A Session Diary

Another Irish session tonight. A friend likens the Irish session to the ‘A’ levels – English traditional music being the ‘O’ levels. Reels are tunes. Everything else is named, as in ‘We’ll play 3 tunes and a hornpipe’. The venue is middle-of-nowhere which seems to be normal for the Sunday session. At a pub of course – this one’s the Rose and Crown at Stelling Minnis. Never quite know what the dynamic will be. It depends on the weather, the season, family, the school calendar and probably a mysterious quintessence as well.