AVAILABLE ONCE AGAIN!
Field Guide to the Irish Music Session
by Barry Foy
Illustrations by Rob Adams
"A delightful, whimsical, at times hilarious, yet always penetratingly accurate analysis and description of proper
and improper behavior in Irish traditional music circles. Recommended highly for novice and aficionado alike."
---Mick Moloney, Irish musician and folklorist
"You need never again tread the delicate ground of explaining to a fellow musician how you think he or she is
obstructing the session; instead offer them this book as a gift. For those who are unsure of the generally accepted
ground rules for participating in a session, this is essential reading."
---Martin Hayes, internationally known Irish fiddler
Field
Guide
to the Irish Music Session,
the only book devoted entirely to the etiquette and dynamics of
the traditional Irish music seisiún, was originally published in 1999 by Roberts Rinehart Publishers. When
Roberts Rinehart fell victim to unrelated legal troubles soon afterward, Field Guide suffered from the fallout,
and the book's life ended up more complicated and, ultimately, shorter than it should have been.
Frogchart Press is pleased to make this unique work, now several years out of print, available once again.
With a winning combination of humor and seriousness, Field Guide addresses virtually every session-related
issue and situation, offering information and insights of value to both listeners and prospective participants.
Fans of the original edition of Field Guide to the Irish Music Session will be pleased to know that, apart from
an added preface and a new binding, the book's contents have not been altered. Imagine--something about Irish
music that hasn't changed in the last ten years!
the traditional Irish music seisiún, was originally published in 1999 by Roberts Rinehart Publishers. When
Roberts Rinehart fell victim to unrelated legal troubles soon afterward, Field Guide suffered from the fallout,
and the book's life ended up more complicated and, ultimately, shorter than it should have been.
Frogchart Press is pleased to make this unique work, now several years out of print, available once again.
With a winning combination of humor and seriousness, Field Guide addresses virtually every session-related
issue and situation, offering information and insights of value to both listeners and prospective participants.
Fans of the original edition of Field Guide to the Irish Music Session will be pleased to know that, apart from
an added preface and a new binding, the book's contents have not been altered. Imagine--something about Irish
music that hasn't changed in the last ten years!
***LISTEN TO A RADIO INTERVIEW WITH BARRY FOY ABOUT IRISH SESSIONS***
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Field Guide to the Irish Music Session, by Barry Foy
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