Author: Donald Rickert
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Trew Ska’ish Project Information
Follow the links below to find out more about the Trew Ska'ish Project, which can be summarized as old Scots fiddle tunes done Ska style…yeah, that's right! You can find the Trew Ska'ish experimental tunes among all of the the other MP3s posted. Previous Posts about Trew Ska'ish: Soldiers Skankin Update Next Trew Ska'ish Tune…
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Soldiers Skankin Update
See ealier post on Soldiers Skankin (Ska version of Soldiers Joy). You would think that we would be done with the bloody tune by now, but lots of other stuff going on (like getting all of Jon Whiddon's art online at Adventure and Whimsy) and finishing up design on 3 new instruments…2 electric violins and…
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Soldiers Skankin’ (Ska version of Soldiers Joy) Almost Ready
Another day or 2! Of course we will have an MP3 that you can download…
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Next Trew Ska’ish Tune to Feature a Rickert Neil Gow 21C Travel Violin
The growing number of people who are following the progress of our insane Trew Ska'ish project on FaceBook and iLike will love the next one…Soldier's Joy done as a primarily electronic Ska rendition. It will feature an actual Neil Gow 21C Travel Violin, as well as a Dulcijo (diatonic banjo) by Michael Fox, both played…
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Ska, Synthesizers, Traditional Music and the Folk Establishment
Interesting discussion thread on these topics and more, including commentary by Friends (no, not us) on the institutions that comprise the Traditional Music and Country Dance Establisment on Don Rickert's Facebook Wall. Is the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS) stuck in a time warp? Read opinion on this as well.
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New Ska Version of a Famous Scottish Country Dance
We have lots to bring you up-to-date about, including our new experiment in the Trew Ska'ish project. We'll tell you all about it later, but for now, just enjoy our new medley (downloadable MP3) of the original Skye Collection version of Flowers of Edinburgh (on accordion…those strange chords are right out of the old manuscript…wish…
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All You Rude Boys and Girls (who play or used to play brass or brasswind)
Note: If are not familiar with the term "Rude Boy", you don't know enough about the ska music genre to be interested in this. Trew Ska'ish The Trew Ska'ish Project A topic that pops up from time to time in our posts is the "Trew Ska'ish" project. Basically, this is a whimsical if not totally insane effort to…
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TV Coverage of Musical Instruments by Don Rickert Design Update
Several weeks ago we submitted posts on two California-based cable providers (SureWest and KAXT-1.8) showing a video on the Cigar Box Fiddle Authentic 1860s Style from Don Rickert Design Lutherie. In the video,Troy Parker is doing the playing, accompanied by Michael Fox on diatonic banjo, which is kind of a cross between a banjo and dulcimer (marketed as…
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More TV Coverage of Don Rickert Design
Another California-based cable channel has picked up the video on the Cigar Box Fiddle Authentic 1860s Style from Don Rickert Design Lutherie. Further, the first channel SureWest, has expanded its calendar of showings. For those who missed our last post, Troy Parker is doing the playing, accompanied by Michael Fox on diatonic banjo, which is kind of…
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We’re On TV. BOOYA!
Just when we were considering pulling our Cigar Box Fiddle Authentic 1860s Style from our online catalog at Adventurous Muse because ya'll are not ready to pay for the best-sounding and most playable 1860s style cigar box fiddle, we got the news that a video of our instrument is being aired on TV (details below).…
