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As a wielder of basses and banjos, Toon settles every philosophical argument with a gentle nudge of his blunt object...Goes around The Ring Of Kerry with a rental car each year, just to trim the hedges.... |
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Erik Is the band's box-player. After taking a long and winding journey around just about all the music of Europe, he finally halted within the Irish tradition. Starting out as a musician in the sessions in Oceallaighs Irish Music Bar in Groningen, he soon became a valuabale member of quite a few bands, one of them The Doggy Few. His numerous trips and tours of Ireland have helped him master the techniques that are so specific for Irish music. Playing aside, Erik is also webmaster of a website called www.folkaccordeon.nl, specifically targeted at promoting Irish music for piano accordeon. You can use this site to find out everything about traditional music, filmclips, soundbytes, free sheetmusic, information about tutoring and also Erik himsellf. Feel free to drop by.... |
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His experiences as a busconductor on the 46A Dublin busses have greatly influenced his style of bodhran playing. Only stops talking to recite a poem or sing a mad song...' |
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By far one of the prettiest women in the band. Perfected her amazingly subtle bow-technique whilst working as a foreman in an all-female sawmill in a forest in Saskatschewan, Canada. This experience has also greatly helped her find her place as a Dogette.... |
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Nynke Smid speelde al viool op haar zesde jaar. Na een jaar of vijf de klassieke basis te hebben geleerd kwam, mede door haar toenmalige viooldocent Marius Greiner, de folk in het repertoire. Ze speelde klezmer tot en met ragtime, Balkan tot en met Zweeds. Alleen de Ierse folk kwam pas jaren later. In 1997 ontdekte Nynke de Ierse pub in Groningen en de daarbij behorende sessies. Vanaf dat moment lag haar hart grotendeels bij het spelen van Ierse tunes en airs. Ze volgde een aantal lessen en workshops van Ierse fiddlers tijdens folkweekenden op Texel, Schiermonnikoog en in Noord Holland. Vrij snel kwam ze bij LarryGogan terecht, een Groningse groep die na een paar onderbrekingen en een verkleinde bezetting, de naam Mostly Harmless kreeg. Ook was ze voor een paar jaar violiste bij de ,nog bestaande groep, Cinnamon uit Zwolle. Inmiddels is Nynke sinds een jaar of 4 verbonden aan The Doggy Few. Eerst als “gastspeler” en sinds begin 2009 als vaste violist. |
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Rumour has it that Luke was born singing, or least he could sing before he could walk... One of his many sisters decided to start dating a banjoplayer, and from that moment, age 12, he became addicted to Irish and Scottish ballads and Americana. As a youngster he listened to all the greats like Dylan, Guthrie, Derrol Adams, and of course The Clancy Brothers, Ian Campbell and The Dubliners. At the end of the 70's and in the early eighties he worked in folkclubs and lived in Dublin. Here he "suffered" maximum exposure to the likes of Johnny & Paddy Keenan, Christy Moore, Planxty and many other great musiciians. It was a few years after this that he learned to make music with his guitar, thanks to the lessons by Robert Pfeiffer, the banjoplayer and guitarist of Amadan-fame. The Scotsman Roy Gulane helped him find his own way of backing the tunes... |