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Alec Finn
Alexander J. Phinn (4 June 1944 – 16 November 2018), known professionally as Alec Finn, was a British-born traditional musician who is famous for his unique style of accompaniment on the bouzouki. He was best known for founding De Dannan in 1974 with Frankie Gavin, Johnny "Ringo" MacDonagh and Charlie Piggott, after a series of music sessions at Tigh Hughes, An Spidéal, Co. Galway. Music Finn took up the bouzouki in the 1970s, from a background of playing the guitar in skiffle and blues music. In contrast to most Irish players, he played a round-backed Greek bouzouki, one of the older-style trichordo three course (six string) instruments tuned DAD. The Greek tuning gave him a versatile modal rhythmic background on which to create counterpoint to the melody. He was also an accomplished guitar player, and dabbled in a variety of other string instruments. From the late 1970s and early 80s, he accompanied several prominent Irish instrumentalists including Frankie Gavin, Mary Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trowbridge Village Pump Festival
The Village Pump Festival is a folk music festival that takes place near Trowbridge, England. It has its roots years ago in a barn at the Lamb Inn, Trowbridge, and later moved a few miles outside the town to Stowford Manor Farm at Farleigh Hungerford. The music covers a variety of genres from Folk music, folk and World music, roots to blues, celtic music, celtic and Ceilidh with a variety of other entertainment including a family field, with puppetry and story telling. Background The event arose from the folk club of the same name founded in Trowbridge in 1970 and the annual festival held there until 1984, when it moved to Stowford Manor Farm. Prior to 2010, all events took place in Marquee (tent), marquees and the compact site includes camping, car parking, three separate stages plus children's tent, two beer tents and a myriad of trade stalls selling items from all over the world. 2010 saw the introduction of an outdoor main stage (the Moonshine Stage), with two marquees (t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Footnotes See also * Leap year * List of calendars * List of non-standard ... * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1944 Births
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa. ** Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea, in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat. * January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces. * January 11 ** President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address. ** The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone ''Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau'' in occupied Poland. * January 12 – WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rough Guides
Rough Guides Ltd is a British travel guide book and reference publisher, which has been owned by APA Publications since November 2017. In addition to publishing guidebooks, the company also provides a tailor-made trips service based on customers’ individual criteria. The Rough Guides travel titles cover more than 200 destinations beginning with the 1982 ''Rough Guide to Greece'', a book conceived by Mark Ellingham, who was dissatisfied with the polarisation of existing guidebooks between cost-obsessed student guides and "heavyweight cultural tomes". Initially aimed at low-budget backpackers, the guidebooks have incorporated more expensive recommendations since the early 1990s, and are now marketed to travellers on all budgets. Since the late 1990s the books have contained colour printing. Much of the books' travel content is also available online. Penguin became responsible for sales and distribution in 1992, acquiring a majority stake in 1996 and buying Rough Guides outrig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The De Dannan Collection
The De Dannan Collection is an album by Irish traditional music group De Dannan. It is a 2003 version of their 1981 album "Star-Spangled Molly" with the tracks put into a different order, and two additional tracks ("The Teetotaler" set, and "Then You'll Remember Me"). Track listing # The Cuckoo's Nest Medley (instr) (Trad) # Come Back again To Me Mavourneen (Aylward) # New Irish Barn Dance (instr) (Trad) # Conlon's Jig/ Padraig O'Keefe's Head O' Cabbage/ Boys of Malin (instr) (De Danann/ De Dannan/ De Dannan/ De Dannan) # My Irish Molly-O (Schwartz and Jerome) # Hey Jude (instr) (J. Lennon & P. McCartney) # Maggie (James A. Butterfield and George W. Johnson) # Coleraine Jig/ Derraine's/ John Stenson's (instr) (Trad/ De Dannan/ Trad) # Kitty's Wedding/ The Rambler (instr) (Trad) # The Teetotaler/ St Anne's (instr) (Trad/ Trad) # Then You'll Remember Me (Unknown) # Morrison's/ The Tailor's Thimble/ Wellington's (instr) (Trad) # I'm Leaving Tipperary (?Pat White) Runn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feadóga Stáin 2
''Feadóga Stáin 2'' is the second solo album by Irish Traditional whistle virtuoso Mary Bergin. Tracks #Reels: The Flogging Reel; The Ivy Leaf; Trim The Velvet #Jigs: The Maid On The Green; The Mooncoin Jig #Reels: Eileen Curran; Lomanach Cross; Billy Brocker's, Miss Thorton's Reel #Air: Aisling Gheal #Polkas: Julia Clifford's; Jenny Lind's Polka #Hornpipes: The Humours Of Ballyconnell #Rigaudon Reel: The Cameronion #Reels: Richard Dwyer's; Miss McDonald #Jigs: Sliabh Russell; Kitty's Rambles; Padraig O'Keefe's #Reels: Dulaman Na Binne Bui; A Stor, A Stor, A Ghr, The Blackhaired Lass #Reels: Gus Jordan's; Big Pat's Reel; Sweeny's Dream; Eddie Maloney's #Air: Seolfaimid Araon Na Geanna Romhainn #Reels: The Galtee Rangers; The Gneevgullia Reel; Paddy Kelly's #Hornpipes: O'Callaghan's; Cooley's #Reels: Micho Russell's Reel; The Laurel Tree; The Woman Of The House Musicians *Mary Bergin : whistle on all *Kathleen Loughnane : harp * Dearbhaill Standún : fiddle *Joe McKenna : uill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feadóga Stáin
''Feadóga Stáin'' (''"Of the Tin Whistle"''), Mary Bergin's debut album, has been credited with establishing the tin whistle as one of the first tier among the standard instruments of Irish Traditional Music. Members of Irish group De Dannan contributed accompaniment and the album is mostly a trio of tin whistle, Irish bouzouki and Bodhrán (Irish frame drum) . This album has been cited by Joanie Madden as highly influential in the development of her own playing, and is generally considered by critics and scholars as a "definitive" or milestone album. Tracks Musicians *Mary Bergin : F Tin Whistle, whistle on 3,5,7,11, Eb whistle on 1,4,8,10,12, D whistle on 6, C whistle on 13, Bb whistle on 2,9, low G whistle on 14 *Alec Finn : bouzouki, mandocello *Johnny MacDonagh, Johnny 'Ringo' McDonagh : bodhrán, Bones (instrument), bones References External links Celtic InstrumentsTin Whistler [ Allmusic] {{DEFAULTSORT:Feadoga Stain Mary Bergin albums 1979 debut albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discogs
Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. While the site was originally created with a goal of becoming the largest online database of electronic music, the site now includes releases in all genres on all formats. After the database was opened to contributions from the public, rock music began to become the most prevalent genre listed. , Discogs contains over 15.7 million releases, by over 8.3 million artists, across over 1.9 million labels, contributed from over 644,000 contributor user accounts – with these figures constantly growing as users continually add previously unlisted releases to the site over time. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc. and located in Portland, Oregon, United States. History The discogs.com domain name was registered in August 2000, and Discogs itself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galway Advertiser
The ''Galway Advertiser'' is a free newspaper distributed throughout Galway city and county each Thursday. It was the first of the regional newspapers under the "Advertiser" banner, which now also includes publications based in Athlone and Mayo, as well as advertiser.ie. References External links * Advertiser Advertising is the practice and techniques employed to bring attention to a product or service. Advertising aims to put a product or service in the spotlight in hopes of drawing it attention from consumers. It is typically used to promote a ... Newspapers published in the Republic of Ireland Weekly newspapers published in Ireland {{ireland-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Lynott
Philip Parris Lynott (, ; 20 August 1949 – 4 January 1986) was an Irish singer, bassist, and songwriter. His most commercially successful group was Thin Lizzy, of which he was a founding member, the principal songwriter, lead vocalist and bassist. He was known for his distinctive plectrum-based style on the bass, and for his imaginative lyrical contributions including working class tales and numerous characters drawn from personal influences and Celtic culture. Lynott was born in the West Midlands of England, but grew up in Dublin with his grandparents. He remained close to his mother, Philomena, throughout his life. He fronted several bands as a lead vocalist, including Skid Row alongside Gary Moore, before learning the bass guitar and forming Thin Lizzy in 1969. After initial success with "Whiskey in the Jar", the band had several hits in the mid-1970s such as "The Boys Are Back in Town", " Jailbreak" and "Waiting for an Alibi", and became a popular live attraction combini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gervase Phinn
Gervase Phinn (born 27 December 1946, Rotherham, England) is an English author and educator. After a career as a teacher he became a schools inspector and, latterly, Visiting Professor of Education at the University of Teesside. He graduated from Leeds Trinity University in 1970 with a degree in Education. He has published five volumes of memoir, collections of poetry and a number of books about education. He has a particular interest in children's literature and literacy. He is married with four grown-up children. Career Phinn taught in a range of schools for fourteen years before becoming an education adviser and school inspector. He is now: * a freelance lecturer, broadcaster and writer * President of the School Library Association for 2006–2009 * a consultant for the Open University * Honorary Fellow of York St John University * Doctor of Letters of the University of Leicester * Fellow and Visiting Professor of Education at The University of Teesside. Bibliography He has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
