Gavin Atkin
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Gavin Atkin
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Trad-leaning folkie; in England; likes to understand the world; sings and (in no special order) plays duet concertina, fiddle, guitar, melodeon, tenor banjo etc.

Governments can improve people's lives, if they're clever and they wish to do so.
So I bought a new small guitar, and then I played this...
June 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Pretty Irish tunes can work nicely on tiny guitars, I've just discovered! This is O'Carolan's famous Concerto. #Irishmusic #VintageViator #halfsizeguitar
April 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
O'Carolan's Draught on a tiny Vintage Viator guitar. #O'CArolan #Carolan #Irishtune
April 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
#Carolan #O'Carolan #VintageViator O'CArolan's Draught on a tiny guitar
April 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The u3a country dance tunes group I run sat down to play this tune for the first time on Monday morning, and an hour later it was swinging along nicely, according to this phone recording! #oldtunes #u3a #folkmusic
March 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM
#folk #folktune #melodeon

Cader Idris is a cute waltz with a cute story to go with it.

The melody we call Cader Idris was composed in 1804 by John Parry (1776-1851), and is named after a mountain at the southern end of Snowdonia. Thetune has also been used as a setting for various songs...
December 8, 2024 at 9:58 PM