Peghead Nation’s Irish mandolin and fiddle teachers Marla Fibish and Dale Russ got together in the Peghead Nation studio to play a few tunes, including this set of slip jigs, “Dever the Dancer” and “Hunting the Hare.”
Marla and Bruce are some of the best Irish musicians in the country. Martin Hayes has called Dale Russ “one of the greatest fiddlers I know in Irish traditional music” and Marla is one of the most renowned voices on the mandolin in Irish music. You can learn to play the traditional dance music of Ireland on the fiddle in Dale’s Irish Fiddle course or on the mandolin in Marla’s Irish Mandolin course. Enroll in Peghead Nation today!
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Marla Fibish and Dale Russ: “The Killavil Jig/Banish Misfortune”Peghead Nation’s Irish fiddle and mandolin teachers play a medley of Irish jigs. Read More |
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Dale Russ and Marla Fibish: “Eddie Kelly’s/The Lark on the Strand”Peghead Nation’s Irish fiddle and mandolin teachers play a medley of Irish jigs. Read More |
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Oisín McAuley and Brittany Haas: “The Spey in Spate”Oisín McAuley is one of today’s premier Irish fiddlers. A member of the band Danu, he recorded his solo debut, Far from the Hills of Donegal, for Compass Records in 2007. Born in County Donegal, Ireland, Oisín is currently living in Boston, where he’s the Director of Summer Programs at Berklee College of Music. He was recently a guest in Brittany Haas’s Fiddle Styles Workshop for Peghead Nation, where he taught the tune “The Road to the Glen” and demonstrated some of the ornaments and bowing characteristic of Irish fiddling. In this video, Brittany backs Oisín up on the reel “The Spey in Spate,” from Scottish composer James Scott Skinner.In her Fiddle Styles Workshop for Peghead Nation, Brittany hosts some of the best fiddlers on the planet, as they teach some of their favorite tunes and techniques. To learn from Brittany and her guests, enroll in the Fiddle Styles Workshop today. Read More |
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Dale Russ and Marla Fibish: “Lafferty’s/The Lady on the Island”Peghead Nation’s Irish fiddle and mandolin teachers play a medley of Irish reels. Read More |
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Dale Russ and Marla Fibish: “The Kerry Reel/The Beauty Spot”A medley of Irish reels from Peghead Nation’s renowned Irish fiddle and mandolin teachers. Read More |
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Scroggins and Rose: “Marvel”Tristan Scroggins and Alisa Rose play a new original composition in the Peghead Nation studio. Read More |
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Bruce Molsky and Joe Walsh: “L&N Rag”Peghead Nation instructors play an old-time fiddle rag. Read More |
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Brittany Haas with Jayme Stone’s Lomax ProjectPeghead Nation fiddle instructor Brittany Haas plays "What Is the Soul of Man" with Jayme Stone, Margaret Glaspy, Tim O'Brien, and Joe Phillips. Read More |
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Scroggins and Rose: “Grana”Tristan Scroggins and Alisa Rose play "Grana," the title song from their new album of violin and mandolin duets exploring bluegrass and classical improvisation. Read More |
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Joe K. Walsh: “Never More Will Roam”Peghead Nation mandolin instructor plays his original song, inspired by a late-19th century Arctic explorer. With Brittany Haas on fiddle. Read More |
