From Jigtime at jigtime.com Wed Dec 10 03:30:54 2003
From: Jigtime at jigtime.com (Jigtime at jigtime.com)
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 03:30:54 -0500
Subject: [Jigtime] The Weekly Newsletter December 12th
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JigTime News
December 12 2003
Issue Ten
Another week has hurtled by again without so much as a wave and is
plunging me headlong into the Christmas
season. I am not sure if I am ready. Too much to do, but a whole load of
good music to listen while I am doing it.
It has been a busy week musically with lots of good CDs to listen to and
news to bring you from all over this fair
globe. This week's news has a few personal favorites of mine thrown in
which is always nice. So settle in for some
good reading and brush up on your knowledge of the traditional music of
Ireland, Scotland, the USA and pretty much
anywhere there is good music to be heard.
I wanted to send personal best wishes to Scotty Moore and his family.
Scotty is one of the most accomplished and
important players in music history having been Elvis Presley's guitarist
for many years, a highly sought after session
musician and studio engineer and by all accounts an all round good guy.
He is in hospital this week with a subdural
hematoma. He is recovering from surgery right now and the doctors say
with therapy he can return to his good old
normal self. We wish him well. For daily updates in his recovery or just
to read a fascinating timeline of this great
man's career go to his website at
http://www.scottymoore.net
I would like to welcome some newcomers to the newsletter this week and
especially the lovely folk who run a very nice
Website called Irish Culture and Customs. Give them a visit if you get a
chance. They are at;
http://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com
Again, for any of you who have found yourselves tired of this endless
nonsense just send a mail to
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News this week:
Steve Earle Contest - 2 Weeks Left
Eamonn Coyne - a very pleasant Plucker
Darrell Scott - On the road
No River City - Their North Dakota
The Grammies are coming
Rua - Into the Red zone
New Irish Cultural Committee
and much much more
In this Issue
Steve Earle Contest Update
Only 2 weeks left in our Steve Earle contest so for those of you who
have not gotten off your nether ends, now
is the time. If you are new to JigTime and the newsletter then quite
simply Artemis Records are giving us some
great prizes to give away to celebrate the release of the Just an
American Boy documentary which is coming out
all over the USA right now. So for all the details go to;
http://www.jigtime.com/steveearle/steveearlecomp.htm
Darrell Scott on the road
I bet even if you haven't heard of Darrell Scott you have at least
hummed along to one or more of his songs.
He is one of the best and fast becoming one of the most successful
songwriters in Country music. Add to that a great
talent as a performer and you have a man who is more than a conveyor
belt writer on music row. Next month he arrives for a show
in Atlanta and JigTime will be there at the front of the line.
http://www.jigtime.com/darrellscott.htm
Eamonn Coyne - Dublin to Edinburgh via the rest of the world.
Eamonn Coyne plays the tenor banjo and he doesn't mind who knows. He is
one of the finest exponents of the instrument anywhere and he shows it
off in his latest album on Compass Records. He is also now a regular
member of Salsa Celtica who we featured on JigTime just a few weeks
back. So it's a busy time with the Scots baying for Salsa this Hogmanay.
http://www.jigtime.com/eamonncoyne.htm
Irish Government announce new Culture Board
The Irish government has announced a new board to oversee our cultural
heritage. With Irish music and culture now very popular and very cool
all over the world the powers that be seem to have seen the value in
promotion and preservation of our of our treasured assets.
http://www.jigtime.com/tradarts.htm
Not much Celtic but plenty of good music among Grammy nominees
The Nominees have been announced for the next Grammy awards and while
this year there are few nominations the Celtic
music world there is plenty to smile about in the world of Bluegrass and
roots music. The awards will be handed out on
February 8th 2004 in L.A. and even though JigTime hasn't been invited
yet we will bring you the results when they are announced.
For some of the nominations that matter to us click the link below
http://www.jigtime.com/grammies.htm
No River City - A raw force to be reckoned with
Drew de Man is another one of those songwriters who can take you on a
journey through thick and thin, through tears and laughter and all
around the hills, valleys and plains of the US and bring you back home
tired, emotional but better for the experience of hearing his songs.
He and his musical partner Teri make up No River City, a band on the
verge of something big.
http://www.jigtime.com/norivercity.htm
Rua - Redheads and good music - It's my Christmas wish list
I am not going to disguise the fact that as a man the cover of the Rua
CD appealed to my shallow side. That caused a little panic in case the
music was so bad I couldn't write about it. Thankfully that was not the
case and Rua turn out to be an excellent duo making music to soothe us
savage beasts.
http://www.jigtime.com/rua.htm
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