The sadness and shock crosses the Atlantic. We only met Rosie three weeks ago at a session at the Tap and Spile in Morpeth, when we were over in the UK for some work at Newcastle University. She was so warm and welcoming and full of music in so many ways. She gave us a lift back to Newcastle, and helped us get to other sessions in the next two weeks, including the Cumberland Arms and the Cooperage. We exchanged many emails in that time too, and I had the sense of a long friendship in the making.

I will treasure the recording she made at the Tap and Spile for my daughter--an 11-year old aspiring fiddler--of the Boda Waltz. We will play it in her memory this evening when my daughter gets home from school.