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| John Carty With Ged Foley on guitar Irish Traditional Music Saturday, April 2nd, 8:00 PM Admission: $15; children under 12, free Coatesville Cultural Society 143 E. Lincoln Highway Coatesville, PA 19320 Coatesville Traditional Irsh Musc Concert Series 610-486-2220 John Carty is a musical rarity in many ways. Firstly, he is left-handed but plays a 'right- handed' fiddle, fingering with his stronger left hand and bowing with his right. When he plays banjo he again fingers with the left and picks with the right. Secondly, not only is he highly proficient on both instruments, he is also an adept flute player. Thirdly, he is probably better known in his birthplace, London, than he is in Ireland, despite his regular role as a tutor at summer schools and tours by his band, At the Racket, specialists in the Flanagan Brothers inspired dancehall music of the 1920s and 1930s. John's first album, The Cat That Ate the Candle (1994) was very much a banjo album. The second, Last Night's Fun (1996) featured Carty's fiddle, though both flute and banjo received an outing too. Many thought that the next album might be flute-focused, but John has resisted the temptation and Yeh, That's All It Is not only reinforces the strengths of his fiddling, but sees another instrument introduced - the tenor guitar. John could well be considered one of the leading fiddlers of his generation. On his latest release, At It Again, his fiddling is even bolder and more confident than before. There's a strong blast of Sligo tradition there, with tunes learned from Coleman, "Lad"O'Beirne and Seamus Tansey, and the common reels are balanced out by some lovely, rare finds. * * * Ged Foley is well known for his guitar playing and singing with Scotland's The Battlefield Band, England's The House Band and, more recently, Ireland's Patrick Street. Ged also plays fiddle in the Midwest based Ceili band, Tessera. He teaches, produces records, does duo work with John Carty and also with Kevin Burke. He plays with Michael Cooney and Paul Smyth, and has produced albums for both of them, as well as a number of other fine traditional musicians. His reputation for musical excellence keeps him busy on all fronts at all times. |
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| VIDEO clip of John and Ged in 2006 |