Whiskey Soup

by | May 16, 2016 | Music

Recorded 15 May 2016 Written by Graham Lindsey Graham Lindsey – TradHead I wrote this to pair with my other tune “From Away” and people have said it’s more straightforward and has a decent groove. I’ll let you decide! Written in the fall...

The Write-Off

by | Apr 1, 2016 | Music

Recorded 1 Apr 2016 Written by Graham Lindsey Graham Lindsey – TradHead So it’s tax season. I’ve finished tiling my front hall and bathroom, replaced a toilet and played all the music I possibly could. Yet I haven’t finished my taxes. A tune...

Don Kavanagh’s Latest

by | Mar 16, 2016 | Music

Recorded 15 Mar 2016 Written by Graham Lindsey Graham Lindsey – TradHead Here’s a hornpipe written in the week leading up to St. Paddy’s Day – I named it after Don Kavanagh, Ottawa’s king of the hornpipe (always at the correct tempo, of...

There Were Mountains

by | Nov 18, 2015 | Music

Recorded 15 Nov 2015 with David Morrissey Written by Graham Lindsey Graham Lindsey – TradHead I was in Calgary after the 2015 Canadian Folk Music Awards (held in Edmonton this year), and decided to take a trip to Canmore to see the mountains. Unfortunately it...

Stephen Harper’s Jig

by | Sep 28, 2015 | Music

I wrote a tune for Stephen Harper! (No, it’s most definitely not a commission.) It’s a lively “jig”, in 5/8 with a couple of bars of 6/8, but usually not where you’ll hear it. Newfoundland players would call “Stephen Harper’s...

From Away

by | Sep 1, 2015 | Music

Recorded 21 Aug 2015 with Shane Cook Written by Graham Lindsey Graham Lindsey – TradHead Written for a friend living on the East Coast – from away. Download From Away – key of F (PDF) | Download From Away – key of D...

Ellen’s Jig

by | Jun 10, 2015 | Music

Recorded 11 Feb 2015 with Ellen Gibling Written by Graham Lindsey Graham Lindsey – TradHead This one proves that all you need to do to have a tune named for you is to compliment the guy who wrote it! It’s a nice little jig that people have seemed to latch...

Grit’s Jig

by | Feb 28, 2015 | Music

Recorded 11 Feb 2015 with Ellen Gibling Written by Graham Lindsey Graham Lindsey – TradHead This is the first tune of mine that I’d played in public – now named for Grit Laskin, maker of fine stringed instruments, and without which I wouldn’t...
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