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Ryan Thomson on accordion fiddle banjo Irish flute pennywhistle Pontine Theatre, Portsmouth, NH

admin — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:20:18 +0000

Ryan’s site http://www.captainfiddle.com In this video Ryan performs at Pontine Theatre, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In this short performance he plays 7 different instruments including fiddle, banjo, bones, tin whistle, cajun triangle, Irish wooden flute, and accordion. The original show was 12 minutes long but several small portions were removed to meet the 10 minute You Tube limit. Ryan performs and teaches professionally. Visit his web site for bookings and descriptions of his books, videos, and instructional materials.

Duration : 0:9:52

Cajun Waltz, Grand Prairie, on twin fiddles – Fiddling Thomsons, Hampton, NH

admin — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:41:01 +0000

A father and son duo – Ryan and Brennish Thomson perform for the Hampton Historical Society, Hampton New Hampshire, on September 4, 2010. In this video they play a medley of 3 Irish jigs – Cannaught Man’s Rambles, My Darling Asleep, and Morrison’s JIg. The Fiddling Thomsons perform throughout New England. Ryan teaches several different instruments and produces instructional books, videos, and recordings. Visit the Captain Fiddle web site at http://www.captainfiddle.com

Duration : 0:2:23

Cajun Jam @ The Coffee Break

admin — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:19:14 +0000

Every Saturday morning around 11 am, local musicians gather at The Coffee Break, located on Main Street in historic downtown Breaux Bridge. It’s become an event that draws people from all over Acadiana and the South! Come join us to dance, make music, and have some of that good Southern coffee…

Duration : 0:4:10

TV studio impromptu jam session – Ryan Thomson’s fiddle and accordion archives

admin — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 12:21:26 +0000

Two bands and the studio audience join Ryan Thomson “Captain Fiddle,” for a lively version of a Hank Williams song. Musicians include Ralph Tufo on accordion, Larry Plitt on steel guitar, and other musicians who happened to be in the Salem, Massachusetts studio. Ryan’s website – http://www.captainfiddle.com Ryan performs and teaches on several different instruments.

Duration : 0:2:54

Scottish fiddle jigs at Tuck Museum fund raiser – Fiddling Thomsons, Hampton, NH

admin — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 16:41:27 +0000

A father and son duo – Ryan and Brennish Thomson perform for the Hampton Historical Society fund raiser for the Tuck Museum, Hampton New Hampshire, on September 4, 2010. In this video they play a medley of 2 scottish jigs, One Hundred 100 Pipers, and of the North. The Fiddling Thomsons perform throughout New England. Ryan teaches several different instruments and produces instructional books, videos, and recordings. Visit the Captain Fiddle web site at http://www.captainfiddle.com

Duration : 0:3:47

Cajun Chopique 2 Two Step, violin and accordion – Fiddling Thomsons

admin — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:01:01 +0000

A father and son duo – Ryan and Brennish Thomson perform for the Hampton Historical Society fund raiser for the Tuck Museum, Hampton New Hampshire, on September 4, 2010. In this video they play a cajun two step on fiddle and accordion – Chopique Two Step. The Fiddling Thomsons perform throughout New England. Ryan teaches several different instruments and produces instructional books, videos, and recordings. Visit the Captain Fiddle web site at http://www.captainfiddle.com

Duration : 0:2:6

Twin right and left handed violinists fiddle cajun two step – Fiddling Thomsons

admin — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 22:04:36 +0000

A father and son duo – Ryan and Brennish Thomson perform for the Hampton Historical Society fund raiser for the Tuck Museum, Hampton New Hampshire, on September 4, 2010. In this video they play a cajun two step on twin fiddles. The Fiddling Thomsons perform throughout New England. Ryan teaches several different instruments and produces instructional books, videos, and recordings. Visit the Captain Fiddle web site at http://www.captainfiddle.com

Duration : 0:2:30

Cajun – Joe Douglas & The American Cajun Band – Cajun Dance

admin — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:01:16 +0000

Here is a clip From the “Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler from Randol’s” show of Joe Douglas & The American Cajun Band. Randol’s is a cajun resturant/ dance hall located in Lafayette, Louisiana. I would HIGHLY recommend a meal and dance there anytime. Check them out at http://www.randols.com Almost every night they feature a Cajun band.
Joe Douglas and his band – I am not that familiar with. If anyone has info about this very good band, please let me know and I’ll post info.

Duration : 0:6:15

Cajun Music: ft. Band Jambalaya

admin — Thu, 06 May 2010 04:06:45 +0000

Jambalaya in this case is the name of the band playing at the taste of Kelowna. This is at the Taste of Kelowna, Kelowna, British Columbia March 2009

Duration : 0:7:37

David Amram – American Dance Suite (1/3)

admin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:50:50 +0000

David Amram (*1930)
American Dance Suite for orchestra (1986)

I. Cheyenne 0:00
II. Blues 5:49
III. Cajun

The Manhattan Chamber Orchestra/Richard Auldon Clark

‘I decided to make a dance suite as a result of working with Jacques d’Ambroise, the dancer, choreographer and founder of the National Dance Institute in New York. Mr. d’Amboise wanted some of my music for a dance he was to create. After watching the excitement of seeing my composition choreographed (Mary Tyler Moore tap-danced in one section!), I decided I would write a piece celebrating American dance forms, as a concert piece, that could create a ballet in the listener’s mind, and perhaps someday be danced to. The first movement, Cheyenne, uses some traditional melodies of the Cheyenne people (a traditional Cheyenne melody, a traditional Cheyenne hand-game song “NU-USM NO-NOTZ” and a setting of a Cheyenne war dance, TN). The second movement, Blues, is a tribute to the contribution of jazz to the enrichment of our century, as music to dance to and music of great emotional depth [..] Rather than a rendering of traditional blues, it is a tribute to some of the masters like Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Gerry Mulligan, Charlie Mingus and Oscar Pettiford – all whom I have known and performed with earlier in my life. The final movement, Cajun, celebrates another indigenous form of American music that came to us via the Celtic people who lived in Brittany, came to Canada three hundred years ago as French-speaking Acadians, left Canada and arrived in the U.S., settling in Louisiana. There their Celtic-French Canadian music was influenced by the music of Native American and Afro-American cultures into the unique Cajun culture of today.’ ~ David Amram

Duration : 0:9:38