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Frank Stricklen <frankstricklen>

"The Wierd Al of Irish Music"

	Irish Music and my Appalachian Roots	438 dagen geleden
	Growing up in West Virginia, I first experienced Irish and Celtic music in the form of the Appalachian music my family played. My grandfather was a self-taught mountain banjo player and when I visited him we would inevitably play for hours through some of his vast repertoire of songs and tunes. As I grew older and began to learn more about Celtic music, I was amazed at how similar and yet how subtly different the Appalachian versions were from the original songs from across the waters. Each was very much tied to its culture and the changes reflected the needs of the singer/storyteller. Today, I love to perform the old songs and will choose one version or another depending on which seems to fit my audience's culture and context and(honestly) sometimes just based on which one evokes the sheer beauty or truth that touches me more. I feel fortunate to have a foot in both worlds. If you're interested in comparing some of these song versions side by side, Thistle and Shamrock did just that in a recent broadcast (I believe it was on September 7 or 14. Check it out!
	geplaatst door Frank Stricklen