The Black Isle Music tune collection
a book of original music by Keith Murphy.
This book includes tunes recorded by Nightingale, Assembly (Popcorn Behavior), Wild Asparagus, Big Bandemonium, Childsplay, and Becky Tracy on her solo recording, Evergreen. There are half a dozen waltzes of varied flavor, a bunch of jigs and reels, a couple of airs, plus a few oddities.
To order this book, send $15 plus $3 shipping to:
Keith Murphy,
104 Washington St,
Brattleboro, VT 05301
or…
FREE transcriptions of some of our original
dance tunes!
Download a pdf of Trails of Kubinek
Trails of Kubinek by Keith Murphy
I met Tomas Kubinek during a flight to a festival that Nightingale was playing in Indiana several years ago. He is a performer who is difficult to describe, though videos on his web site might help. (http://www.kubinek.com) Bizarrely, I ran into him again almost exactly a year later at a rest stop in the middle of New York State. The tune is partly defined by a syncopated rhythm which can be done at various places in the tune. I have transcribed some of these syncopations but I hope players feel free to experiment. Nightingale taught this tune to our band class at the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes this past summer. It was great fun hearing them perform their arrangement of the tune.
Black Rock by Becky Tracy
Having spent years learning the original tunes of her band mates, Becky has started writing up a storm of her own tunes. This one has quickly become popular with both Nightingale and Wild Asparagus as well as with many of Becky’s students. Black Rock is a place off the coast of Nova Scotia where we often go in the summer – a wild spot we like to visit with surf breaking and dozens of seals cavorting around.
Bookmark this page and check back for other transcriptions of original tunes. Our plan is to periodically feature different tunes in this spot.