Having been a master of Irish fiddle spec. Sligo style for so many years me wonders is it possible for KB to keep improving? This relatively recent performance says..OYAY..his playing is only better than ever!🎉
He is incredible. I was fortunate enough to do sound for himself and Cal Scott. What a wonderful evening in the Potomac Highlands it was. My Irish DNA was re-awakened. I will always remember that night. What a blessing for us all. Just beautiful music. He did it all. If you get a chance to hear him, do it. He will not disappoint. He will whip the Devils rear end, back from out of the hole, the Devil crawled out of, for he is the bigger monster.
Clicked on this with the intention of listening to the first few tunes. Kevin's performance is so mesmerising I stayed for the full concert! A master at the height of his powers.
" Lucy's fling" is a highland fling known as "Maggie Pickens". The song "Some say the devil's dead and buried in Killarney" comes from a Scottish strathspey known as "The braes of mars".
Just found this beautiful concert Kevin Burke. Some years ago you did a workshop with us at @Comhaltas Melbourne an Irish Culture Day in Collingwood. Thanks so Much. Mary Fitzmaurice McBride ( Mayo)
Kevin Burke is my favourite Irish fiddler. So much energy, passion, rhythm and generosity in his style. He is my model actually! It will be hard to load my videos after this perfromance...
I wish I could hear Kevin Burke play live! I was lucky enough to hear Brid Harper here in Toronto. I also love full-blown classical concerts and have been part of them myself. I love and appreciate both types of performances; they create completely different kinds of atmospheres and moods.
I agree --a simple presentation like this facilitates the appreciate the musician's wonderful skill. Yet I love both classical violin and Irish fiddle.. If you are in London go to one of the free concerts in an old church, like St. Martins in the Field. it's such a similar vibe.
my Whistle Teacher send me this video to watch it: it is beautiful playing, and as an architect....just breathtaking the lovely place when he's playing, much love from Costa Rica
you probably dont give a damn but does someone know a tool to log back into an Instagram account?? I was stupid forgot the password. I appreciate any help you can give me.
@Malcolm Allan I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and im waiting for the hacking stuff atm. Takes a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
Kevin I saw you live in Portland during the seventies and once in Colorado Springs. The Colorado Springs concert was in a brand new Hall with tremendous acoustics. You were traveling with Mikhail then. You left us breathless.
I learned every single F* tune from kevs recordings back in the day, like so many young modern fiddlers before me... you are the PAPI FIDDLIo :D nioce one kev!
Under bare Ben Bulben's head In Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid, An ancestor was rector there Long years ago; a church stands near, By the road an ancient Cross. No marble, no conventional phrase, On limestone quarried near the spot By his command these words are cut: Cast a cold eye On life, on death. Horseman, pass by!
I saw Kevin and attended a couple of workshops at the National Celtic Festival in Portarlington, Victoria, Australia a few years ago. One night he did an up close and personal session and told some great stories in between his tunes. Hope he doesn't mind that I recorded it. The annual Festival would have been last Long Weekend but was cancelled at last minute due to you know what, as it was last year. Also remember it was his Birthday that weekend!
@@shobarsch Hi, I can't seem to find the recording at the moment but if I do, do you have an email I can post it to. I'm sure I still have it, quality not great but not bad!
At 44:10: Kevin introduces Evening Prayer Blues, which he thought was a Bill Monroe tune, and turned out to be a tune by the African-American, Black, harmonica genius DeFord Bailey, who opened up the very first broadcast of the Grand Old Opry with an amazing harmonica rendition of the old bluegrass standby Turkey In The Straw. So this piece of music attributed to DeFord Baily is a gorgeous call-and response/field holler spiritual. Kevin plays it wonderfully. The DeFord Bailey version: ua-cam.com/video/dHK0ii3MZr4/v-deo.html
To be fair, the Monroe version he plays had been substantially reworked from Deford Bailey’s tune, enough to really make it its own piece. Monroe credited Bailey, but his version bares little resemblance to the original.
The first two tunes in the set are The Pidgeon on the Gate and Lafferty's: ua-cam.com/video/Agh8VD6T4p0/v-deo.html The third tune sounds familiar but I can't bring the name to mind. (Note: if there is a tune on UA-cam that you want to learn, try slowing it down to 75 or 50 percent and then learning by ear).
from the bothy band, to if the cap fits, up to the very present, mr burke has been, is, and will always be, a treasure of humanity
Having been a master of Irish fiddle spec. Sligo style for so many years me wonders is it possible for KB to keep improving? This relatively recent performance says..OYAY..his playing is only better than ever!🎉
He is incredible. I was fortunate enough to do sound for himself and Cal Scott. What a wonderful evening in the Potomac Highlands it was. My Irish DNA was re-awakened. I will always remember that night. What a blessing for us all. Just beautiful music. He did it all. If you get a chance to hear him, do it. He will not disappoint. He will whip the Devils rear end, back from out of the hole, the Devil crawled out of, for he is the bigger monster.
This should have 10 million views
Enjoyed the chat as much as the tunes. Nice flow and great stamina- over an hour without a break- true professional.
Wow absolutely stunning
I like his expression while nailing Coleman's style in the encore.
Clicked on this with the intention of listening to the first few tunes. Kevin's performance is so mesmerising I stayed for the full concert! A master at the height of his powers.
lol this stuff came up i fell a sleep listening to Tommyboy... nd this woke me up best ringtone ever! hahahah!
I heard three fiddles then i woke up and it was only kev playing mouth of tobique.. must have been in a copenhagen session in my wet dreams !
2:07 music starts
Kevin you’re the best
Kevin is still the best.
I love a good open sounding fiddle
oh such wonderful music! What better fiddle magician than Kevin to play those musical gems of Ireland!
Kevin I met you as a teenager, listening now, I hear you travelled, collected, longer than Ishac
" Lucy's fling" is a highland fling known as "Maggie Pickens". The song "Some say the devil's dead and buried in Killarney" comes from a Scottish strathspey known as "The braes of mars".
Just found this beautiful concert Kevin Burke. Some years ago you did a workshop with us at @Comhaltas Melbourne an Irish Culture Day in Collingwood. Thanks so Much. Mary Fitzmaurice McBride ( Mayo)
this is great Kevin Burke !!! 💯💫
Absolute perfection!
A great musician giving pleasure to so many for a great number of years✅🇮🇪
God bless him🙏
Master fiddler..
Kevin Burke is my favourite Irish fiddler. So much energy, passion, rhythm and generosity in his style. He is my model actually! It will be hard to load my videos after this perfromance...
My first fiddle lesson with Cait Reed, she told me to go out and buy all his CDs and listen, listen, listen.
THANK YOU FOR WARMING OUR SPIRIT IN THESE DIFFICULT DAYS WITH THIS CORONA VIRUS NIGHTMARE.
Absolutely gorgeous Kevin. I hope this pandemic is over soon. We sorely miss you here in Portland Oregon...xxx
Brilliant. Thank you
Wonderful. You have a magic touch on the fiddle, your playing is hypnotic.
to me, personally, this is preferable to many full blown classical concerts....
Glad you enjoyed the performance!
I wish I could hear Kevin Burke play live! I was lucky enough to hear Brid Harper here in Toronto. I also love full-blown classical concerts and have been part of them myself. I love and appreciate both types of performances; they create completely different kinds of atmospheres and moods.
@@glitterstormed Really happy you enjoyed the performance!
@@glitterstormed same. my wish too
I agree --a simple presentation like this facilitates the appreciate the musician's wonderful skill. Yet I love both classical violin and Irish fiddle.. If you are in London go to one of the free concerts in an old church, like St. Martins in the Field. it's such a similar vibe.
my Whistle Teacher send me this video to watch it: it is beautiful playing, and as an architect....just breathtaking the lovely place when he's playing, much love from Costa Rica
Glad you enjoyed the video Diego!
Kevin never ceases to blow me away with his playing. It’s my hope that I may someday be as great of a player as him someday.
you probably dont give a damn but does someone know a tool to log back into an Instagram account??
I was stupid forgot the password. I appreciate any help you can give me.
@Chaim Gael instablaster ;)
@Malcolm Allan I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and im waiting for the hacking stuff atm.
Takes a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
@Malcolm Allan It did the trick and I actually got access to my account again. I am so happy:D
Thanks so much you really help me out :D
@Chaim Gael Glad I could help :D
WARM HUGS FROM PHILADELPHIA
Played me like a fiddle!
Glorious music, played beautifully. This music is from the very heart of the divine. Thankyou!.
Glad you enjoyed it Jonathan!
Drumcliffe Church, thankyou. Love and best wishes to you!.
Maestro😇
mighty music!
Kevin I hope you agree, great acoustics! Appreciate the history behind the music.
Fantastic.
Kevin I saw you live in Portland during the seventies and once in Colorado Springs. The Colorado Springs concert was in a brand new Hall with tremendous acoustics. You were traveling with Mikhail then. You left us breathless.
Beautiful, smooth sound and great set of tunes all the way
Glad you enjoyed Ken!
I LOVE THIS!!!!!!
same here
It's magic !!!! Thanks a lot . I've enjoy your music: It's perfect !!!
Mighty playing. 👏
Lovely Kevin, thank you.
Love the atmosphere of the space
What a treat.
I learned every single F* tune from kevs recordings back in the day, like so many young modern fiddlers before me... you are the PAPI FIDDLIo :D nioce one kev!
what does F * mean?
why add a star?
Major or minor?
Nice recording!
a true master
matur suksma for the video. greeting from bali island. i love kevin
Hello from Sligo, Ireland!
@@drumcliffechurch1535 kevin, please come to bali island😍
Great. Whimiscal.
Beautiful concert, thanks for uploading it here.
Exceptional!
this gig was awesome!
Glad you liked it Mike!
Thank you for this performance!
35:29 The Sailor On The Rock reel
36:40 Michael Kennedy’s reel
37:32 The Hop Down reel
In Drumcliffe Churchyard Yeats was laid...
Under bare Ben Bulben's head
In Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid,
An ancestor was rector there
Long years ago; a church stands near,
By the road an ancient Cross.
No marble, no conventional phrase,
On limestone quarried near the spot
By his command these words are cut:
Cast a cold eye
On life, on death.
Horseman, pass by!
I feel sad that Humphrey Littleton was never able to use that line in one of his I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue intros...
American blue grass music, caught my attention
A evening with Kevin Burke, International, Christmas reels
I saw Kevin and attended a couple of workshops at the National Celtic Festival in Portarlington, Victoria, Australia a few years ago. One night he did an up close and personal session and told some great stories in between his tunes. Hope he doesn't mind that I recorded it. The annual Festival would have been last Long Weekend but was cancelled at last minute due to you know what, as it was last year. Also remember it was his Birthday that weekend!
would you mind sharing the recording?
@@shobarsch Hi, I can't seem to find the recording at the moment but if I do, do you have an email I can post it to. I'm sure I still have it, quality not great but not bad!
Obviously he started playing at conception.
At 44:10: Kevin introduces Evening Prayer Blues, which he thought was a Bill Monroe tune, and turned out to be a tune by the African-American, Black, harmonica genius DeFord Bailey, who opened up the very first broadcast of the Grand Old Opry with an amazing harmonica rendition of the old bluegrass standby Turkey In The Straw. So this piece of music attributed to DeFord Baily is a gorgeous call-and response/field holler spiritual. Kevin plays it wonderfully. The DeFord Bailey version: ua-cam.com/video/dHK0ii3MZr4/v-deo.html
To be fair, the Monroe version he plays had been substantially reworked from Deford Bailey’s tune, enough to really make it its own piece. Monroe credited Bailey, but his version bares little resemblance to the original.
"In Drumcliffe Churchyard Yeats is laid,
His Grandfather was Rector there."
Michael Coleman, when he heard the tune, sligo connection
Born in sligo
2:07 fiddle starts
Volume full up....love Kevin but can barely hear.
Is it the Church mentioned by Yeats in "Under Ben Bulben"?
I see the elevated pulpit favored by C of I
on the left
and a scarcity of idols ..?
Yes, this is the place!
Does this man have any solo fiddle recordings?, If not, could you recommend anything?. Thankyou for this glorious video!.
Loads, "if the cap fits" is a great one to start with
Up Close on Spotify
There are some brilliant solo tracks on his ‘In Concert’ CD that are amongst my favourites of his. His Bonnie Kate/Jenny’s Chickens is mesmerising.
“If The Cap Fits,” “Promenade”, are two to start with. He played with the Bothy Band for a number of years. He also did a stint with “Patrick Street”
Could the sound possibly be worse?
What is the name of the first slide, please?
'the clog' i think
70 year traditional
Bailey
06:13 Ballydesmod
Early seventing century, Carolan, Italian, cranky, concerto as a joke,
what's the tune 1 hour 10 mins to 1 hour 12 mins please? Its absolutely beautiful and really want to learn!
The first two tunes in the set are The Pidgeon on the Gate and Lafferty's: ua-cam.com/video/Agh8VD6T4p0/v-deo.html
The third tune sounds familiar but I can't bring the name to mind. (Note: if there is a tune on UA-cam that you want to learn, try slowing it down to 75 or 50 percent and then learning by ear).
@@hummingfrog Many thanks! I think the final one is The Morning Dew but not sure. Makes them look so easy haha
1:10:09 he says they are reels
i heard liz carroll play these
not sure the names at the moment
Churches are built for the worship of God not music concerts.
Any god who objects to music of this quality in her house is not worth bothering with.
Duh!
@@jonkiparsky7369 agree😊
@L M, read John 13:25. I’m pretty sure God would love that Kevin is playing this amazing music in his house.
@@Robert_The_Bruce05 , even if it’s the “devil’s instrument “? Haha! Love, love, love Kevin Burke