Cheers,
     -----TOny-----
-- 
Tony Marshall          |
University of Warwick  |"Haha, and that's where I had you fooled because it's
Coventry UK            |       not a ferret, it's a pig!!" - Vyvyan
esucv@csv.warwick.ac.uk|
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
From: dean@cs.cornell.edu (Dean Krafft)
Subject: Re: Concertina wannabe
Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY 14853
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 20:04:41 GMT

I have a Bastari 30 button Anglo, and it is a reasonable starter instrument.
In particular, Elderly has pretty rock-bottom prices for this sort of stuff,
and I have had no problem with them after buying a lot of things from them.

I very strongly recommend subscribing to Concertina and Squeezebox Magazine.
It has lots of great articles, ads, music and general good stuff.  I'm
somewhat connected with them - I print out the mailing list and wrote a
recent article, but it's still a good magazine :-).

If you are near Tower Records, you should be able to pick up a copy from
there, but otherwise you really need to subscribe.  Subscriptions are
$15.00 ($20.00 first class) from:

        Concertina & Squeezebox
        P.O. Box 6706
        Ithaca, NY  14851

Back issues are also available if you want to sample a recent issue.  You
can get them either from Andy's Front Hall (see their catalog) or direct
from C&S.  Recent issues are $4.00 each plus $1.50 postage for the first
issue plus 50 cents for each additional one.

I will second the recommendation for Bertram Levy's Tutor.  I would also
suggest (if you have the money) John Townley's Anglo Concertina Instructional
Videotape, available from Lark in the Morning (and possibly Elderly as
well).  He presents the Anglo as a user-friendly, play by ear instrument,
and he does a good job.


					Dean Krafft
					Director of Computing Facilities
					Computer Science Dept.
					Cornell University
					(607) 255-9214
					dean@cs.cornell.edu
From: paul@telxon (Paul Cowan)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Prine tour info request
Date: 6 Apr 92 20:00:24 GMT
Reply-To: paul@telxon (Paul Cowan)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Telxon Corporation, Akron Ohio (NNTP with a :-)



Does anyone have the Prine/Cowboy Junkies tour schedule?
I would like to know if they are going to be within driving
distance of Cleveland Ohio.

Thanks
Paul Cowan            # ..!uunet!telxon!paul | telxon!paul@uunet.uu.net
Telxon Corporation    #
91 Springside Drive   #
Akron, Ohio, 44313    #
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
From: ramasubr@ecn.purdue.edu (SUBU Ramasubramanian)
Subject: Indian classical music concert at Purdue
Reply-To: ramasubr@ecn.purdue.edu
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 08:47:11 GMT

========================================================================
<         INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC ASSOCIATION OF PURDUE
<         --------------------------------------------
<                    PRESENTS A FLUTE RECITAL
<                            BY
<                      DR. N. RAMANI
<
<A.KANYAKUMARI (VIOLIN)              GURUVAYUR DORAI (MRIDANGAM)
<-----------------------------------------------------------------

			FLUTE: An indian wind instrument
			MRIDANGAM: An indian percussion instrument
==================================================================

<DATE: TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1992         TIME: 7.30 PM
<VENUE: NORTH BALLROOM, PURDUE MEMORIAL UNION
<       WEST LAFAYETTE, IN 47907
<
<TICKETS: $7 (STUDENTS), $10 (OTHERS)
<         AVAILABLE AT
<         LOEB AND HALL OF MUSIC OFFICES
<FOR TICKET INFO CALL (317) 494 3933

 NOTE FOR FOLKS COMING FROM OUTSIDE OF LAFAYETTE:
 1.Overnight accomodation can be arranged for a max. of 10 persons; let
 us know in advance (email to ramakril@vm.cc.purdue.edu)
 2. Preferably reserve your tickets in advance
 3. Children below 10 will not be permitted
 4. Directions -

Take I65 (South /North) and exit at State Road 25
After the ramp take a left onto 25 South towards
Lafayette.
At the first Trafic Lights (TL) take a right onto
US 52 West
Keep going on US 52 W, pass two TL
On the third TL take a left onto Yeager Rd.
(At this light you should see a Amoco gas station
just ahead of you and ACE Hard Ware Store on your right)
Take a left onto North Western on the next TL
Keep going on North Western. You should see Smittys on
your left after passing the first TL. After this TL
pass one more TL. On the third TL, you should see a McD
on your left and University Buildings on your right.
You are now on the intersection of North Western and
Stadium.

Pass the next TL and take a right onto State St on the
second TL.
Take a right onto Grant St. on the next TL and park in the
garage on your right, which is right after you make the
turn.
North Ball room is in the Purdue Memorial Union
which is opposite to the garage.
From: n9040513@henson.cc.wwu.edu (aldridge andrea)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: LYRICS: When I Was a Fair Maid
Keywords: When I Was A Fair Maid
Date: 6 Apr 92 17:14:19 GMT
Article-I.D.: henson.1992Apr6.171419.18605
Organization: Western Washington University

In article <53536@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt2109a@prism.gatech.EDU (Michael Simpson) writes:

>Also, if anyone is feeling especially generous, I'd like [the lyrics to]
"When I Was A Fair Maid" (Triona Ni "Connell").  

Do you mean Triona ni Donnaill, currently residing in Portland?  In any case,
these are the lyrics I got from Mary Molloy of Morrigan (yet another now-
defunct great Seattle group):

                 WHEN I WAS A FAIR MAID

	Oh when I was a fair maid about seventeen
	I 'listed in the Navy for to serve the Queen
	I 'listed in the Navy, a sailor for to stand
	For to hear the cannons rattlin' and the music so grand

	Refrain: (always the same format - tinker with the last line)
	  The music so grand, the music so grand
	  For to hear the cannons rattlin' and the music so grand

	The officer who enlisted me was a fine and handsome man
	He said, "You'll make a sailor, so come along, my man"
	My waist being tall and slender, my fingers long and slim
	The minute that they learned me, I had exceeded them
	
	They sent me to bunk and they sent me to bed
	To lie with the sailors I never was afraid
	But in putting off my blue coat, well, it ofttimes made me smile
	For to think I'd lain with a thousand men and a maiden all the while

	They sent me to London for to guard the Tower
	I think that I would be there 'til my very dying hour
	But a lady fell in love with me - I told her I was a maid
	She went up to my captain and my secret she betrayed

	The captain he came up to me and he asked if it was so
	I dare not, I dare not, I dare not say no
	"'Tis a pity we should lose you - such a sailor lad you made
	'Tis a pity we should lose you, such a handsome young maid"

	So fare thee well, Captain, you've been so kind to me
	And likewise to my shipmates - I'm sorry to part from thee
	But if ever the Navy needs a lad, a sailor I'll remain
	I'll put off my cap and feathers and I'll run the rigging again

Also to be heard as performed by Maureen Campbell on the Album "Syrens" by
that wonderful Seattle women's chantey group, St. Elmo's Choir. ;-)
-- 
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
<>  Andrea Aldridge   IRC:  Folkie   E-Mail: n9040513@henson.cc.wwu.edu   <>
<>  WWU--452 Edens Hall North/Bellingham, WA 98225 USA     206-734-0270   <>
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
From: olexyj@cu4500.dnet.cua.edu (Jeanne Olexy)
Subject: ex
Organization: The Catholic University of America
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 23:34:34 GMT

We play and sing "How Can I Keep From Singing" in Church.  It is in
a contemporary Catholic Hymnal Called GATHER published  by GIA
Publications in Chicago.  There are keyboard and guitar accompaniment
books that are available.  Good Song.  We also heard Jean Redpath
and Enya sing this song.

I hope you enjoy performing this piece as much as I do.

Jeanne
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
From: scott@wri.com (Scott Midler)
Subject: "Beggars to God"
Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 18:12:40 GMT


I am looking for a recording and/or information on a song probably
called "Beggars to God". I remember hearing it on A Prarie Home
Companion 4 or 5 years ago, done by (I think) Sally Rogers and Claudia
Schmit(sp?). I spent this last weekend listening to a whole mess of
PHC tapes, but alas, I could not find this song on any of them.

Any pointers would be appreciated. Email is fine.

Thanks.

Scott Midler
scott@wri.com
From: tbd@neuro.duke.edu (Tristan Davies)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Re: PBS Experts
Date: 6 Apr 92 15:52:16 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Duke University; Durham, N.C.

In article <1992Apr3.052044.22932@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> thughes@lonestar.utsa.edu (Toby . Hughes) writes:
-->A group of unknown performers have released a record (on Flying Fish),
-->and the executive producer of 'Austin City Limits' is interested in
-->producing a PBS special on the album.  He queried PBS and was told that
-->they would go for it if he could come up with a 'name' host for the show.
-->Because these performers have appeared twice on programs with Oscar Brand,
-->he suggested O.B. to PBS.  The music 'expert' at PBS turned it down,
-->saying he had never heard of Oscar Brand.
-->
-->Comments?

A special on such an album sounds good to me,
but who's Oscar Brand?

Tristan Davies

-- 
e-mail: tbd@neuro.duke.edu
Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center

"grblb blabt unt mipt speeb!! oot piffoo blaboo..." -- Opus
From: gt2641c@prism.gatech.EDU (Gordon Partridge Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Tax Songs
Date: 13 Apr 92 16:42:50 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

'Taxman' . . . I seem to remember hearing the Deighton family
do a cover of that on their Rounder album "Mama Was Right".
Can someone confirm that?
Bruce Baker (bbaker@clemson.edu)


-- 
Gordon Partridge Smith
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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Internet: gt2641c@prism.gatech.edu
From: thalen@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Adam A. Lang)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: A group?
Summary: Has anyone heard of...
Date: 7 Apr 92 03:54:02 GMT
Organization: 'None... want to sell me some?'


Hiyo... didn't know about this newsgroup before.  Nice.

First of all, re: Godfrey's... if you like someone on their lineup, buy those
tickets well in advance.  The place is tiny and comfy and the last performance
of Bill Staines was sold out two or three weeks in advance.

Second, has anyone heard of a group called Arwen Mountain?  Found a record of
theirs at the Princeton Record Exchange, liked it quite a bit.  Would like to
know if there is any more out there, and if so where to find it.

--Adam Lang, thalen@eecs.cs.pdx.edu

thalen@{reed or eecs.cs.pdx or cs.pdx}.edu, {littlei or tektronix}!reed!thalen
RL: Adam Lang, 1507 Esther Lane, Yardley, Pa 19067, Phone: (215) 295-7299
 The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at
 least until we've finished building it.
From: rbv@cypress.com (Roger Vanderveen)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Re: Linda Healy?
Date: 8 Apr 92 16:05:19 GMT
Reply-To: rbv@cypress.com.UUCP (Roger Vanderveen)
Organization: Cypress Semiconductor, San Jose, CA

In article <rpv4aINN2h5@agate.berkeley.edu> spp@zabriskie.berkeley.edu (Steve Pope) writes:
>I heard a song on the radio yesterday by a Welsh singer,
>Linda Healy.   Any information on her, on her recordings etc.,
>would be appreciated -- this one exposure was enough to
>get me interested!


Linda Healy is (or was) one of a group of three called Plethyn, a Welsh folk music
group. The others are Jac and Roy, one of whom, if I remember correctly, is her brother,
and the other a cousin.

Plethyn performed in Saratoga (you appear to be in Berkeley) in 1985, but have not been
back since. Pity, it was a wonderful concert, and they got a great response for the size
of the hall.

I only have one of their albums, "Rhown Garreg Ar Garreg", which of course is all in
Weksh, and I highly recommend it. The title track, BTW, I recently found, has the same
tune as the Irish "Si Bean, Si Beag". Some of their albums are available from
Siani Flewog in St. Catharines, Ontario. If you're interested I'll look up the address,
and also find more album names.

Roger
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk