Seamrog
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"Newly formed, Nashville based Irish Trad Band!!!!"
NASHVILLE, Tennessee
United States
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| Member Since | 3/5/2008 | | Band Website | Still working on this... | | Band Members | Frances Cunningham (bouzouki, tenor banjo, mandolin - not all at the same time, no); Lynda Anderson (fiddle); Sean Cunningham (flute, whistles, pipes), Skip Cleavinger (Uillean pipes, whistles) | | Influences | Oh... loads! For me (Lynda), in terms of actual fiddle style... great Shetland players and bands (Willie Hunter, Fiddlers Bid - Maurice, Stoot, Kevin and Gifford, Steven Spence, Debbie Scott...) Donegal players (Altan, Paul O'Shuaghnessy, Liz Doherty, Dermie Diamond) and others (Martin Hayes, Cathel Hayden, Dezi Donnelly)... and in terms of tune arrangements (Solas, Bothy Band, Liz Carroll, Eamonn Coyne, Vasen, Dervish, Christ Stout & Catriona McKay).
Frances, Sean and Skip's to follow.... | | Sounds Like | Irish traditional music, funnily enough, interspersed with a few Scottish, Cape Breton, New England and Scandanavian tunes... | | Record Label | unsigned | | Type of Label | Major |
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Here's the basics - until we get a proper bio up. Great quality Irish and I hate to use the word but 'celtic' musicians have lived in and played around Nashville for over 10 years. Although few seem to be aware of their presence, these musicians have played in band formats (such as The Rogues) as well as in smaller groups for pub sessions (most commonly at the sorely missed Sherlock Holmes bar and a recent short stint at Dan McGuinness on Demonbreun). While Nashville is recognizably a city filled with great traditional and acoustic music, the Irish/Scottish scene is much smaller and so less-well known about than the bluegrass scene - which is understandable, given that lots of the world's best bluegrassers live in Nashvile!!
So, where do we fit into all this? Well, in the ongoing progression and growth of the scene in Nashville, long-time local musicians Sean and Frances Cunningham (who both toured professionally for years) have teamed up with Lynda Anderson, a fiddle playing native of the Shetland Islands who moved to Nashville in 2006. Lynda and Frances met at a session in late 2006 and were immediately intrigued by the similarities in their preference for tunes and a driving rhythmic style of playing. Lynda's fiddling is rooted in the traditional Shetland style but an attraction for Irish styles, particularly Donegal tunes, has widened her playing to a more Shetland/Irish hybrid. Frances delivers driving rhythm and ear-catching chord progressions on bouzouki - and is also a great tenor banjo and mandolin player. In this new band, the girls team up with Sean Cunningham, a great flute, whistle and pipe player who cut his trad teeth in the New York session scene in the 90s. The band will also be joined at times by Skip Cleavinger, an outstanding Uillean Piper who is renowed throughout the US for his masterful playing.
Given the history of Irish and Scottish traditional melodies in this region, and that they gave birth to bluegrass in the Appalachians, it seems fitting to continue to push and prod at the locals to listen and enjoy the great tunes - both the classics and the more modern compositions. Our theory is that everyone loves Irish trad music - some people just don't know it yet!
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