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Port na bP​ú​caí (The Fairy​’​s Tune)

from Music in the Glen (1996) by Bob Bickerton

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I was given this tune by Feargal Mac Amhlaoibh, who himself learnt it from Tomás Dálaigh, grandson of the Inishvickillane fiddler Seán Guiheen. It is said that the Guiheen family heard this music at night while in their beds and that Seán Guiheen, the man of the house, picked up the tune which has ever since been revered in West Kerry as fairy music. It has also been suggested that the music may have been the crying of whales which frequent the Blasket waters.

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from Music in the Glen (1996), released January 1, 1996
Traditional, Arranged Bob Bickerton

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Bob Bickerton Nelson, New Zealand

Bob Bickerton is based in Nelson, New Zealand and has had a long career as a music manager, sound engineer and performing artist.

His earlier albums specialised in traditional and self-penned Celtic music, but in more recent times he has collaborated with other artists as a kaiwhakatangitangi or practitioner of taonga pūoro, the traditional instruments of Māori. ... more

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