Picking party with Barry & Holly Tashian

Barry & Holly Tashian

Thanks to Roger Ryan of the Country Music Association of Ireland for news of a half-hour video on PTV Ireland, shot in June during a picking party at the Nashville home of Barry & Holly Tashian.

The musicians there include Barry (vocal, guitar), Holly (vocal, guitar, bass), Roland White (mandolin, bass), and David Lege (guitar). Songs performed include a version of 'The Grey Funnel Line', by Cyril Tawney, written from his experience in the Royal Navy. In addition, Barry and Holly talk to Roger about their lives in music. Also present is Peter Wroblewski of Germany, president of the Country & Western Friends Koetz 1982 e.V..

Barry and Holly Tashian recently presented a three-day workshop on harmony singing at the Risør Bluegrassfestival, Norway (15-19 July). Roger Ryan took part in this year's IBMA Leadership Bluegrass course in Nashville.