Jenny Plucks Pears

"Jenny Plucks Pears" was recorded at the Chris Caswell Auburn House Concert on November 8, 2008. Chris also plays this dance tune on his 2001 CD Holy Wood. Myra Joy’s violoncello provides a supporting richness to the sound of the metal-strung harp.

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Leaving the Auld Music

"Leaving the Auld Music" was recorded at the Chris Caswell Auburn House Concert on November 8, 2008. It was written by Chris for Danny Carnahan using a traditional tune. Chris and Danny performed together for several years in the early 80’s and recorded two phonograph albums together, New Leaves (1981) and Boarderlands (1982).

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Crosstown Community Center Euphonia Concert

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Recorded at the Crosstown Community Center Euphonia Concert
January 5th, 2008

Flowers of Edinburgh

Jim Malcolm on guitar and harmonica sings his song written to the traditional tune "The Flowers of Edinburgh" at the Auburn House Concert on February 1, 2009.
Jim is coming to Auburn House Concerts again on January 31, 2010!

My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose

Jim Malcolm as Robert Burns sings Burn's song "My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose" at the Auburn House Concert on February 1, 2009.

A Train Set

This was recorded at the Stevie Coyle concert on January 17, 2009.

The Last Steam Engine Train is a finger-style guitar standard written by John Fahey. Train On The Brain is an original song that Stevie Coyle wrote for his 2009 solo CD Ten-In-One.

Winter Sun

Gerry O'Beirne plays his tune Winter Sun at the Auburn House Concert, November 20, 2008.

Gerry recorded this beautiful instrumental on his 2008 CD The Bog Bodies And Other Stories: Music For Guitar.

Listen through to the end because the last minute is extraordinarily beautiful. The room was full of overtones and celestial bells that record/playback just can not capture. If you love to "listen" to music, do yourself a favor and plan to spend this Halloween at Gerry's next Auburn House Concert.

The Bristlecone Pine

This was recorded at the Bryan Bowers concert on May 22, 2009. The song was written by Hugh Prestwood.



More information on the Auburn House Concerts web page for this video.

The Holy Ground

Gerry O'Beirne sings his song The Holy Ground at the Auburn House Concert, November 20, 2008. Seated stage right is Pete Grant on dobro.

You may remember this from Mary Black's 1993 album of the same name.



We are working with Gerry to schedule his second Auburn House Concert later this year.

Melanie O'Reilly sings Autumn Leaves

Melanie O'Reilly singing the 1945 French song "Les feuilles mortes" (literally "The Dead Leaves") at the Auburn House Concert on March 20, 2009.

Melanie is joined by pianist Frank Martin for the encore number of the concert. This Jacques Prevért and Joseph Kosma’s song is sung in both the original French as well as the Johnny Mercer English version.

Mary and the Solder

Recorded at the Legacy concert on July 11, 2008; Justin Murphy (vocal, guitar) Valerie Plested (fiddle) and Don Penzien (bodhrán).



This was originally a Scottish song named Mary and the Solder. It is about a young woman who sees a bunch of solders parading and likes the look of one of them. She then tries to get him to marry her. He was not very interested until she tells him she has 50 guineas in her pocket. They get married and live happily ever after.

The jig that completes the set is Jimmy Ward's.

The Kill Set

Legacy concert on July 11, 2008; Valerie Plested (fiddle), Don Penzien (guitar) and Justin Murphy (flute).



The Kill Set is made up of the following tunes: Old Hag You've Killed Me / The Killavil Jig / The Killarney Boys of Pleasure / The Curlew [Jigs/Reels].

We'll To The Woods No More

Notorious concert on July 3, 2008; Eden MacAdam-Somer (vocal/violin).



This Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) composition for soprano and violin is part of his Song Cycle Along the Field, no. 2. We'll To The Woods No More. The lyric is from a collection of poetry entitled A Shropshire Lad by Alfred Edward Housman (1859-1936). Normally performed as a duet Eden wrote this arrangement for solo voice and violin.

Bei Mir Bist Du Schön

Here is the first of three videos recorded at the Notorious house concert.

Bei Mir Bist Du Schön is a swing tune from New York's Yiddish vaudeville of the early 1930's.