Bardic Circle was invited to play at the SCVF Emerald Society meeting last night which was hosted by Ridge FD, but since 2/3 of Bardic Circle couldn't make it on such short notice, I ran out by myself. I usually don't do solo gigs and I certainly missed Cate's great harmonies and mandolin as...
I ran down to the Grey Horse Tavern in Bayport again to see Luke Powers and Bernadette Fee make the rafters roar once again, but also to say good luck to Austin who will be heading down to start his new life with Raleigh FD. I met up with Chief McKenna and the Honorable Kate Browning and a couple...
I met up with John Corr yesterday to play Irish music at Kings Park Day. This street fair is kid friendly and has a wonderful small town America vibe. I found this picture of us in the Kings Park Notebook gallery [note: login required, 2024] of the event. I got to play a bunch of fiddle tunes...
I've been down to the Grey Horse Tavern in Bayport the last two months in a row to see Luke Powers on Uillean Pipes, Bernadette Fee on fiddle, Pat Coyne (and last time, Tom Falco) on guitar, Jerry Miller on accordian and others at their traditional session on the last thursday of the month. T...
Derek Warfield called my buddies Kevin and Nick up on stage to finish their set at St Margeret's Church in Selden where he was playing as Derek Warfield and The Young Wolfetones. They even pimped our gig the next day at the Hauppauge FD to the crowd (Thanks!). Damaris Woods was absolutely awe i...
I was shocked to find its been almost four years since I last wrote about seeing Buddy Merriam play. When Tim was more active in Bardic Circle we'd try to squeeze in a "field trip", as we called it, every so often to see some live music both to just have a good time and to try to learn how...
The weather was stunningly beautiful with highs of only 70, a cool breeze and clear skies. I started off with a morning ride at Glacier Ridge (PDF map) where I finally was able to get in the entire track (including all the black diamonds). I was pretty slow, it took me nearly two hours but I sto...
This is a sort of snapshot in time as a version of a dynamic document (that was) kept on Google Docs, which (was) shared with several friends to view and collaborate on over time. The most recent version of the page is no longer available. This is basically a list of bands to check out, to inves...
Update: Had another great time up at the Checkmate this month! Updated image.
I play Irish and Celtic music for fun. For about a year now I've been getting together pretty regularly with a friend to practice at least once a week. Occasionally we'll cruise out to another friends' place for a se...
We used to quote a line in a punk song when we younger: 'you're only bored when you're boring' and it's proven to be a truism. I've had just way too much to do lately to spend very much time writing about any of it as well. This entry is really just a summary of several recent activities - altho...