tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76030149547621889282012-02-16T05:15:08.942-05:00Childsplay’s over two dozen musicians come from all over the United States and Sweden and include some of the leading virtuosos in traditional and contemporary fiddle music. For over 20 years, Childsplay has performed in the United States and Europe, showcasing different styles of fiddle music.Childsplayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02685874222456512953noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603014954762188928.post-6487056558827306142009-07-02T16:23:00.001-04:002009-07-02T16:25:38.761-04:00

Sam Amidon's top ten favorite Irish fiddle records:1. tommy peoples and paul brady - the high part of the road2. tommy peoples and daithi sproule - the iron man3. frankie gavin and alec finn - frankie gavin and alec finn4. paddy glackin - in full spate5. kathleen collins - traditional music of ireland6. tommy potts - the liffey banks7. kathleen collins - traditional irish music of ireland8. james

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I am a traditional Irish fiddle player and learned my music from Seamus Connolly, a great and highly respected fiddler from County Clare. It was a real honor for me to get to know Seamus and to have his guidance as I worked to unravel the riddles of traditional Irish music. Possibly the most valuable lessons I learned from Seamus were about the art of listening, for in addition to sharing with me

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Hi Fiddlers!  I am Bonnie Bewick, and since I am on this website, I will first say that I am a fiddler, then mention that I am also a classical violinist who plays in the Boston Symphony Orchestra.  I have some thoughts on classically trained musicians playing folk music.  I teach violin, and I head a group of  classical plus folk musicians called Classical Tangent, and I am finding that my

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Welcome to the new Childsplay Blog!We are going to try something new on the Childsplay web site … an actual fiddler’s blog from the community of fiddlers who make up Childsplay. One aspect of the group that is often commented on is how much fun we are having when we are performing on stage (we are!); much of the pleasure comes from playing music with each other, the community part of the

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