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Frank Ferrel
Frank Ferrel has been on the folk scene for a long time. Over the years, he has been recognized as an outstanding performer in several genres. His mastery of Cape Bretton fiddling is well known, and he plays Celtic in Boston with the best. He calls his own compositions just New England fiddling. Lately, he has been very active in Contra. Here is a selection of fiddle music from Frank Ferrel.
Fiddledance CD - $15
Hear Clip From Track #4
Hear Clip From Track #8
Frank Ferrel and Friends Wherever there are great fiddlers, you will find Frank Ferrel. Truly one of America's top fiddler, here you have him with his long time friends and fellow musicians, Peter Barnes, John McGann, and Joe Derrane*. He offers a vibrant, deeply pleasurable, and thoroughly convincing musical essay on Yankee fiddling, its range, roots and aesthetics. It is also music for Contra dancing, which remains the beating heart of the New England style.
* Joe Derrane is the only New England Irish musician to ever receive the National Endowment for the Arts' vaunted National Heritage Fellowship Award.
- 1. Trip to the Well, Galway Belles, Church Street
2. Sean Reid's, The Watchmaker, The Milliner's Daughter
3. Amelia
4. Mullingar Races, Joe Cooley's Reel, The Longford Collector
5. Jean Carignan Medley
6. Maid on the Green, The Miner's Jig, The Short Road
7. Two-Step du Bob, Two-Step du Ray
8. The Old Dutch Churn, Looney McTwalter, Mike Moloney's
9. Peter Feeney's Dream, Flowers of the Flock
10. Port Patrick, Whelan's, Brodie Kieric's
11. Beans, Humors of Maine
12. The Blue Eyed Lassie
13. Andrea's Waltz- 14. The Rollicking Boys Around Tandragee, Merrily Kissed the Quaker's Wife
Frank Ferrel, Peter Barnes, John McGann, Joe Derrane Total Time 58:20
"MOXIE" CD - $15
Hear Clip From Track #1
Hear Clip From Track #4
Frank Ferrel and Friends Frank Ferrel is a marvelous fiddler from the Boston area and has a knack of attracting top notch musicians to play with him. Right from the first phrase you know you are in the hands of a fabulous fiddler. Just sit down, relax and listen. This CD is pure joy.
"moxie" moxie / 'mak - se / n (fr. Moxie, a trademark for a New England soft drink) (1930) 1: ENERGY, PEP 2: COURAGE, DETERMINATION 3:KNOW-HOW, EXPERTISE You have it all here!
- 1. Dancing on Deck, The Fiddler's Chair
- 2. Fuzzy Dice, The Raised Skirt
- 3.The Little Fiddler, St. Nicholas Eve, Howling Willie
- 4. The Taxi Driver, Johnny's Parties, Dudley Street
- 5. Hardys of Alnwich, Three Legged Dog, Loch Stennes
6. The Otter's Waltz, Valse Elise- 7. Moxie, Terrence O'Laughlin, Yankee Dancers
- 8. March to the Martimes, Flying Home, The Rose Croix
- 9. Music in the House, The River Master
- 10. Floating on the Tide, Old Cobblestone, The Trampoline
- 11. Visitation, Merry Pubs of Boston, Meeting Joe Derrane
- 12. Broken Butterfly, Friday the 13th, Lopez Island
- 13. Apologetic Hornpipe, Boudreau's, Maple Syrup
- 14. Snow on the Pickets, Spin-N-Glo, The New Stove
- 15. Gacie's Birthday March, Mary Muise
- 16. Celtic Shores, Kitchen Ceilidhs, The Barbour Cap
- 17. Contra Bourees
Frank Ferrel, Peter Barnes, John McGann, Joe Derrane - cuts 4, 11, Janene Muise Randall - cuts 8, 14, 15 - 1996
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