Old-time & Celtic Harmonica

Below are clips from youtube and links to recordings of old-time and Celtic harmonica-playing. I've categorised them as 'traditional' and 'modern', referring to the styles of playing, but of course some players do not fit neatly into either category. Click on the title and the clip should come up in a new screen.

'Traditional'


Tommy Basker  From Cape Breton.

Noel Battle, from Ireland, playing tremolo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn9HJp0x258:

'Corey & Trina'. From Newfoundland.  Tune: The Old Man & the Old Woman.

Henry Creaney Tremolo harmonica from Ireland.

George Current - Kate Martin/Maggie West/from Para Handy/Balintore Fisherman From Scotland.

Mike Currie - Flower of Scotland  From Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Mike Currie - Scolloway Voe
Mike Currie - Dark Island
Mike Currie - Flower of Porton Cross
Mike Currie - The Mill o' Mill
Mike Currie - Scotch on the Rocks
Mike Currie - Cock o' the North

Famille Doiron  I don't know where these folks are, possibly in Nova Scotia - looks like a good time, though!
Famille Doiron - Oh When the Saints/St. Anne's Reel

Gilles Gosselin - Quand Vient le Pintemps  From Quebec.
Gilles Gosselin - Reel de la Guenille
Gilles Gosselin - La P'tite Cruche Brun
Gilles Gosselin - La Marche Phillipe

Edgar Hebert - St. Anne's Reel  From Quebec(?).
Edgar Hebert - Red Wing
Edgar Hebert - Raoul Ta Bosse

Sam Hinton 1: Introduction From the USA.
Sam Hinton 2: Introduction (continued)
Sam Hinton 3: Straight Harp vs. Cross Harp
Sam Hinton 4: Choking Notes
Sam Hinton 5: Harmonies
Sam Hinton 6: Bass Notes
Sam Hinton 7: Counter Melodies
Sam Hinton 8: Drone Note
Sam Hinton 9: Stride Bass
Sam Hinton 10: Single-Note Melodies
Sam Hinton 11: Melody & Rhythm
Sam Hinton 12: Combinations & Variations
Sam Hinton 13: Minor Key Harmonicas
Sam Hinton 14: Multiple Harmonicas
Sam Hinton 15: Chordomonica
Sam Hinton 16: Piccolo Harmonica
Sam Hinton 17: Pipe Harmonica

Larry Isley - Bringing in the Georgia Mail USA - First "Bluegrass harmonica" recording (1947)?

Preston Jackson - Rosebud of Allenvale.  From Prince Edward Island.  Video clip at bottom of page.
Preston Jackson - Home Waltz/Four Marys

Bryce Johnstone et al - various  From Scotland.

Les Joyeux Beaucerons - Reel Harmonica  From Le Beauce, Quebec.
Les Joyeux Beaucerons - Harmonica c'est l' temps du jour
Les Joyeux Beaucerons - Reel a l'harmonica 3
Les Joyeux Beaucerons - Reel a l'harmonica 4
Les Joyeux Beaucerons - La Marquina

Mike Kent  From Newfoundland.

Bruno Kowalczyk - Reel de Noces

Tommy Basker style  Dave MacNamara, from Cape Breton.
Dave MacNamara - hornpipe

Stanley MacNeil   From Cape Breton.  I believe this jig is of his own composition.
Stanley MacNeil - Remembrance Day  Scotland the Brave, A Scottish Soldier, Lili Marlene, White Cliffs of Dover, Tennessee Waltz

Tom Martin.  From Ireland.  Playing here with his son Mossie Martin.  The sound quality is poor.

Much better clip of Tom Martin here, starting at about 6:10:

Arthur Middleton - various  From Aberdeen, Scotland.

Aldor Morin  From Quebec.

Erskine Morris  From Gaspe, Quebec.

Raymond Noseworthy  (Click on 'Audio: yes').  From Newfoundland.

Cyril O'Brien  (Scroll down page).  From Newfoundland.

Zelie-Anne Arsenault Poirier - Irish Washerwoman From Prince Edward Island.
Zelie-Anne Arsenault Poirier - Miss MacLeod's
Zelie-Anne Arsenault Poirier - Over the Waves

Eddy Primroy  From Newfoundland.
Eddy Primroy 2

George Reneau - Arkansas Traveller.  From the USA.

George Reneau - Little Brown Jug.

George Reneau - Red Wing.

George Reneau - Turkey in the Straw.

Les Ross, Sr.  From Michigan.  Finnish-American. http://gr8tfolks.blogspot.ca/2014/12/last-waltz-for-les-ross-sr-and-lumber.html

Glenn Weiser - The Year of Jubilo/Turkey in the Straw.

Various Scottish players.




'Modern'

Pierre Beauregard  I know nothing about this fellow; I just came across this clip - he's not playing old-time; more what I would respectfully call schmaltz - but he's an excellent player, and employs an encyclopedia's worth of techniques.

Donald Black - The Keil Road  From Scotland.
Donald Black - Harper on the Harp
Donald Black - The Cuckoo

Glen Caradus - a Cape Breton set  I don't know know anything about Glen Caradus, just came across these clips.
Glen Caradus - Whiskey Before Breakfast

John Coster  From Amherst, Massachusetts; has spent some time in Cape Breton.

Bruno Kowalczyk - Reel Beatrice  Bruno lives in France, and specializes in Quebecois music.
Bruno Kowalczyk - Reel de Mattawa

Winslow Yerxa  Winslow is from Alberta, with Maritime roots; lives in California.