I think this man used to write articles for the American folk magazine Sing
Out. In fact I think I have one around here where he writes about playing
PEI tunes on the clawhammer banjo. I'll see if I can dig it out. It was a
while back in the issue where they did a profile of and interview with the
Cape Breton fiddlers Natalie MacMaster and her uncle Buddy. (Buddy
MacMaster, BTW, is to have another CD out soon.)
I think there are different styles in PEI depending on from what part of
that small island the fiddler comes. IIRC the eastern part of the island
facing Cape Breton Island has more of that old Scottish style like they play
in CB while the other parts play more east coast style like they do in the
mainland Maritimes. Richard Wood is from PEI.
Timothy Jaques [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what
they do not want to hear."
(George Orwell)
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From: Nigel Gatherer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [scots-l] Prince Edward Island (was: Nova Scotia Kitchen
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> Well, Ken Perlman came over to Scotland and played a couple of gigs,
> including one I organised in Edinburgh. I would say the majority of music
> he played was of Scottish origin, and I'm including tunes from PIE and
> Cape Breton as being in the Scottish style. Ken has studied the fiddle
> music of Eastern Canada, so he knows his stuff; still, it was difficult
> getting over the barrier of hearing this music played in clawhammer banjo
> and fingerstyle guitar
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