The Music

Black Bear Crossing... "The Trail"
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Personnel & Instrumentation
   Phylleri Ball: keyboard, shaker, Appalachian mountain dulcimer, bodhran
   Melissa Becker: fiddle, vocals
   Warren Fisher: bass, guitar
   Lucy Henry: flute, tenor recorder, whistle, hammered dulcimer, vocals
   Wendy McCormick: hammered dulcimer, accordion, folk harp

On the CD
Audio samples of selected pieces are provided in MP3 format. Depending on your connection speed, audio downloads can be slow.

  • The Titan
                  Listen to a Sample 3771 KB
                  (Chris Norman, used by permission)
  • Metsakukkia (waltz from Finland)
  • The Arran Boat (Irish Air)
  • Drops of Brandy (traditional Scottish slip jig)
  • Da Shaald's O'Foula/Irishman's Heart to the Ladies/Top of Cork Road (traditional jigs)
  • Monday Morning Reel (Phil Cunningham, used by permission)
  • Battle of the Somme (traditional Scottish march)
  • Humors of Tulla/Glass of Beer/Drowsy Maggie
                   (traditional reels)
  • Whistling Gypsy (Irish folk song)
  • Mississippi Sawyer/Sandy River Belles/The Boatman
                   (traditional old-timey reels)
  • Kolomeike
                  Listen to a Sample 3614 KB
                  (traditional Klezmer tune)
  • Woe Betyde Thy Wearie Bodie (traditional Scottish tune)
  • Sweetness of Mary
                  Listen to a Sample 3042 KB
                  (Joan McDonald Boes)
  • Levis Beaulieu/St. Joseph's Reel/Frenchie's Reel
                 
     (traditional reels)
  • Summer's End (Ken Kolodner, used by permission)
  • Star of the Country Down (traditional Irish Air)
  • Never Been Better/Two White Nickels
                   (Hank Laramee/John Hutchison)

Credits: Hank Laramee email - hlaramee@quik.com. Ken Kolodner, Fenchurch Music, BMI, 2001. Chris Norman, BMI. Engineered and mastered by Tim Breon at Clarke Chapel, Lycoming College. Manufactured and printed by Disc Maker, Pennsauken, NJ, USA.
© 2001/2005 Ken Kolodner, Fenchurch Music, BMI/Chris Norman BMI.


Black Bear Crossing... "The Bridge"
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Personnel & Instrumentation
   Phylleri Ball: keyboard, alto recorder, accordion
   Denny Fisher: bodhran, bowed psaltry, string bass, washboard
   Lucy Henry: hammered dulcimer, flute, penny whistle,
                           soprano recorder, vocals
   Bryan King: banjo, bouzouki, fiddle, guitar, mandolin
   Wendy McCormick: accordion, Celtic harp, concertina, hammered dulcimer
On the CD
Audio samples of selected pieces are provided in MP3 format. Depending on your connection speed, audio downloads can be slow.

  • Black Bear Crossing/Lucy's Lilt/The Bear Jig
                  Listen to a Sample 938 KB
                  (composed by Lucy Henry in 2000)
  • Hewlett (composed by the blind Irish harper, Turlough O'Carolan)
  • The Detroit Schottische (A Scottish Dance)
  • Blackberry Blossom/Jenny Lind Polka/ Red Wing
                  (traditional American favorites)
  • Saddle the Ponies (Irish Jig)
  • Sibheag Si Mhor (composed by Turlough O'Carolan)
  • Friday the Thirteenth
                  (A hambo composed by Rodney Sauer on April 13, 1990.
                  Used by Permission)
  • The Little Red Fox
                  Listen to a Sample 470 KB
                  (Gaelic children's song - vocal by Lucy Henry)
  • Mairi's Wedding
                  (traditional Scottish bridal song from the Isle of Lewis)
  • The Ash Grove
                  Listen to a Sample 2286 KB
                  (traditional Welsh tune)
  • Road to Lisdoonvarna/Tobin's Favorite/Swallowtail Jig
                  (traditional Irish jigs)
  • Ootpick Waltz (also called "The Eskimo Waltz")
  • Maggie in the Wood/Dennis Murphy's/Bill Sullivan's
                  (traditional Irish polkas)
  • Out on the Ocean/Garret Barry's (traditional Irish jigs)
  • The Chanter's Tune (haunting melody in mixolydian mode, played
                  with bowed psaltry drone)
  • My Darling Asleep/Kesh/Morrison's Jig (popular Irish jigs)
  • Julia Delaney/ Dick Gossips/Tam Lin (traditional Irish reels)

Credits: Engineered and Mastered by: Tim Breon at R & J Studio, South Williamsport, PA. All tunes are in the public domain and are the arrangements of Black Bear Crossing, except track 1, composed by Lucy Henry in 2000, and track 7 composed by Rodney Sauers in 1990. Used by Permission. Cover photo at Buttonwood Covered Bridge. Instrument photo at Phylleri's centennial barn, Trout Run, PA. CD manufactured & printed by Disc Makers, Pennsauken, NJ.


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