The new tune for this week is Blackthorn Stick (another jig), and here's the sheet music! It is the first tune played in last week's video, and is a nice one to combine with Swallowtail Jig.

Last week we added Swallowtail Jig to our song list! Here's the sheet music, and a video of two guys playing a penny whistle and a couch They play 3 songs in their set:

Blackthorn Stick, Swallowtail Jig, and Swallowtail Reel

If you feel the urge to start headbanging as you listen, just go with it. You aren't alone.
:)


http://youtu.be/HSS7ds1jO5s

Cello Beatbox Inspiration from Kevin "K.O." Olusola

Just a little inspiration from a fabulous cello and vocal percussion musician :)

The KO Hip-Hop Cello-Beatbox Experience: Julie-O

Snowden's (Genuine Negro Jig), the Carolina Chocolate Drops

This week's new tune is one the Carolina Chocolate Drops perform. Here's a youtube video of them playing it, and below is the sheet music. They call it Genuine Negro Jig, or Snowden's Jig after the man who wrote it, a local fiddler in the south of the US. Enjoy!

Interestingly, it is more of a Reel than a Jig, since it is not in 6/8 time. Regardless, what an awesome tune! I had the pleasure of seeing the Chocolate Drops in concert this summer - they are amazing performers live, and put on one of the best shows I have seen in a long time. Dom plays the bones (he is the guy on the left), Rhiannon plays the fiddle on the right. The man in the middle (Justin) is no longer part of the group. The Chocolate Drops album, Genuine Negro Jig, won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album.