I stumbled across the BBC’s Virtual Session tonight. It’s terrific for what it is, and a good way to learn a few tunes. It’s a flash app that plays actual recordings of good musicians, not that horrible rhythm-less MIDI stuff you find sometimes, and—the key feature—there’s a clickable progress bar, so you can pause and repeat tunes pretty easily. Just ignore the accompanying sheet music, which (as usual) doesn’t really represent anything an Irish musician ever played. Anyhow, the site has this week’s tune and 49 others, and I can recommend it unreservedly as a learning tool.

This particular tune has been on my list to learn since before I moved to Nashville. The Madison musicians played it quite a bit, too, but I never managed to get it until now.