The Irish Fiddle

Gerry Diver: The Speech Project – review

2012-02-03T06:15:00.000-08:00

Cover of Alan Lomax"The idea is certainly original: take a series of interviews with well-known Irish musicians, and then mix short excerpts of speech with instrumental work that follows the rhythms of a spoken phrase. The interviewees include Christy Moore, Shane MacGowan, Damien Dempsey and traditional singer Margaret Barry (heard talking to folklorist Alan Lomax in 1953), and the music is

Fiddle Tutorial - The Irish Washerwoman

2012-01-22T09:37:00.000-08:00

Free online fiddle tutorial - learn an Irish jig, the Irish Washerwoman Related articlesIrish Arts Center' Bodhrán instructor films Irish scene for 'Gossip Girl' (irishbodhran.blogspot.com) Traditional Irish Music in a Modern Ireland (Documentary) (irishtradmusic.blogspot.com) Evening of Irish culture planned (irishbodhran.blogspot.com) Music, dancing and storytelling highlight Celtic family

Fiddle experts visit Skokie

2012-01-05T08:26:00.000-08:00

Image by grepsy via FlickrRachel Baiman and Christian Sedelmyer aren’t just fiddlin’ around with their music. They’re serious, committed young musicians, living in Nashville, and immersed in performing, writing, and exploring a wide range of folk and related styles, from traditional and bluegrass, to folk-rock, swing, and progressive. They are multi-instrumentalists but concentrate their music

Stradivarius may be bit of a fiddle at more than $1m, say researchers

2012-01-04T00:25:00.000-08:00

Image via WikipediaTHE reputation of the most expensive and revered violins in the world has taken a battering. In an experiment, concert violinists were unable to pick out two Stradivarius violins from modern instruments, based on their sound alone. The findings were published this week. The violins might differ in price by more than $1 million but the virtuoso musos opted for the cheaper,

Fergal Scahill, Sean McCarthy & David Howley - Set Of Jigs

2012-01-03T08:45:00.001-08:00

‘Fastest fiddler’ bound for Carlow

2011-12-29T07:26:00.000-08:00

Image via WikipediaThe holder of the Guinness World Record for “Fastest Fiddle Player in the World” is coming to Carlow’s GB Shaw Theatre as Frankie Gavin and De Dannan take to the stage on February 10. Their 32-county tour is an effort by the band to “lift the hearts of the Irish people during this extraordinary economic climate in Ireland.” The band’s current lineup has performed in locations

Great Audience For Fiddle Christmas Concert

2011-12-20T07:12:00.000-08:00

Image via WikipediaA great crowd enjoyed An Old Time Fiddle Christmas Concert with Patti Lamoureux at the Trinity United Church in Portage la Prairie. The 2 hour concert featured a three piece band with a variety of fiddle classics and some new tunes as well. Event Committee Chair Diane Stevenson says a number of people in the area enjoy fiddle music and felt it was a great opportunity to host

Fiddle player offers reward for stolen instruments

2011-12-20T06:48:00.000-08:00

PORTLAND, Ore. – A Portland fiddle player is offering a reward for the return of his stolen instruments. Luke Price is a fiddle teacher who also plays with several local bands. He told KATU News someone broke into his locked pickup truck earlier this month and took his only 2 fiddles from behind the front seat. “I’ve had one of them for probably almost fifteen years and the other one for

Natalie MacMaster: Dynamic fiddle virtuoso

2011-12-16T08:22:00.000-08:00

Few performers exhibit the excitement that marks Natalie MacMaster's shows. Less than a year after the birth of her fourth child, the Canadian fiddler brings "Christmas in Cape Breton" to George Mason University Center for the Arts, full of traditional Celtic music. "I'm motivated by love and music that moves," she said. "I can be tired and the minute I get on stage I'm filled with energy.

Natalie MacMaster is fiddlin’ around the country

2011-12-08T08:28:00.000-08:00

Cover of Natalie MacMasterLast week, renowned fiddler Natalie MacMaster boarded a bus with a brood of children in tow, headed to her next performance in Pittsfield, Mass. Tonight, she brings her high-energy, driving music to the College of St. Benedict Benedicta Arts Center, where she’ll perform a mixture of Cape Breton stylings as well as traditional Christmas carols. “I want (people) to come

Fiddle Group To Perform As Part Of JPS Winter Concer

2011-12-05T08:02:00.000-08:00

More than 100 orchestra students from all six Jamestown elementary schools as well as Washington, Persell and Jefferson middle schools string and Jamestown High School orchestra students will perform with internationally-known Barrage as part of their concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, in the Jamestown High School auditorium. The elementary school students, including Lakewood Suzuki Strings and

Irish Traditional Group Téada

2011-12-02T05:06:00.000-08:00

Northwest tunes up for North Atlantic Fiddle Convention

2011-11-30T21:46:00.000-08:00

Cover of Liz CarrollThe northwest is tuning up for a €3.5 million boost next summer when the North Atlantic Fiddle Convention takes place in Ireland for the first time. Some 400 musicians and 40,000 visitors are expected to travel to counties Derry and Donegal for the five-day event from June 27th to July 1st next year. Performers from Ireland, Scotland, the US, Canada, Denmark and Norway are

Eileen Ivers to perform at KU

2011-10-03T22:13:00.000-07:00

"Kutztown Presents! will feature the acclaimed Irish fiddler Eileen Ivers and her band, Immigrant Soul, in its next concert Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Kutztown University's Schaeffer Auditorium.Ivers, the daughter of Irish immigrants who grew up in the Bronx, N.Y., won the All-Ireland Fiddle Championships nine times and a 10th on tenor banjo. As one of the original stars of "Riverdance," she helped

Fiddle masters MacMaster, Leahy bring talents to Leach

2011-09-27T12:29:00.000-07:00

Two of the world's most celebrated fiddlers, Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy, will bring their show, "Masters of the Fiddle," to Missouri University of Science and Technology on Saturday, Oct. 14.A part of Missouri S&T's Campus Performing Arts Series, the performance will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Leach Theatre of Castleman Hall on the university campus, 10th and Main streets in Rolla.Tickets

Fiddles and fiddlers bring crowd to Newburgh riverfront

2011-09-25T21:40:00.000-07:00

NEWBURGH, Ind. — The Newburgh Fiddler Fest has been through plenty in its 31 years, with four different organizations taking turns at the helm. But the annual event, featuring live music and catfish dinners, has managed to survive.So a few raindrops on Saturday morning weren't really anything to worry about.By Saturday evening, the sky had cleared, and the crowd was again bustling along the

MacDara Ó Raghallaigh - Ego Trip - Broderick's/McDermott's

2011-07-07T03:22:00.000-07:00

MacDara Ó Raghallaigh live in concert playing reels composed by Vincent Broderick and Josie McDermott. This video was recorded by Antóin MacGabhann during the live recording of MacDara's CD of traditional Irish fiddle music entitled, Ego Trip. It's actually the first track on the album! Hear it properly here - http://macdara.bandcamp.comRelated articlesIrish Music Summer School - Tradschool

Josie McDermott's Reel

2011-07-07T03:18:00.000-07:00

Reel on Irish Fiddle Related articlesIrish Music Summer School - Tradschool Summer Workshops (irishtradmusic.blogspot.com) Paul Keating | Catskills Irish Arts Week | The Green Hills of the Catskills | Cultural Conversation by Earle Hitchner - WSJ.com (irishtradmusic.blogspot.com) Irish fiddle virtuoso plays like a hare on a G string (theirishfiddle.blogspot.com)

Ashley MacIsaac ready to settle down

2011-05-31T05:20:00.000-07:00

Image via Wikipedia"The one-time Cape Breton bad boy is talking about settling down. Ashley MacIsaac has been lying low in his adopted hometown of Windsor, Ont., and even looking at buying a house. But the mercurial spirit remains. A creative urge to resist being tied down to one place or style of music is in evidence on his latest record, Crossover, which comes out in June. Crossover has the

Tiarnan O Duinnchinn Uilleann Pipes Lazy Dog Strathspey, Sporting Paddy,...

2011-05-26T09:58:00.000-07:00

Tommy Peoples Part1

2011-05-26T09:57:00.001-07:00

Kevin Burke - Martin Rochford's, Rolling in the Barrel, Youngest Daughte...

2011-05-26T09:57:00.000-07:00

Eileen Ivers

2011-05-23T00:13:00.000-07:00

Cover of Eileen IversThe blue electric she tucks under her chin is the first thing you notice about Eileen Ivers. Then she begins to play and you know why she is such a revered performer. Ivers is the daughter of Irish immigrants and grew up in the Bronx, NY, one of New York City’s most culturally diverse boroughs. Surrounded by traditional Irish music, she became a nine-time All-Ireland fiddle

Charlie Lennon - Bonnie Kate

2011-05-10T07:59:00.000-07:00

Westmont Irish Dancers Perform With In Love With The Dance

2011-05-03T09:01:00.000-07:00

"In Love With The Dance is an all new Irish dance concert, featuring world-class Irish dancers, some of Ireland’s most gifted traditional musicians playing whistles, uillean pipes, accordion, banjo and guitars, as well as talented vocalists; all providing the backdrop to a powerful display of Irish dance.Brian Donnelly and Downers Grove’s own Jenny Bailey are the driving forces behind the show by