cool site for music info.

i do find really good stuff on ebay if you are looking for the oddball stuff. everybody knows about gibson and martin guitars, but i got five course round back bouzouki/octave mandolin for $450. it;s beautiful and it would cost three grand to get one made now--fer instance. i bid on this dulcimer because it was six strings and had friction pegs and the wood looked very finely figured--and it is a gem! they do have a special sound.

edith butler is from the acadien pennisula in nouveau brunswick. paquetteville! she had a local hit song with the tune "paquettevillle". i live in nouveau brunswick now. i'm from eatern nova scotia though.

i just saw a great rendition of chi me na morbheanna on u tube by a guy from michigan--if he can do it i can do it.

the coolest thing i found was a turkish guy palying an ottoman era folk tune on appalacian dulcimer. i have been working on tha mi sgith all day on dulcimer and a bit of andrew lammie--the latter is great for dulcimer but the lyrics are sad--ultimately its an honour killing song--there's no accounting for lowlanders.

some times i wonder how sassenachen women get so abused. but then have people out there metmany highland gaelic women? just try abusing them and see what happens!

i have noticed over the years the nova scotia highlander versions of folk songs alway leave out the killings. in feniario , the american version a woman jilts a guy then he burns down the whole town, in the british version he kills the girl, in the nova scotia version (bonny barbry oh) he shrugs and looks for another. but thats another story.

oh hey i just found a version of bonny barbry oh for dulcimer and its much easier to finger pick than on guitar.

"so come down the stairs bonny barby oh"

i bet handsome molly is even easier