tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82052973891167245322024-03-13T08:22:24.387-07:00The Irish ConcertinaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205297389116724532.post-36969419266959919002014-04-21T00:47:00.001-07:002014-04-21T00:47:17.787-07:00Ensemble Ériu: it’s trad music, but not as we know it (Irish Times)
The adventure began with the self-titled album that Ensemble Ériu released last year.
An initial alliance between Co Clare school friends Jack Talty and Neil O’Loghlen took off as more players walked into the room to join the ensemble.
The duo may be steeped in traditional music,
but they also have open ears for other sounds, and the album elegantly
sways and sashays between Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205297389116724532.post-62452815113795874512013-09-06T06:35:00.001-07:002013-09-06T06:35:57.305-07:00Musical trio go back to roots - The Cork News
In what’s being hailed as an “unique traditional Irish music tour”, Liam O’Connor, Caoimhín Ó Fearghail and Noel Hill will play in Baile Mhúirne next week. Spanning three generations, O’Connor (fiddle, viola), Ó Fearghail (uilleann pipes, flute, guitar, vocals) and Hill (concertina) are united by a deep knowledge and love for the music of the legendary masters of Irish tradition.
And for Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205297389116724532.post-28999256794232292792013-06-25T03:03:00.000-07:002013-06-25T03:03:59.898-07:00 Aisling Lonergan, accordion - 3 reels
Hand me down the tackle, Templehouse, Duke of Leinster, reels / Aisling Lonergan, accordion ; John Flynn, guitar (Ceoltoirí Chluain Tarbh, Dublin). Recorded in the Irish Traditional Music Archive, Dublin, 18 June 2013 for National Music Day 2013.
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Scartaglen slide / Rachel O'Grady, fiddle ; Eve O'Grady, concertina (Ceoltoirí Chluain Tarbh, Dublin). Recorded in the Irish Traditional Music Archive, Dublin, 18 June 2013 for National Music Day 2013.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205297389116724532.post-48182867194202811902013-06-25T00:22:00.000-07:002013-06-25T00:22:59.159-07:00Áine Lonergan & Aisling Lonergan with John Flynn
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205297389116724532.post-16016441986330289172013-06-24T01:15:00.001-07:002013-06-24T01:15:18.838-07:00Danny O'Mahony and Micheal O'Raghallaigh, a selection of reelsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205297389116724532.post-45818781138653830962013-05-14T00:40:00.001-07:002013-05-14T01:53:27.708-07:00Michael Grogan (accordion)
From youtube:
This recording artist's playing represents a major step in the development of
the Irish box style. If he is a much less remembered name than some Irish performers, such as Michael Coleman, it is no doubt because he never went to America, where the Irish music scene really took off. All the same, Grogan broadcasted regularly and made a series of 78 recordings in the '30s. It was aUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205297389116724532.post-48913371534745953642013-05-09T04:49:00.000-07:002013-05-09T04:49:58.317-07:00 Niamh Ni Charra New Album "A Tribute to Terry "Cuz" Teahan"
Cuz is the latest album from Killarney musician Niamh Ní Charra, and celebrates Sliabh Luachra's rich history of music, in particular the compositions and repertoire of Glountane native Cuz Teahan. Cuz emigrated to Chicago in 1928 and spent the next six decades playing and passing on the music of Sliabh Luachra to generations of musicians. Shortly before his death, he made a tape full of rare Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205297389116724532.post-80336726822311642992013-04-05T03:20:00.002-07:002013-04-05T03:20:38.002-07:00Loïc Bléjean, Louisa Bennion & Hervé Cureau - Mulqueeney's
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This piece is The Last Right and Katies Compass written and arranged by Paul McSherry.
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Padraig Rynne: Concertina
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