Black Isle Music

Highly crafted playing of traditional music

Becky - fiddle playing with roots in Irish and French Canadian traditions
Keith – guitar, mandolin, piano and traditional singing in English and French

WHAT WE DO

Keith’s Solo Show

Traditional Songs from Newfoundland and New England with fingerstyle guitar, mandolin and French Canadian foot percussion. (more info)

Keith and Becky’s Duo Show

A rich program blending slow airs and lilting dance tunes with songs in English and French (more info)

Teaching

Highly respected for their clear and efficient teaching styles, Keith and Becky’s workshops include Irish and French Canadian fiddle styles, DADGAD guitar tuning and ensemble playing.

Composing

Keith’s compositions have been used in film and theater and are popular with traditional players in many places. Becky’s list of compositions has also been growing. A couple of free transcriptions from both of them are available here.

Aidan leads a song at our annual New Year’s Eve concert in Brattleboro, VT

News

Becky and I have just come back from La Grande Rencontre Festival in Montreal. It was one of the best weekends of music that we have enjoyed for a long time. So many of our great Quebecois musician friends were there – everyone from Genticorum, Le Vent du Nord, La Bottine Souriante as well as Alisdair Fraser and Natalie Haas, and an amazing array of players from Scandinavia. We highly recommend this event. We are also busily preparing for many of our summer teaching events, including our own Northern Roots Weekend, just outside Brattleboro, July 6 -8. We are really looking forward to having a weekend of music with Shannon Heaton and Tina Lech on staff – two tremendous players. For more details and registration, go to http://www.bmcvt.org/summer/northern-roots-weekend. Hope you can make it.

Best,

Keith, May 14

Videos

One of Keith’s mighty tunes which he arranged for Childsplay

Becky and Keith performing at Brattleboro benefit for victims of Hurricane Irene