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Featured Tunes are considered to be some of the best articles TTA has to offer, as determined by TTA's editors. They are used by editors as examples for writing other articles.




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The Frieze Breeches

Played by: Tom Ennis
Source: Wayback Machine
Image: Tom Ennis




Whiskey Before Breakfast

Played by: Nick Amodeo
Source: Soundcloud
Image: Denver, United States



Eighth of January

Played by: Allison De Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves
Source: Soundcloud
Image: Free Dirt Records & Service Co.



The Keel Row (Shields Variations)

Played by: Edric Ellis
Source: Soundcloud
Image: St Ives


The Laird o' Drumblair Strathspey
Played by: Tetsuya Yamamoto
From: Aichi, Japan
Source: Soundcloud

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Johnny Cope

Played by: Planxty
Source: Soundcloud
Image: Cold Blow And The Rainy Night


The Blackbird
Played by:The Forge Band
Source: https://soundcloud.com/the-forge-band/the-blackbird
Si Bheag Si Mhor
Played by: Valerio Pelliccioni
at home for Christmas
Speed the plow
Played by: Hog-eyed Man
Source: Soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/hog-eyed-man/04-speed-the-plow
Turkey in the straw
Granny Will Your Dog Bite?
Source: Berea Sound Archive
Fiddle played by: John Masters and recorded in Fayette County, Kentucky by John Harrod - 1980s
Love is a tormenting pain
Played on Hammered Dulcimer & English Concertina
Source: SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/dick-glasgow/loves-a-tormenting-pain)
Astley's Ride
Played by: The Black Smock Band
Source: Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/the-black-smock-band
Old Molly Hare
Played by: Maddy Hejna -Burlington, United States
Illustration by: Barbara Cooney
Source: Soundcloud - soundcloud.com/mhejna
Largo's Fairy Dance
Played by: Concerto Caledonia - Glasgow, United Kingdom
SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/concal/fairy-dance)
Home Brew Rag
Wax cylinder recording made January 4, 2015 with Colin Hancock, Will Webster, Tyler, Dan and Christy Foster
Haste To The Wedding
Played by: Riordan Irish Folk
Source: https://soundcloud.com/riordan-irish-folk/haste-to-the-wedding
Irish Washerwoman
Played by: Angela Moorad
Source: https://soundcloud.com/omazing-kids-yoga/the-irish-washerwoman
The Girls I Left Behind me
Source: SoundCloud
Money Musk
Source: SoundCloud
Sir John Fenwick, the flower amang them all
Played by: Gillian Boucher (Toronto)
Source: SoundCloud
Kilwinning's Steeple
Teetotaller's Reel
Concert at Ed fortuna's House around 2003
Kemp's Jig
Played: Mark Farley
Source: SoundCloud
Bovaglie's Plaid
Played by:Adam Taylor
Source: SoundCloud
The Lass Of Richmond Hill
Played by:Owl Parliament
Source: SoundCloud


Sir Sidney Smith March
Played by: Chris Ormston, as played in duet by Henry & Tom Clough.
'Young' Tom Clough wanted to perform this wth him, but became ill and sadly died before them had a chance to record it. Chris plays Tom Clough's pipes now, so the tradition lives!
Source: SoundCloud
Cripple Creek
In 1965, Tracy Newman did 6 episodes of a public TV series for children called "What's New." She presented folk songs from all over the world, and many instruments, to the best of her ability at the time.
Source: Youtube

Featured Tunes Music Library



Whiskey Before Breakfast
Played by: Nick Amodeo
Notes: Denver, United States
Source: Soundcloud
Eighth of January
Played by: Allison De Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves
Notes: Free Dirt Records & Service Co.
Source: Soundcloud
The Keel Row (Shields Variations)
Played by: Edric Ellis
From: St Ives
Source: Soundcloud
The Laird o' Drumblair Strathspey
Played by: Tetsuya Yamamoto
From: Aichi, Japan
Source: Soundcloud
Johnny Cope
Planxty
Cold Blow And The Rainy Night
Source: Soundcloud
The Blackbird
Played by:The Forge Band
Source: https://soundcloud.com/the-forge-band/the-blackbird
Si Bheag Si Mhor
Played by: Valerio Pelliccioni
at home for Christmas

Speed the plow
Played by: Hog-eyed Man
Source: Soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/hog-eyed-man/04-speed-the-plow
Turkey in the straw
Granny Will Your Dog Bite?
Source: Berea Sound Archive
Fiddle played by: John Masters and recorded in Fayette County, Kentucky by John Harrod - 1980s
Love is a tormenting pain
Played on Hammered Dulcimer & English Concertina
Source: SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/dick-glasgow/loves-a-tormenting-pain)
Astley's Ride
Played by: The Black Smock Band
Source: Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/the-black-smock-band
Old Molly Hare
Played by: Maddy Hejna -Burlington, United States
Illustration by: Barbara Cooney
Source: Soundcloud - soundcloud.com/mhejna
Largo's Fairy Dance
Played by: Concerto Caledonia - Glasgow, United Kingdom
SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/concal/fairy-dance)
Home Brew Rag
Wax cylinder recording made January 4, 2015 with Colin Hancock, Will Webster, Tyler, Dan and Christy Foster
Haste To The Wedding
Played by: Riordan Irish Folk
Source: https://soundcloud.com/riordan-irish-folk/haste-to-the-wedding
Irish Washerwoman
Played by: Angela Moorad
Source: https://soundcloud.com/omazing-kids-yoga/the-irish-washerwoman
The Girls I Left Behind me
Source: SoundCloud
Money Musk
Source: SoundCloud
Sir John Fenwick, the flower amang them all
Played by: Gillian Boucher (Toronto)
Source: SoundCloud
Kilwinning's Steeple
Teetotaller's Reel
Concert at Ed fortuna's House around 2003
Kemp's Jig
Played: Mark Farley
Source: SoundCloud
Bovaglie's Plaid
Played by:Adam Taylor
Source: SoundCloud
The Lass Of Richmond Hill
Played by:Owl Parliament
Source: SoundCloud
Sir Sidney Smith March
Played by: Chris Ormston, as played in duet by Henry & Tom Clough.
'Young' Tom Clough wanted to perform this wth him, but became ill and sadly died before them had a chance to record it. Chris plays Tom Clough's pipes now, so the tradition lives!
Source: SoundCloud
Cripple Creek
In 1965, Tracy Newman did 6 episodes of a public TV series for children called "What's New." She presented folk songs from all over the world, and many instruments, to the best of her ability at the time.
Source: Youtube