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the master guitarist from Chicago
A summer school is held in his honour every year in his hometown at the beginning of July and is highly regarded amongst traditional musicians.
The festival will run over 5 days and will feature over 200 artists.
TG4 from Sunday 25th September 9.30pm
Ceol agus Craic
A win for everyone
Paddy O’Brien, Séamus Connolly, Charlie Lennon
Remember Ashling Murphy’s beautiful life
Willie Clancy was born into a musical family in Miltown Malbay, Co Clare. His parents both sang and played concertina, and his father also played the flute. Clancy’s father had been heavily influenced by local blind piper Garret Barry. Willie started playing the whistle at age 5, and later took up the flute. He first […]
A music teacher once told me that instead of buying yet another bit of glitter, or knick knacks that remained forever unused, she always gave CDs of traditional music as Christmas presents. I’ve done the same since: stocking fillers that help keep music alive and don’t just fatten the coffers at Amazon. We’re coming close to Christmas now, […]
RTÉ Folk Award Nominee
When I was small, one of the most exciting events of the year was going to the Fleadh Cheoil with my dad, Séamus. Thousands of people thronged the streets in Buncrana or Listowel or Kilkenny during those golden, halcyon days of traditional music, and most of them seemed to know him. It would take an […]
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