Sean Keane fiddle

[CatalinaThePirate]

I have loved this man and his music for a long long long LONG time. It's incredible to me that someone could play like this and not move around - his stillness while playing is enormously sexy to me. What a fantastic musician!

[funkyceili79]

I have such a fiddle crush on this man....

[cbfiddler1975]

the best fiddler ive ever heard live perform- im listened to sean play notes that i didn't even know where to find them on the fiddle

hi from canada

ashley

[0minstrel0]

great!

very complex ornamentation and variations,i think.

[metalheadlass]

he had some wrong notes here and there but it was a difficult song so i guess that was pretty good

[clarebannerman]

The recording sound does not do justice to this great musician.

[JSCWhistler]

Awesome playing from Sean, an amazing fiddler. And, what's wrong with him playing Colonel Frazer's with a bit of a mixolydian feel to it? It's something different for a change.

[accydentalbystander]

Supersonic but no feeling included.

[xXtoomadXx]

Shup wit yer sournotes, hes amazing

[shankandbrisket]

He is amazing, highly underrated, quite staccato and ornamented, but there were a couple of sour notes in there.

[IloveKarenmuch]

If you have ever paid any attention to his impeccable intonation you would know that he means to play every note that you hear

Schmk

[shankandbrisket]

Dear Schmk. I download the flv, extracted the audio portion and played it in a slow-down program. I'm happy to report that I can stand by my earlier statements (take note of time indices 0:22.9s, 0:47.2s, and

1:12.2s). Sometimes love is both blind and tone deaf. Truth hurts eh?

[IloveKarenmuch]

are you saying that those notes were microtones off of the notes that exist

in the key he is playing in, absolutely true or are you saying that he played those

 notes accidentally, mistakenly and without intent? I contend that just because

a note doesn't exist according to modern western convention it still exists to

minds intelligent enough to understand those conventions are guidelines.

[IloveKarenmuch]

Personally i like notes that sound good not notes that make musical critics who cant write anything, happy.I am sorry if i have insulted you. Thank you though for criticizing his music, it gave me a whole new perspective through with to appreciate his music

[shankandbrisket]

Truth hurts eh? So much so, now you've launched into a long-winded specious diatribe. My original comment was simply to temper earlier hyperbole. If you don't like contrasting opinions then move to North Korea. FWIW, I have just about all his and Coltrane's recorded music, and their performances are excellent. Now please get a life.

[IloveKarenmuch]

Specious...? Huh... i will give you diatribe.

Well i would ask than that if you are willing to directly impeach my validity and insult my Dignity that you should be willing to continue this argument further albeit at maybe another venue.

[principalbass]

Well put, sir.

[cortez2002]

one of the best irish music i ever see

[clarebannerman]

Great fiddler. I know Seán from the 60's and his brother James (great box player).

[ceiltoic]

My only criticism would be that his sound - like Eileen Ivers is too technically proficient, no dirty notes. He is impecabbly talented-is there such a thing as too talented? Perfer someone like matt cranitch,paddy glackin, sean smyth, thanks for posting!

[mattbro451]

I agree-he is technically brilliant and flawless...I can't think of any better, but almost antiseptic, and that makes it a little hard on the ears. I prefer fiddlers who are maybe less 'technical' but have a more distinctive sound e.g. you can spot Tommy Peoples sound a mile away.

[KKJ52]

No finer soloist exists/existed, and there have been many greats of course.

He is getting the recognition he deserves nowadays.

A multitude of tone colours escape with every bow-stroke