Aharrygill

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WikiProject Roots Music.

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WikiProject Irish music.

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This user enjoys folk music.

mnd-3This user is an advanced mandolinist.

tin-3This user is an advanced tin whistle player.

bdh-2This user is an intermediate bodhrán player.

This user enjoys British folk rock music.

en-GBThis user is a native speaker of British English.

I am a retired married man who was brought up in Oldham Lancashire and is now living in West Berkshire, England.

I have a number of interests including world music, traditional, contemporary and industrial folk music, and scuba diving. I play Tin Whistle, including low whistle and mandolin and organize regular music sessions in a local public house.

I own a Buckler mk. V, currently in storage.

I can be contacted via Wikipedia.

Reference Source Books and Journals Used

• Phillips, Duncan (1994). MusicMaster Folk Music of the British Isles Catalogue 1. Retail Entertainment Data Publishing ltd. ISBN 0 904520 88 9.
• The Guinness Who's Who of Folk Music. Guinness Publishing. 1993. ISBN 0-85112-741-X.
• British Hit Singles and Albums - 18th Edition. Guinness World Records. 2005. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
• MacColl, Ewan (1965) [Originally printed 1954 by Workers Music Association; London]. The Shuttle & Cage - Industrial Folk Ballads. U.S.A.: Hargail Music Press.
• Ewan MacColl Peggy Seeger Songbook. Oak Publications New York. 1963.
• MacColl, Ewan (1962). Personal Choice of Scottish Folksongs and Ballads. Hargail Music Press U.S.A.
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph; Lloyd, A. L., eds. (1959). The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs. Penguin Books.
• Roud, Steve; Bishop, Julia, eds. (2012). The New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-141-19461-5.
• Songlines Magazine Issues 16 January/February 2003 to current issue

Reference music albums and DVDs used

• The Iron Muse A Panorama of Industrial Folk Song 12T86 - issued by Topic Records in 1963
• Martin Carthy TL5269 - Martin Carthy issued by Fontana in 1965
• Three Score and Ten TOPIC70 - issued by Topic Records in 2009 with a 108 page book, Topic catalogue and seven compilation CDs
• Irish Traditional and Baroque Shanachie 79079 - Dordán issued in 1992 under licence from Gael-Linn Records
• Past Masters of Irish Dance Music issued by Topic Records in 2000
• Here's a Health to the Barley Mow BFI BFIVD920 issued in 2011
• The Voice of the People - A Selection from the Series of Anthologies issued by Topic Records in 1998
• Good Humour for the rest of the night - traditional Dance Music in Northumberland and Cumberland field recordings by Peter Kennedy issued by Topic Records in 2014
• The Barley Mow - Field recordings & a film made in Suffolk by Peter Kennedy in the 1950's issued by Topic Records in 2014
• The Flax in Bloom - Traditional Songs, Airs and Dance Music in Ulster field recordings by Peter Kennedy and Sean O'Boyle issued by Topic Records in 2014
• Orkney - Traditional Dance Music from Orkney field recordings by Peter Kennedy issued by Topic Records in 2014
• Feel Bad Sometime - Tracy Schwarz issued by Marimac Recordings in 1990
• Louisiana and You - Tracy Schwarz issued by Marimac Recordings in 1991
• Ann Briggs - Anne Briggs release of 1971 album by Topic Records for Record Store Day 2015
• Mike Waterson - Mike Waterson CD re-issue with additional tracks of 1977 album by Topic Records 1999
• For Pence and Spicy Ale - The Watersons CD re-issue of the original 1975 album by Topic Records 2008