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An interview with Jonas Richardson and Gary Arcemont, two of the players at the Morro Bay Irish Session, which has been going for over ten years. They discuss the difficulties of finding a place to play, what a session is like and how it differs from a performance or being in a group, and why the communal experience of playing music together is so important to them.
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An interview with Jonas Richardson and Gary Arcemont, two of the players at the Morro Bay Irish Session, which has been going for over ten years. They discuss the difficulties of finding a place to play, what a session is like and how it differs from a performance or being in a group, and why the communal experience of playing music together is so important to them.
Transcript
SESSION AUDIO: (background tuning noises)
VOICES: Where’s Stu? I don’t know. He’s up there hanging out, or something… I told him – he’s coming down, he said, but I don’t know when… Yeah, tell him we need a guitar. I know. What’s wrong with my mandola? (laughter) It’s not a guitar.
SUSAN O’LEARY: On the Central Coast of California, just about halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, there’s a session that’s been going for over a decade. Now a session is usually defined as an informal gathering of musicians who get together to play traditional Irish music. It might seem relaxed to a casual observer, but there is an unspoken set of rules – a code of behavior that governs the session and all those who participate in it. I wanted to ask this group in California about their session. How hard has it been to keep it going? What makes for a good session – and a bad one? And why – if you’r...
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Additional sound recorded at KCBX in San Luis Obispo, California
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