Kevin Burke New Lessons – Vote Now!

[Casey Willis]

Great news, folks. Kevin Burke has been hard at work over the past several days recording a ton of new tutorials for the Fiddlevideo project. Below is the listing of tunes he recorded (as well as the listing of tunes from his last session which haven’t been published yet). Feel free to vote in the comments for specific tunes to be produced/released next. Many of these are tunes you subscribers have requested from Kevin. When all of these lessons are published, Fiddlevideo.com subscribers will have 120+ tunes and 7 technique lessons from Kevin. Wow.

2019 Kevin Burke session
Abbey’s Green Isle (Slide)
Biddy Martin’s Polka
Bill Sullivan’s Polka
The Boys of Ballisodare (Slip Jig)
The Boys of Ballisodare (Reel)
Christmas Eve Reel
Crowley’s Reel
Father Kelly’s Reel
Galway Bay
Garrett Barry’s Hornpipe
Geese in the Bog (Reel)
Ger the Rigger
House of Hammill
The Humours of Lissadell
Loftus Jones
The Longford Collector
McFadden’s Reel
Mrs. Kenny’s Waltz
O’Carolan’s Concerto
Palm Sunday Jig
Paris Nights (Waltz)
Raheen Medley 1
Raheen Medley 2
Raheen Medley 3
Ride a Mile (Slip Jig)
Saddle the Pony
Stan Chapman’s (Jig)
Sweeney’s Buttermilk
Sweeney’s Dream
Tarbolton Reel
The Ballidesmond Polka 1
The Ballidesmond Polka 2 (Gneeveguilla Polka)
The Ballidesmond Polka 3 (Tom Billy’s Polka)
The Boys of the Lough
The Boys of the Town
The Broken Pledge
The Clog (Slide)
The Drunken Sailor
The Foxhunter’s Slip Jig
The High Reel
The Pipe on the Hob
The Sailor’s Bonnet
The Strayaway Child
The Tap Room Reel
Technique tutorial: How to speed up tunes once you learn the basic melody.

Also available for release are the below tunes from Kevin’s prior recording session:
The Tolka Polka
Contentment is Wealth
Cuz Teahan’s
John Stensens Reel #1
John Stensen’s Reel #2
The Boys of Malin
The Maid Behind the Bar
The Shores of Lough Gowna
The Star of Munster (Gm)
The Star of Munster (Am)
Roll Out the Barrel
Up in the Air
Stack of Barley
Old Torn Petticoat
The Burnt Old Man
The Galway Rambler
The Mason’s Apron
The White Petticoat

[wfhayes]

The white petticoat.
The star of Munster.

[Casey Willis]

Hi, Wfhayes.

Here is The White Petticoat

More to follow…Enjoy!!!

[DougP]

Wow , loads of great tunes there, nice work!

[Andrea_S]

Masons Apron, and I need that technique tutorial – the sooner the better ;).

Andrea

[Casey Willis]

Hi, Andrea.

You may have already seen these lessons published, but if not, here are the links:

The Mason’s Apron
How to Play Irish Tunes up to Speed

Cheers!!!

[Ringlets]

Super excited, Casey! Thank you so much! Looking forward to the added tunes. <3

[Roland White]

What a wonderful Trove of Fiddle tunes added to the collection. High volume outpouring of tunes lads. Can’t wait to hear them now. Thanks Casey and Kevin. Roland Forum Moderator

[Mckoc65]

Super excited for Ride a Mile and Foxhunter’s slip jigs!!

[Casey Willis]

Hi, Mckoc65. Here is the first full lesson from Kevin’s most recent session to be published. Enjoy!!

Ride a Mile

More to follow soon!!

[Casey Willis]

Hi, Mckoc65.

Here is The Foxhunter’s Slip Jig. Thanks!!

[madfiddler7]

It’s all very exciting. Two that I’m especially interested in would be The Boys of Ballisodare (reel) and The Strayaway Child.

[vinfid]

is the voting still open? I have a long list–some have already been posted–thank you!
Crowley’s, Geese in the Bog, O’Carolan’s Concerto, Saddle the Pony, Foxhunter’s, Strayaway, the speed-up technique, Maid Behind the Bar, Shores of Lough Gowna, Star of Munster (Am), Stack of Barley, Mason’s Apron.

[Casey Willis]

Hi, Vinfid.

Here are a few of the lessons you voted for:
The Foxhunter’s Slip Jig
The Star of Munster (Am)
The Mason’s Apron
How to Speed up Tunes.

Strayaway is out for review, and we’ll be working on the rest shortly…Thanks!!

C

[Casey Willis]

Hi again, Vinfid.

Kevin’s version of Master Crowley’s Reel is currently in production, but Niall Murphy covered Crowley’s Reel No. 1 and No. 2 during his recording session. Below is the first of those tunes. Stay tuned for the second in Niall’s set as well as Kevin’s version…Enjoy!

Crowley’s Reel No. 1

[Mckoc65]

Thank you Casey!! and Kevin 🙂

[Marilynlorz]

So many great tunes! I would love to hear Christmas Eve.

[Casey Willis]

Hi, Marilynlorz.

Here is The Christmas Eve Reel.

Cheers!!

C

[olmmbill]

I look forward to working on them all. Great tunes. Thanks.

[Casey Willis]

Thanks for all the votes, folks. In addition to the lessons published to date, we currently have the following lessons out to Kevin for review:
The Star of Munster (Gm)
The Drunken Sailor
Galway Bay
Christmas Eve Reel

Stay tuned…Cheers!!
C

[Casey Willis]

The Foxhunter’s Slip Jig is also out for Kevin’s review…

[gusblock]

I don’t see The Jolly Tinker on the list but sure would like to!

[swoolley]

I’ve been listening to Kevin’s albums since the 1980s. I am grateful you have recordings and tutorials for all fiddlers to learn from. Also, you are preserving historical recordings that we will all benefit from. Learning tunes takes years of consistent practice and performing but learning from the fiddlevideo project really helps speed up the process. I’m a fiddle teacher and I am teaching my students the wonderful nuances of these tunes. Thereby, a new generation of fiddlers is learning to love playing the fiddle.

[Casey Willis]

Thanks for this comment, Swoolley. Agreed on the historical aspect…glad to hear you are finding Kevin’s instruction helpful. All the best!

C

[starleaf214]

The Crickets March Over the Saltbox
Finnish polka
Sean Ryan’s jig
An Luradan

[Casey Willis]

Hi, Starleaf.

Kevin has wrapped his 2020 recording session…we’ll keep these in mind for future lessons.

Have you seen that Kevin already recorded two of Sean Ryan’s jigs?

The Nightengale
The Castle

Cheers!

C

[Casey Willis]

The Strayaway Child Jig is also out for Kevin’s review…stay tuned…new Kevin lessons soon!!

C

[bryla]

The Mason’s Apron

merci

[Casey Willis]

Hi, Bryla. Here you go!

The Mason’s Apron

Cheers!!

C

[jsims]

Hi Casey – would love to see Kevin’s versions of The Humours of Lissadell and Galway Rambler. Hope they are near the top of the list to be published.

Thanks to you and Kevin for doing all the work.

Jeff

[Casey Willis]

Sounds good, Jeff. We’ll bump those up in the production list. Good news there as well…we’ve brought in more help on the production team to get through the backlog of Kevin tunes.

Stay tuned!…

C

[Casey Willis]

The Humours of Lissadell lesson is headed Kevin’s way for review, Jeff. Galway Rambler up next.

C

[jsims]

That’s great, thanks much Casey.

[Casey Willis]

Lessons covering The Humours of Lissadell, Master Crowley’s Reel, and The Geese in the Bog Reel are all out to Kevin for review. Saddle the Pony up next in the production queue. Cheers!!

C

[Casey Willis]

Hi folks, The Strayaway Child is now available…enjoy!!

C

[steveandlooby]

dusty windowsills please

[Casey Willis]

Hi, Steveandlooby. Kevin’s session has wrapped, but we’ll add this tune to his running request list for next session. Thanks!

C

[JoseyY]

roll out the barrel

[Casey Willis]

For all who voted for Master Crowley’s, here you go!

Master Crowley’s Reel

Our team continues to work through production on the rest of this list…several out to Kevin for review right now.

JoseyY – we’ll bump up Roll out the Barrel.

Cheers!

C

[Casey Willis]

Here are the tunes out to Kevin for review right now…stay tuned folks!

The Humours of Lissadell
The Boys of Ballisodare Reel
The Boys of Ballisodare Slip Jig
Abbey’s Green Isle (Slide)
Biddy Martin’s Polka
Bill Sullivan’s Polka (with harmony lesson)
Saddle the Pony
The Geese in the Bog (Reel)
Father Kelly’s Reel

Cheers!

C

[Casey Willis]

Kevin’s below lessons have been published and are ready to go!

The Humours of Lissadell (Reel)
The Boys of Ballisodare (Reel)
Abbey’s Green Isle (Slide)

Cheers!

C

[Kitegal]

Awesome, awesome! Thank you Casey and thank you Kevin!

[Reganmarr]

I would love to have him teach “Maid behind the Bar”

Thank you!

[Casey Willis]

Hi, Reganmarr. Bumping this one up…it takes a while for all elements to be produced and reviewed, but keep your eyes peeled. Thx!

[armin]

Can we please have
Loftus Jones and O’Carolan’s Concerto
Sara is preparing her examination for Traditional Irish fiddle and these two are on the list to do

Thanks Armin and Sara

[Casey Willis]

Sounds good, Armin. Bumping those up in the schedule for Sara.

[st23am]

Id love to see Top of Cork Road, Haste to the Wedding, The Monaghan jig,

[Casey Willis]

Thanks for the suggestions, st23am. We’ll add those to Kevin’s running request list for his next recording session. Cheers!

[joecalum]

Hi Casey be keen to get Kevin to play Dowd’s Favourite . Can see he is going to be very busy! Poor Kevin.
Many thanks Joe

[Casey Willis]

Sounds good, Joe. We’ll add that to his list of requests for his next session…he might choose to teach it!

Cheers! C

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