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Greg Boardman : Century Reel
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Century Reel is a collection of traditional Maine style fiddle tunes played with the intensity a lively barn dance requires.
Genre: Folk: Traditional Folk
Release Date: 1994
Century Reel Record Label: Outer Green Records
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Shingling the Roof 4:25 $0.99
Isabeau S'y Promene 3:25 $0.99
Trip to Windsor 2:45 $0.99
Star Quadrille 2:44 $0.99
Danse Antique 2:40 $0.99
Cinq Jumelles 4:06 $0.99
Heywood Schottiche 3:52 $0.99
Century Reel 3:15 $0.99
Bridget's Mazurka 3:07 $0.99
Jig in A/burly Ivy 3:48 $0.99
Talencourt 2:43 $0.99
Tommy Boyle's Reel 3:44 $0.99
Con Cassidy's Jigs 3:13 $0.99
Hymn to the Savior 4:07 $0.99
Mckeown's Reel 2:13 $0.99
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Album Notes

I've been fiddling since 1970, when Dave Swarbrick blew my mind with his fiddling with Fairport Convention. Since then I discovered the traditional fiddling of Maine and the Maritimes, which I have loved and played ever since. Many other styles intrigue me, and, I think, inform my personal style, especially rock, classical, and all kinds of street music from around the world. CENTURY REEL was recorded in 1993, and is a tribute to many personal influences, both elders and contemporaries, who ply their peerless Québecois, Irish, Scottish and Yankee ways, inspiring ecstatic dancing and deep contemplation.

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