The Empty Nest - D Major
Author: Ashley MacIsaac
Origin: Cape Breton
This tune was written by Cape Breton fiddler Ashley MacIsaac in January 2021. It was a birthday gift for Stephan Deibel, commissioned by his lovely wife Gina. The tune commemorates their abrupt and long-lasting transition to empty-nester status when their daughter left for college and was unable to return home due to the Covid pandemic of 2020 and 2021. The original video recording of the tune, linked below, was unfortunately truncated in transmission, at just after the halfway mark. Ashley recorded it again a while later (also linked below) but without the variation in the second B part.
Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8OVJMLZVxk&feature=youtu.be
Ref: https://youtu.be/r-BxSYNe2x4
Ref: http://ashleymacisaac.com/
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