Welcome to the Irish American Association of Northwest New Jersey's session website. Some of the top traditional musicians in the New York area (and the world) have already come through the monthly session at the IAANJ "clubhouse" in Rockaway Township, and many more great players will sit in the host's chair in the coming months.
On this page you will find tune lists (as well as a nascent index) for our session recording series, with links to various online versions of the tune in abc notation or traditional music notation. I have also included a growing number of "snips" (short MP3 clips of the tune, once through) in the tune list. If the tune name is linked, just click on it to hear the snip. If you can help us fill in any of the blanks, or if you have any other information you would like to share, such as the identity of the players, alternate names of the tune, its composer, or anything else that you think might be of interest, please send me an email. I have recently started a tune identification contest -- see below for details.
I have also included a few sample tracks, in .mp3 format, that may be downloaded free of charge. If you are interested in ordering a CD, send an email to Iris Nevins. All proceeds from CD sales go directly to fund the session, so if you have attended the session or have found this website helpful, please considering ordering one -- in addition to getting some great music, you will supporting our efforts to help traditional music grow and thrive in this area.
For directions directions to the IAANJ Cultural Center visit our website or take a look at this map. All sessions and concerts begin at 8pm, unless otherwise indicated.
Upcoming Host Schedule
Saturday,October 20th, 2007 -- Lá Gaeilge Session
Saturday, November 17th, 2007 -- Alan Morrisroe
Upcoming House Concerts
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007 -- Paddy Keenan
Tune Identification Contest
Can you identify any of the tunes below? Send me an email (subject: tune ID contest) -- the first to correctly identify each tune receives one mp3 track of his or her choice. Additional prizes will be awarded for those with the greatest number of correct IDs.
CD I
Track 7b -- Unknown Jig
Track 8b -- Unknown Jig
CD II
Track 4b -- Unknown
Hornpipe
Track 8a -- Unknown
Reel
Track 9 -- Four
Unknown Waltzes
Track 15a -- Unknown
Jig
CD III
Track 3b -- Unknown
Hornpipe
Track 13a -- Unknown
Jig
CD IV
Track 9b -- Unknown
Reel
Track 9c -- Unknown
Reel
Track 11b -- Unknown
Jig (Paddy O'Brien's)
Index
of Jigs (New!)
Index of Reels (Coming Soon!)
Index of Hornpipes (Coming Soon!)
Index of Other Tunes (Coming Soon!)
The Search Function is still a little wonky -- it tends to choke on little words like 'and' or 'the' -- try omitting all the small words in the tune name. For instance -- 'over moor maggie' will find the CD with 'Over the Moor to Maggie' on it.
Volume 1 -- Tom Dunne
Volume 2 -- John
Nolan
Volume 3 -- Willie Kelly
Volume 4 -- Linda Hickman
Volume 5 -- Mike and Mary Rafferty -- Special thanks to Lesl Harker
for the tune names and abcs!
Volume 6 -- Larry McCullough
Volume 7 -- Jerry O'Sullivan
Volume 8 -- John Nolan
Volume 9 -- Liam Hart
Volume 10 -- Jim and Mary Coogan
Volume 11 -- Tom Dunne
Volume 12 -- Felix and
Brendan Dolan
Volume 13 -- Linda Hickman
Volume 14 -- Claire Keville and Pat O'Connor
Volume 15 -- Rose Flanagan
Volume 16 -- Eileen Goodman
Volume 17 -- TBA (Coming Soon!)
Volume 18 -- The Killackey Brothers (Coming Soon!)
The Salley
Gardens/The Sligo Maid -- Volume 1, Track 3
Jackie
Coleman's/The Shaskeen -- Volume 2, Track 2
The Mountain Road/Peter Street -- Volume 2, Track 6
The Maids of Mount
Kisco -- Volume 3, Track 12
Paddy Kelly's -- Volume 4, Track 6
As I Roved
Out/Castle Kelly -- Volume 5, Track 5
Paddy Clancy's/Statia
Donnelly's -- Volume 6, Track 4.
The Pleasures of
Hope/Pretty Maggie Morrisey -- Volume 7, Track 3
Key to Abbreviations:
HN -- Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes
(a large online tune archive -- link will take you to a large abc file
containing the tune -- use edit --> find in your browser to find the abc of
the tune, or use an abc program like abc2win
or Abc Navigator to convert the abc to music notation)
SN -- The Session (both
abc and music notation)
LH -- Liam Hart's
Tunebook (.jpg format)
LHabc -- Liam Hart's
Tunebook (abc source file)
Lesl -- abc tunes from Lesl Harker, including many from her book, 300 Tunes from
Mike Rafferty
Key Signatures -- D=D Major, Edor=E
Dorian, etc. -- Tunes marked with * have a variable third or seventh.