The Piper's Despair / Matt Peoples' / The Sailor on the Rock / Dark Haired Lass

Reels

Some reel sets from a session at The Queen Victoria, Gosforth sometime in 2013:

Paul Ruane ~ fiddle
Norman Holmes ~ flute
Dave Wood ~ guitar
Louis Bingham ~ tenor banjo
Brendan Ratliff ~ fiddle
Chris Meredith ~ fiddle
Dan Foster ~ fiddle

Black Pat's - Green Fields Of Glentown - Beautiful Gortree (Peoples)

Beare Island - Holly Bush (Dwyer)

Des Hurley (fidil), Bill Fry (feadóg stain) & myself (fidil) play a reel at a small curry and tune-based gathering for my birthday in York.

♫ ♪ ♫ ~ 25th Birthday Party Reel ~ ♪ ♫ ♪

The Green Fields Of Glentown

Written in memory of grandma Sheila Foster.

Dan Foster ~ fiddle
Joan Harrison ~ banjo
Betsy Rome ~ guitar
Julie Thompson Sorcek ~ silver flute

Sheila's Waltz

Tunes from The Playwright, Hamden CT

Damien Connolly
Nick Tiberio
Dan Foster
Katie Murray
and others

Playwright Fiddles

Eileen O'Brien ~ fiddle
Mary Bergin ~ tin whistle
Patrick Ourceau ~ fiddle
John Tabb ~ button accordion
Dan Foster ~ fiddle
Pat Egan ~ guitar

Some tunes from the Catskills Irish Arts Week 2015 at The Saloon of East Durham.

Special to me since I was sat opposite my old fiddle tutor from Limerick: Eileen O'Brien.

Saloon Sesh

A set of reels as part of the Piper's Gathering Tutor's Concert in The Chapel at Wisdom House, Litchfield, CT featuring Owen Marshall on bouzouki. I played the first tune "Orla's Reel" as a tribute to one of my favourite fiddle players, Paul Ruane (RIP) who composed the melody.

Orla's - Green Fields Of Glentown - Beautiful Gortreee

St Patrick's Day Special Radio Interview on CT Public Radio.
Linked from homepage ~ http://www.danfosterfiddle.com/

WNPR ~ Dan Foster

A hornpipe setdance played late at night in Paddy Reilly's Music Bar, New York City where the tunes, pints and conversation were flowing freely.

Listen out for Niall's funny story of an unfortunate Irish dance related incident at the Leinster Championships, 1980...

Niall O'Leary ~ Piano
Calum Pasqua ~ Fiddle
Dan Foster ~ Fiddle

Planxty Davis @ Paddy Reillys

Boy on the Hilltop
Broken Pledge
Old Dudeen
Oak Tree

Will Woodson ~ wood fL00t
Dan Foster ~ wood fidil
Eric McDonald ~ wood geetar

The Oak Tree

Fiddle player, from York, UK ~ www.danfosterfiddle.com 

My trad music timeline:~
Folkworks Summer School '07 - '09, '11
Manchester Sessions '08 - '10
Newcastle Folk Degree '10 - '14
Irish World Academy, UL Semester '12
Americae '15 - '??

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