Well I’m calling it quits for the week and am off to do my annual marathon of one of my favorite events of the year Seattle’s Northwest Folklife festival. I grew up liking folk music listening to my parents’ collection[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well the first day of Folklife went well. Friday tends to be the quiet day as most people haven’t started their holiday weekend. Because of this there really aren’t that many of the headliners booked an I really didn’t see[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well the second day went well. This was my second day biking to Seattle Center and I made it in 51 minutes. I had planned ahead a bit more than I had the day before and I had several venues[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I got a late start today for better or worse and arrived at Seattle Center by 12:30 (did it in 49 minutes on the Bike) Once I got there I started the day with a few scottish fiddler bands at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For today’s Rhapsody we will be playing the Newfoundland Rhapsody by Howard Cable performed by the Hillcrest Wind Ensemble Other than most of the second half being a variation of “Sweet Betsy From Pike“, I quite like it.
Today’s Rhapsody is the second Norwegian Rhapsody by Johan Svendsen performed by WINDIANA. http://youtu.be/8r0PYpfYej0 http://youtu.be/WbeT6eMe_Hc
This week’s Rhapsody is the first of six Irish Rhapsodies by Charles Villers Stanford It’s a beautul piece with a little bit of “Danny Boy” snuck in for good measure. http://youtu.be/gQzHkWquUXw
Well another Fourth of July is past us and for those who haven’t caught it yet a very happy 236th birthday USA. For the most part I spent it like I had every other year. That is to say treating[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For this week’s selection we have the Somerset Rhapsody by Gustav Holst.
Today’s Rhapsody is the first of Dvorak‘s Slavic Rhapsodies (Opus 45) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icJcbgATeCM
