Who’s posting these tunes?

I play fiddle, concertina, piano, viola, and sometimes viola with two bands in central North Carolina, near RDU and the Research Triangle (actually closer to Chapel Hill and Hillsborough than Durham, but anyway, central). You can see these two wedding ensembles at our site Wedding Music in North Carolina...

One is Mappamundi, which means "Map of the World" and which plays popular wedding music of Western and Eastern Europe, Jewish traditions (klezmer, yiddish, hebrew, israeli, sephardic, songs in Ladino) and American swing tunes for dancing and a little bit of Hispanic music as well.

The other is the Pratie Heads, a duo specializing in music of the British Isles (Celtic, Irish, Scottish, English) and early America - but recently branching out into many other traditions as well!

Best Jewish wedding processionals: Merlin’s Khosidl #2

This is the last of the tunes I recorded on solo viola for my daughter – she is hiring a solo cellist for her wedding ceremony and I wanted her to hear the tunes close to what they might sound like with just one instrument. I prefer playing ceremonies with at least one other person, but with economic times the way they are, many brides are looking to have live music but can only afford a soloist.

Learned from clarinetist Merlin Shepherd at Klezkamp.

Merlin's Khosidl #2

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