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Foot Tapping Fun at The Coach House, Dublin Castle

We went to The Homecoming concert last night in The Coach House, Dublin Castle. Four wonderful musicians gave a sold out concert that I thought was exceptional.

The line-up was

Susan McKeown voice
Paddy O’Brien accordion
Cillian Vallely uilleann pipes, low whistle
Aidan Brennan guitar

A combination of traditional and folk songs, mixed with jigs, reels, polkas and marches kept my [...]

Elvis Presley Stopped Me In My Tracks

I’m putting together a playlist for a friend of mine. It’sĀ supposed to have an acoustic blues guitar theme.

I got distracted!

I started listening to songs I hadn’t heard for a while and then I played this…

It took a while before I finally “got” Elvis. When I did I focused on the Sunrise and Tiger Man albums. [...]

Don’t ignore me!

This is my saxophone! It is a Yanagisawa Alto model 901 and I love it.

Up until last week I hadn’t played it for the best part of six months. I really enjoy picking it up, having a toot and playing the odd tune. So considering I enjoy it so much why have I neglected it [...]