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Riko Matsuoka, Jocelyn Pettit, Charlie Stewart - Dainty Davie / Elmo Lives Downstairs / The Balnain Reel

from New Beginnings by Riko Matsuoka

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    The first album from Japanese Celtic harpist Riko Matsuoka.
    Traditional and Original Scottish and Japanese Music.

    MUSICIANS:
    Riko Matsuoka (Scottish harp)
    with:
    Jocelyn Pettit (fiddle) Track 2,3
    Charlie Stewart (double bass, fiddle) Track 2,3,5
    Micheal Murray (saxophone) Track 1, 4, 8
    Conor Murray (double bass) Track 1,4,8
    Ankna Arockiam (vocal) Track 9
    Samrat Majumder (guitar) Track 9

    Engineered by
    Kevin Burleigh @Gorbals Sound Ltd ＆ Jamie Savage @Chem 19 recording studio

    Riko Matsuoka plays a Starfish harp.

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Dainty Davie is an old strathspey from the Athole collection. This tune has been used for several texts, the best known of which are by Robert Burns.
Elmo Lives Downstairs and The Balnain Reel were composed by my harp teacher Corrina Hewat.
Elmo from the tune ‘Elmo lives Downstairs’ was a small dog at Corrina’s neighbor’s house. He was barking at 4 o’clock in the morning. As she could not sleep because of his noise, she decided to play the harp to accompany his bark.
The rhythm of the bark was combination of 6/8 and 9/8 then this tune was made.
She recorded this tune with a Northumbrian piper, Kathryn Tickell for the album “The sky Didn’t Fall”.
The Balnain reel refers to Balnain House in Inverness where Corrina’s mother had a beautiful place for art and music. Corrina taught harp there and raising many opportunities to become more aware of the harp and highland music.

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from New Beginnings, released September 14, 2019

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