henryp: https://www.melbay.com/Products/95056/ashokan-farewell.aspx Does that look electronic? Can you read the date? Now fuck off. GUEST: So no interpretive subtleties in this then here? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kZASM8OX7s No idea, I couldn't watch it here even if I wanted to waste my time on sentimental fakery. From Steve Shaw's description after taking one for the team and actually watching it, I presume it isn't a straight video from a session like the Edinburgh or Ashokan ones, which were what I was talking about. Anybody can add layers of interpretation to anything. And any sufficiently large group of fiddlers can turn any tune into a dogged expressionless routine. Slow airs performed en masse in sessions nearly always lose the whole point
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