I like it slower like this...great picking Jon!

Not much of a folk person, really, but this is beautiful

I adore the feeling you have put into this Jon.

I have always loved this tune.  You play it beautifully.

A set of reels from a concert we did in Philly.

Copley Street - Coleman's Graf Spey, The Leitrim Thrush

Newshoe  wrote this tune recently and I loved it! https://soundcloud.com/newshoe/big-foot-wedding-waltz
I asked if I could add some instruments to it and he agreed. So here is the version we have cooked up : )

Newshoe - Wrote the tune played the accordion and witnessed the wedding

Garddwr Porffor - Added percussion, bass and tack piano

There are lots more great tunes on https://soundcloud.com/newshoe

Bigfoot Wedding Waltz (Collaboration with Newshoe)

Unknown album (12/04/2019 09:23:41)

Girl in Clover

The Clown

Two tunes which aren't quite finished yet, but I enjoyed messing around with them this morning so here's a rough version. They started out with the intention of fitting the Cornish Cabm Pemp dance, but I think some bars may have got a bit more twisted about in the roughing out process, so they may not be strictly danceable.

Both tunes are named for Howard Godfrey who has been good enough to loan me this little beauty of a mandolin which I'm really enjoying playing at the moment. He made the instrument himself two years before I was born, and it's a stunner. Thanks for the loan Howard.

Howard's 1 & 2

"The Battle of Aughrim (Irish: Cath Eachroma) was the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland. It was fought between the largely Irish Jacobite army loyal to James II and the forces of William III on 12 July 1691 (old style, equivalent to 22 July new style), near the village of Aughrim, County Galway.
The battle was the bloodiest ever fought on Irish soil; over 7,000 people were killed. The Jacobite defeat at Aughrim meant the effective end of James's cause in Ireland, although the city of Limerick held out until the autumn of 1691.[3]" - Wikipedia

Ed Harris - After The Battle Of Aughrim

Here is a Cornish language translation of the Show of Hands song 'Cousin Jack'. Translated by me (Matthi ab Dewi)

F#m                                     D
An tir ma yw gwastas ha terrys,
E                         A           E
Kreythys ‘vel enep a’n loer.
F#m                                           C#m
‘Gan taves ni nyns yw hwath kewsys,
D                                             E
Dhe’n trevow a-dro tenkys oer,
F#m                                               D
A vydh gonis dhymm yn New Brunswick
E                                   A             E
A waynyav owr orth Kapp yn frank
F#m                                          C#m
Mar kwrellen vy toll bys dh’Australi
D                                                    E
A vydh dhymmo bythkweyth diank?

A                                          E
Y’n le may fo bal po neb toll down y’n dor,
F#m                                       D
Ottena ow fennwedh ha diwedh ow for’
          E                                        A                 E                         D     E                    
Hwilewgh ragov yn-dann an droenn ha ‘bervedh an skorr
A                                      E
Y’n le may fo resva yn kroghen ha goes
F#m                                     D
A’n kober hag arsnek ha pri ha sten poes
E                                    A                E                       D
Diberthi an Dugeth a wrav heb dhehwel war-nuk
E                                D            F#m
Ogh, holl vy war-nans Kosin Jack.

Re voghes ‘gan gweras rag Eden,

Strothys ‘wos growan ha mor,

Ha’n gwelyow a Nev a’gan gwitha,

Ha lev res gans Wesley ‘neb kor,

A dheuth Yosep nevra dhe’n Garrek,

Diw-vil bledhen gesys yn hun,

Ha ni owth oberi y’n tewlder,

Down yn golon a’n moen

Y’n le… (>>burdhen)

(gans Show of Hands – treyles gans Matthi ab Dewi 11/5/2019 (kynsa diw linen an burdhen a veu treylyes yn kosk)

Kosin Jack / Cousin Jack

A tune from the Ozarks re-imagined in a collaboration - Alan Ingall - Acordion, Dan Greenwood - Hand Drum , Hilary Dirlam - Banjo Strumstick and guitar. Thanks, Dan and Alan, for your talent and patience.

Delaware

Down Meadowhead

Demo

01 - Cornish Finnegan (If Only A Little - Tansys Golowan)

Traditional Irish folk tune. Arranged Jon Mills.
Played on my metal strung Custom made Tokai 5-string banjo.

The South Wind (O'Carolan, arr. Mills)

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Jon Mills currently plays banjo with the Old Lone Gin Band in the Dover area. Bands that he has previously played with include Rainmaker (bluegrass band), Travel by Steam (ceilidh band), Five Bar Gate (ceilidh band), Tony Joe Marshall & Crowbait (country music band), and the Marshall-Mills Duo. He is also recorded on albums of Cornish music with Merv Davey (Pyba, and Forth an Syns), and on an album with Cornish songwriter, Graham Sandercock (Pol Pri).

The South Wind (O'Carolan, arr. Mills)

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