Irish Session - Neal Pointon & Matthew Murphy at The Hearsall Inn, Coventry

[cheerydavie]

Great music and form the "Young Guns"

[yeaitskate334]

Beautiful music!! Could you tell me what kind of drum that is in the background? Thanks!!

[shamrock4500]

@yeaitskate334 it's called a bohran, it's an Irish drum played with a wooden paddle

[WhenNYWasIrish]

Yes, the Sligo Maid (reel) starts at 00:14. Great stuff as usual.

[pastore0506]

Brilliant!

[Yathink100]

I wish I could bottle this sound. Thanks for posting it.

[amarcordeon]

I really like this joyful music

I appreciate so much this musical group.

Very played with great skill and expression

******

Lillo

[fh041205]

Jaysus the kid is flying!!!! Fair play, I love seing kids playing irish music, that fella is fairly good as well. Great to see that traditional music is alive and well. Cheers for this.

[1yeksamoc]

Anyone know the names of these tunes?

[GUKLASMYD]

I have been told, but cannot confirm first three tunes are Cooleys, Sligo Maid & Green Mountain.

[emncaity]

Incidentally, I keep gushing over you guys, but it's impossible not to. Can't tell you how great it is to see younger people picking up the tunes and carrying forward, you know? Esp. youth with serious talent.

[celticknight18]

i know, its fantastic. i started playing the fiddle when i was 9 years old and i still play eleven years later!

[emncaity]

Frickin' accordionist. Cripes. Thank God I'm only a backup guitarist (a decent one--I've played with a couple of bands who've managed to get quite a few gigs over several years) and don't have to compete with this sort of thing.

[emncaity]

Actually, I'm determined to pick up the fiddle eventually--soon, if possible. I do a few tunes on guitar, but obviously nobody really wants to hear trad tunes on guitar unless you're a genius (cf. tantoonie1 on youtube), and I'm just not a natural at the picking action--bowing seems far more doable to me.

[GUKLASMYD]

If I get time, I will post some footage of Neal playing trad tunes on guitar, the ability to use chords can really enhance some tunes.

[emncaity]

And you did--it was lovely. Really appreciate it.

[whizbang47]

How do you like that?! And you hear people say 'the accordion is dead, you never heard one on a Michael Jackson tune.' I don't even know if that's true, but they say it.

[GUKLASMYD]

I will ask around. It is one of the local session favourites that Neal has picked up by ear.

[Vaskis4life]

Woooooah i wanna go to a session so badly! Unfortunately there's only one once a week in the town I live in, and it's hard to work into my schedule. (And this is America, so the next town is miles and miles away.)

Wonderful!

[wouthauw]

Nice to hear you playing in a session!

[GUKLASMYD]

Most of my playing is in sessions. You can hear/see me any Tuesday in the Hearsall Inn, Craven Street Coventry from 8pm to 12pm (later in holidays). Also monthly in Leamington Spa & Leicester.

[wouthauw]

Unfortunately I'm living in Belgium. So it's impossible to participate the sessions. I'm playing the banjo myself as well, and I learn a lot from your videos. Wout

[litoboy5]

Great job !!!!!

[shinka1911]

sounds good =D

[killiekentman]

brilliant session.  wish i was there.

[gusthelesswise]

Are bodhrans frowned on up there as well. I'm mainly a fiddler but whenever I take out the drum everyone gets an "I'm hesitant to tell you to piss off" before I start playing.

Great session by the way

[GUKLASMYD]

Played with restraint they are positively welcomed.

[110soldr]

Are beginners welcome? Or do they just have to sit and listen? :) And since I'm a beginner, what should i say when i go to a session?

[GUKLASMYD]

Everywhere is different, but Comhaltas Sessions usually welcome beginners.

[JosephEaorle]

Irish Guitar backing is fairly easy if you learn how to play in DADGAD. You have to know where the notes are and come up with chord patterns to play in various keys while keeping open strings most of the time with the occassional bar chord

It's hard at first, but is easier for quick changes you need when backing irish tunes

[Finbarheerlen]

OMG, What are the pubs in the Netherlands dull!!! When are you coming to live it all up here?

It's great again!

Thnx!

[olmmbill]

Wonderful session. But, are these kids human? They're too good!