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At last! After more than 3 years of work on the project, we are only a few weeks away from going to press with The Portland Collection, Volume 3. We are hoping for an April, 2015 release date. Watch this … Continue reading
Right now, most questions to Clyde and me center around “When will Portland 3 be finished?” “Are you on track?” “Do you need any more tunes?” So to shed a little light on these: the other two Portland Collections have … Continue reading
Here are a few tunes that we Portlanders have enjoyed playing these past couple of years. Step Around Johnny: This tune comes from a recording of The Red Mountain White Trash, Chickens Don’t Roost Too High. Their liner notes tell … Continue reading
Almost Equinox by Larry Unger: Larry Unger, guitar and banjo player from Massachusetts, has left his musical mark on the Portland contra dance scene for years. The Megaband took on Almost Equinox 3 seasons ago–it works very well for the … Continue reading
The Battle of Waterloo: After dancing to Wild Asparagus playing this tune at a dance in Portland in 2007, I ran to George Marshall to ask him the name. He didn’t know. Somehow though, in the midst of teaching the … Continue reading
Hats Off to Summer by Carl Thor: The mood of this jaunty jig is a good match for its upbeat title. It was written by Megaband hammer dulcimer and piano player, Carl Thor, and can be found in his tune … Continue reading
A Rose Still Blooms by Todd Silverstein: Todd says: “I wrote this tune for my good friend and wonderful dancer Donna Rose Ranae, when she began to complain about the indignities of aging, at age 50. The tune, although a … Continue reading
Varvindar Friska One of my very first sources of information about fiddle music was The Fiddler’s Almanac by Ryan Thomson. He included this hambo in that book. We were looking for a hambo that could be played in A-E-A-E tuning … Continue reading