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Musician: Tony Corcoran
Location: Newcastle, Tyne & Wear
Instruments: fiddle
Music: Irish folk
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HOW I CAME TO THIS MUSIC听听听听听听听听听听WHERE I PLAY听听听听听听听听听听A FAVOURITE SONG |
  
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 听听Listen (2'56) to Carrick Fergus, a slow air performed by Tony Corcoran on fiddle.
听听Listen (2'15) to a set of jigs & reels performed by The Tony Corcoran Band at the Ceili in the Irish Centre, Newcastle.
听听Listen (1'27) to Tony Corcoran talk about his music.
A favourite song:
听听Listen to 'Carrick Fergus', a slow air performed by Tony Corcoran on fiddle.
I love slow airs and one of my favourites is Carrick Fergus. It's a beautiful melody and I really enjoy playing it. Most people are probably familiar with the Van Morrison / Chieftains cover not to mention Bryan Ferry's version from the 80's but it's actually a very old tune. I remember first passing through Carrick Fergus when I working in Northern Ireland. I was on a battered old train en route from Larne to Belfast City where I was working for a while. The beautiful tune is incongruous with the actual place which is an old industrial town with a power station and an old castle. A film maker called Micheal Nc Nally did a film about the Carrick Fergus Reds, those Northern Irish supporters of Man. United. Places and the tunes about them always interest me even though the tunes rarely have any thing to do with the actual place.
听听Listen to a set of jigs & reels performed by The Tony Corcoran Band at the Ceili in the Irish Centre, Newcastle.
Visit the Tyneside Irish Centre's website -
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