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Just a recording of me practicing 2 Irish tunes on a new fiddle in 2012.

Practicing two Irish reels on fiddle in 2012

Premièred on The 405:
http://www.thefourohfive.com/news/article/listen-to-yannina-by-jake-houlsby-405-premiere-143

Fresh On The Net Fave: http://freshonthenet.co.uk/2015/05/faves151/

One of Q Magazine's 'Five Songs To Hear This Week':
http://www.qthemusic.com/9854/five-songs-to-hear-this-week-jet-setter-delta-sleep-jake-houlsby-curxes-communions/

Newcastle-based singer songwriter Jake Houlsby is very pleased to announce the release of his indie folk-infused debut EP ‘Yannina’.

Having previously released material under the guise of Suntrapp, Jake stepped out of the limelight six months ago to consider his artistic direction and is now ready to return and release music under his own name.

The folkster has gained widespread acclaim in the last few years with national radio airplay on BBC 6 Music courtesy of Lauren Laverne and Tom Robinson as well as considerable blog coverage on the likes of The 405, For Folk’s Sake and The Mad Mackerel.

In 2013, Jake was also the proud recipient of the Alan Hull Award for Songwriting in addition to being selected for the Roundhouse 3030 Project which saw him perform at the Roundhouse Rising Festival.

The talented folk musician has clearly honed his craft on the live scene and is ready to kick off this new phase of his career with a series of live shows dedicated to debut release ‘Yannina’.

The six-track EP will feature tracks including title track ‘Yannina’, ‘Fuel For The Fire’ and ‘Beyond All This’ and promises to show a side to him we’ve never seen before.

‘Yannina’ is officially released on Monday 8th June.
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Website: www.jakehoulsby.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/jakehoulsby
Twitter: www.twitter.com/jakehoulsby
Contact Email: jakehoulsby@gmail.com

Yannina

Irish Fiddle Tunes

Track from the debut album 'Clype'

Special guest

Ross Ainslie on low whistle

Now My Home

Amy - Amy Yon

Premièred on Crack In The Road: http://www.crackintheroad.com/music/31390-premiere-jake-houlsby-beyond-all-this

Newcastle-based singer songwriter Jake Houlsby is very pleased to announce the release of his indie folk-infused debut EP ‘Yannina’.

Having previously released material under the guise of Suntrapp, Jake stepped out of the limelight six months ago to consider his artistic direction and is now ready to return and release music under his own name.

The folkster has gained widespread acclaim in the last few years with national radio airplay on BBC 6 Music courtesy of Lauren Laverne and Tom Robinson as well as considerable blog coverage on the likes of The 405, For Folk’s Sake and The Mad Mackerel.

In 2013, Jake was also the proud recipient of the Alan Hull Award for Songwriting in addition to being selected for the Roundhouse 3030 Project which saw him perform at the Roundhouse Rising Festival.

The talented folk musician has clearly honed his craft on the live scene and is ready to kick off this new phase of his career with a series of live shows dedicated to debut release ‘Yannina’.

The six-track EP will feature tracks including title track ‘Yannina’, ‘Fuel For The Fire’ and ‘Beyond All This’ and promises to show a side to him we’ve never seen before.

‘Yannina’ is officially released on Monday 8th June.
―――
Website: www.jakehoulsby.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/jakehoulsby
Twitter: www.twitter.com/jakehoulsby
Contact Email: jakehoulsby@gmail.com

Beyond All This

Live version of John Taylor's Month Away by King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, taken from live session on BBC 6 Music, September 2011

01 John Taylor's Month Away (Live) - King Creosote & Jon Hopkins

Swallowtail Jig

CD01 Gravel Walks (peter Cooper)

Celtic Pride: Traditional Music of Ireland & Scotland

Highlander

Spontanious Jam @ Hobgoblin Southampton Kindly recorded by their staff.

Drowsy Maggie (Irish Traditional)

Based on a very  ancient  wedding song from the Shopski region in Bulgaria and turned into a complicated polyphonic,antiphonal,polymetric and polyrythmic vocal-instrumental piece by ''Kaufmann Project-Divi Glasove''. The ''Shamanic choir'' is purely female, where you can hear the singer with the lowest  female Bulgarian voice and candidate for the Guinness World Records for ''the lowest vocal note by a female"- Mariyana Pavlova. 

Soloist: Elena Bozhkova,soloist of  "Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares'',she has an incredible voice  and is one of the last original Bulgarian singers who represent  a unique ancient style of singing of the Shopski region with it's specific techniques. She is a versatile singer who is capable to sing other Balkan styles as well.



Yozdole ide(wedding song,the wedding is regarded as a battle in the Bulgarian folk tradition)

Bridging the Gap, Track 12.  

 Reels: Master Mc Dermott, The Yellow Tinker,  The Chattering Magpie

This is a fiddle solo by Kevin Moloney consisting of 3 tunes. 
Backing on Bazooki by Pat Eade.

The first is an exquisite setting of the fairly well known reel often referred to as Mc Dermott's which Kevin learned when he was very young. The other two he played when was young also. 
The version here of the Chattering Magpie is sometimes referred to as Aggie White's Chattering Magpie. Aggie was a well kwong fiddle player from Ballinakill and a contemporary of Kevin's. They played together many times including performances with the Ballinakill players.

Kevin Moloney: Bridging the Gap. Track 12. Fiddle Solo. (Traditional Irish Fiddle)

Three reels of Liz's composition, from "Double Play," the Grammy nominated album with John Doyle.

Rushin' Dressing / The Quitter / Remove the Rug

Hi, we're PJ and JJ from YouTube. We released our first album! Available on Bandcamp, iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, etc! Check it out on this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI9GJOFz8_U

Practicing two Irish reels on fiddle in 2012

TinWhistler (PJ & JJ)