Lady Anne Montgomery

As is often the case when a old tune title features a person's name, information about that person is lost to ...

The Growling Old Man and Woman

This great French Canadian reel is one of those rare tunes - the title of which is descriptive of the the music ...

The Butterfly

This beautiful slip jig was composed by the legendary Tommy Potts.  A perennial favourite in sessions ...

Coleraine

A slightly unusual double jig, this, but always fun to play. If you're a fiddle player and you want to develop ...

The Mountain Road

A great old Sligo tune, The Mountain Road. If you're a fiddle player and you want to develop your reel playing, ...

The Merry Blacksmith

This reel is very popular and is heard everywhere in sessions. If you're a fiddle player and you want to develop ...

The Drunken Landlady. Solid Session Tunes – Reels Book 1

The Drunken Landlady - double reel in two parts - 32 bars in all. The tune is in E dorian. When it comes to reels, ...

The Congress Reel

The Congress Reel is one of my favourites.  I first came across it on the fantastic Hidden Ground album by Paddy ...

Jackie Coleman’s Reel – Solid Session Tunes – Reels 1

Jackie Coleman's Reel - double reel in two parts - 32 bars in all. the tune is in D major. When it comes to reels, ...

Sporting Paddy – Solid Session Tunes – Reels Book 1

The Sporting Paddy - single reel in two parts - 32 bars in all. A dorian is the key. When it comes to reels, ...

Boys of the Lough from Solid Session Tunes – Reels Book 1

The Boys of the Lough - double reel in two parts - 32 bars in all.  D major is the key. When it comes to reels, ...

Golden Brown on guitar, fiddle and mandolin

Here's my rendition of The Stranglers 1982 singie, Golden Brown.  I remember this coming out while I was still at ...