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		<title>Full Circle at the Merry Muse Folk Club, Canberra</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 11:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After stepping off the plane in the morning back in Australia, my band had a gig that night at the Merry Muse Folk Club in Canberra, Australia. My body was telling me it was 07.00AM and I hadn&#8217;t slept all night, despite it being 9.00PM in Canberra. But it was a good crowd and we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington - McGinty&#8217;s Pub Irish session</title>
		<link>http://fourstrings.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/washington-mcgintys-pub-irish-session/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 23:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerry</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Celtic folk music]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After a great welcome at Brendan Mulvihill&#8217;s session on Monday I was recommended to try the Tuesday session at McGinty&#8217;s Pub -  911 Ellsworth Street Silver Spring. And I wasn&#8217;t disappointed. The place is easy to reach on the red metro line and the session runs from about 8.30pm. 

The pub has Guinness on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington DC session - Nanny O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://fourstrings.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/washington-dc-session-nanny-obriens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 18:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerry</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Celtic folk music]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Folk music]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Interesting instruments]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Violins]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Mulvihill]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[dancingmaster]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last night saw me at a great session in Washington DC at Nanny O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s Pub on 3319 Connecticut Avenue NW. The session started at 9.00pm and there was a good mix of tunes I knew and new tunes to learn. They were warm and welcoming and the session leader, internationally renowned Brendan Mulvihill is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ottawa: Celtic music session - Daniel O&#8217;Connell&#8217;s Pub</title>
		<link>http://fourstrings.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/ottawa-celtic-music-session-daniel-oconnells-pub/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 18:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The roadworks doesn&#8217;t make the Daniel O&#8217;Connell pub (at 1211 Wellington St Downtown Ottawa,Canada) easy to find, and when you do, it looks like an average punters pub. But don&#8217;t let appearances deceive - this is not your trendy boutique brewery, but the genuine article. And Thursday night saw me heading down at about 8.30pm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ottawa: Celtic/Irish music session - Rasputin&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://fourstrings.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/ottawa-celticirish-music-session-rasputins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 18:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerry</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Celtic folk music]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rasputin&#8217;s Cafe in downtown Ottawa has a great relaxed Celtic music session every Monday night - great crowd of people and very welcoming to this stranger from downunder! 

This was the first real test of the travel pochette fiddle, and despite its boxy sound it was quite loud enough to be heard easily in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mile High Pochette Fiddle Club</title>
		<link>http://fourstrings.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/mile-high-pochette-fiddle-club/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 03:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerry</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Celtic folk music]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Violins]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[backpacker fiddle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[1:00AM somewhere over the Pacific Ocean, just after crossing the Dateline at about 33,000 feet I put the pochette fiddle through its paces – with a mute. The aircraft – a Boeing 747-700 had plenty of room in the door bay by the galley for a few quiet tunes. I had no problems using the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Silver Spire</title>
		<link>http://fourstrings.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/the-silver-spire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerry</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Festivals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This Irish tune is driving me nuts - but it&#8217;s the next one on my list to learn after Paddy Ryan&#8217;s Dream which I&#8217;ve nearly learnt.

Last week it was the Fleur de Mandragore - a great tune that I heard at the National Folk Festival this year. I&#8217;m still having trouble with Tommy&#8217;s Tarbukas - [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stradivarius - lost and found</title>
		<link>http://fourstrings.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/stradivarius-lost-and-found/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine how you&#8217;d feel! After 18 months of negotiations you get to borrow a 1723 Stradivarius violin - the &#8220;ex-Keisewetter&#8221; - worth $4m, only to accidentally leave it in a New York taxi. That&#8217;s what happened to Grammy-nominated violinist Philippe Quint on Monday 21 April.
The frantic Quint phoned the cab company and the police. Meanwhile [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pochette - at the National Folk Festival in Canberra</title>
		<link>http://fourstrings.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/pochette-at-the-national-folk-festival-in-canberra/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[My box-style pochette (travel fiddle) attracted quite a lot of attention when I took it to the National Folk Festival in Canberra. I&#8217;m still thinking through some further modifications, and no I&#8217;m not going into commercial production - others like Rickert and Ringholz already make fine box pochettes - but here is mine being played [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Penny violin sells for US$1.2m</title>
		<link>http://fourstrings.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/penny-violin-sells-for-us12m/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Named for the late Barbara Penny, first woman in the strings section of Britain&#8217;s Royal Philharmonic orchestra, this stradivarius violin was made in the 1700s. It was sold at auction at Christie&#8217;s following Barbara Penny&#8217;s death last year. The violin was estimated to be worth 1.5m. Penny owned the violin from 1965. She was a [...]]]></description>
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