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fave it Celtic | Celtic New Age
11 tracks | 43 minutes
Released May 2007
on Barn Jazz Music
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:11 Skipping Stones - First Waltz With You lyrics BUY MP3 04:11 Skipping Stones - First Waltz With You lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:11 Skipping Stones - First Waltz With You
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:41 The Maid Behind The Bar lyrics BUY MP3 02:41 The Maid Behind The Bar lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:41 The Maid Behind The Bar
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 00:42 Mna Na Na lyrics BUY MP3 00:42 Mna Na Na lyrics "GIFT MP3" 00:42 Mna Na Na
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:01 Mna Na Eiren - Lonesome All The Time lyrics FREE 05:01 Mna Na Eiren - Lonesome All The Time lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:01 Mna Na Eiren - Lonesome All The Time
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 08:23 Glenrastel lyrics BUY MP3 08:23 Glenrastel lyrics "GIFT MP3" 08:23 Glenrastel
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:36 Standing Stone (Prelude) lyrics BUY MP3 01:36 Standing Stone (Prelude) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:36 Standing Stone (Prelude)
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:27 Ending Stone lyrics BUY MP3 04:27 Ending Stone lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:27 Ending Stone
Celtic-influenced original acoustic and electronic instrumentals, "Celtronica"
Bio / Background
The Beara Peninsula of County Kerry/County Cork is home to the largest number of standing stone circles in the British Isles. This latest work by "Diamond Jim " Hewitt brings together elements of Celtic, jazz, bluegrass, and Oracle to create a unique musical interpretation of the ancient and modern peoples of Ireland.
The theme song, Standing Stone (track 7), reflects the raw power and beauty to be found in the vicinity of these undisturbed monuments to ancient folk religion. Glenrastel, track 5, was inspired by a daylong hike into the high country of the Glenrastel Valley in search of an ancient rock shelter filled with inscriptions carved in stone.
In between we find arrangements of traditional tunes such as The Maid Behind the Bar, which kicks into an uptempo Irish folk rock ending, and the wistful Mna na Eiren (Women of Ireland), set against a bluegrass original, Lonesone All the Time.
↓ more ↓This melding of Arizona and Ireland continues in the collection of mostly original tunes that comprise the Standing Stones of Beara.
Jim recounts, “When playing in the sessions around Kenmare and Bantry I was asked to play “Arizona” music, by which they meant bluegrass and country. Standing Stones of Beara is a tribute to the good folk of Beara, but the music is entirely my own blend of Arizona desert and Irish highland inspiration. This is not your normal traditional Celtic music CD!”
Jim Hewitt joined the music scene in Tucson shortly after he moved to town in 1973 for graduate work in Anthropology. He has been the lead instrumentalist for several well-known Tucson bands: Tucson-Area-Music-Award winning (TAMMIE) Terry Pollock and Thunderhead North, The Blue Prairie Dogs with whom he also won an individual TAMMIE in 1999 for best String player, and in a duo with popular singer/songwriter Sal Valdivia. He has played the Tucson Folk Festival numerous times with these groups as well as renowned singer/songwriter John Coinman. He acquired the nickname "Diamond Jim" while playing several seasons in the Gaslight Theatre orchestra. He currently resides in Oracle, Arizona, pursuing his day job in web database programming and his passion for electro-acoustic musical composition and improvisational performance.
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