Meeting Mr. Concertina & Mrs. Mr. Concertina in that Hotel that Day Last Week aka Tóg go bog é!

In my radio show this week which you can listen to above or below, I talked about the beautiful new friends I met just before recording the radio show. Mr. Concertina is from the North West of England, just below Newcastle if memory serves. Or did she say above it. Because it wasn't Mr. Concertina who told us. It was Mrs. Mr. Concertina who told us. And it was she too who told us that Mr. Concertina was Mr. Concertina. While he was gone to the bar or somewhere. Because up to this point all we knew was that the two people at the table next to us had the most lovely accents. Not the same but different. I myself especially loved Mrs. Mr. Concertina's accent. And Mrs. Mr. Concertina told me that Mr. Concertina wasn't only a concertina man, but also a dulcimer man. Not the hammer type, but the across-your-knee-and-plucked-with-your-fingernails type.

Just there now, I went over to my #ProverbialLIBRARIAN and I asked her to give me some info and pics of the knee-type dulcimer. Her info told me that they are also called a Mountain Dulcimer (which would make sense as you could just yank them over your shoulder and climb every mountain with them). They could also be called an Appalachian Dulcimer. And my #ProverbialLIBRARIAN also told me that it was played by that beaufiful American folk singer & songwriter called Jean Ruth Ritchie who was also known in some circles as the Mother of Folk. I'll play some of her songs for sure in an upcoming show! Yes and I motherfolking will!

In anyway, I really really really enjoyed the over-3-hours we spent chatting to Mr. & Mrs. Mr. Concertina. And I played some tunes (songs really) for you, and I played a few songs which were recommended to me by my good friend Fritz. And I'm sending love and good wishes to Germany to Gudrun, and I hope you'll come over and visit us soon.

And I played a request from myself to the beautiful singer and flute player and whistle player, Katie Theasby. And Katie, tóg go bog é! Everyone, tóg go bog é le bhur dtoill. Múch an teilifís. Caith uait na nuachtáin. Fág uait Facebook agus #eXtwitter mar a bheirim féin air, agus éist le huair a chloig de cheol deas réidh séimh mar atá i mo chlár raidió "Rogha Bhríde Radio Show - Ceol le muid a Chothú agus a Chneasú (MusicToNourish&Heal)".

With requests and love to Katie Theasby (Singer/musician), Concertina Man, Mrs. Concertina Man, und Fritz&Gudrun. Agus le ceol álainn ó/and w beautiful music from:
An Tor, Bube Dame Koenig, Lá Lugh, Sting (putting on his best bad Irish accent), Sandra Steinort mit Moremaids, Chris De Burgh, Altan, Sharon Shannon featuring #SinéadOConnor, The Byrds, Agus #MickJagger leis na Stoners.

Bain taitneamh agus tairbhe as! I hope you enjoy it!

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