The Irish Flute Blog

Michael McGoldrick Trio

2012-01-27T12:44:00.000-08:00

Sylvain Barou, Liz Carroll & John Doyle

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

Livce at Batz-sur-Mer, France in 2007 Related articlesNorthwest tunes up for North Atlantic Fiddle Convention (theirishfiddle.blogspot.com) A Winter's Night: Ensemble Galilei (irishbodhran.blogspot.com) Celtic Christmas concert peppered with Irish lore (irishbodhran.blogspot.com) Féile Frank McCann (irishbodhran.blogspot.com) Celtic Sojourn Lights Up Music Hall (uilleannpipes.blogspot.com)

The Atlanta Junior Ceili Band - Flute Tune

2012-01-17T05:38:00.000-08:00

Pride of New York plays to heart of Irish music at Unitarian Universalist Congregation in York

2012-01-05T08:33:00.000-08:00

Cover of Billy McComiskeyThe first couple of weeks of 2012 are relatively quiet on our area’s arts scene, but it’s an ideal time to look at what the Susquehanna Folk Music Society has planned for this weekend. It’s the rare appearance Sunday of the Irish music foursome called Pride of New York. The group got its name from a reviewer raving about a concert that took place in the city that is home

Village tunes in for Ceol Chairlinn

2012-01-04T00:22:00.000-08:00

Image via WikipediaONCE again the Carlingford Community Development in association with Saint Oliver's Primary School and the Carlingford Lough Youth Peace Project has organised the excellent Ceol Chairlinn Traditional Music Learning Festival in Carlingford from 3rd February until February 5, 2012. This year's line up of tutors maintains the high standards the organisers have set for themselves

Barry Kerr & Seána Davey

2012-01-03T08:40:00.000-08:00

Irish Flute Tunes 2011 from Tradschool : Free Download

2011-12-29T02:05:00.000-08:00

Flute tunes of Irish traditional music uploaded to the site www.tradschool.com in 2011. Played by Stephen Ducke on wooden flute. For individual track info, see the tradschool website. All tunes: Irish Flute Tunes 2011 : Tradschool : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

Cathal McConnell - musical and literary character on the Irish music scene

2011-12-20T07:27:00.000-08:00

The job of the journeyman ballad singer in Irish folk music had been revered for a long time and it plays a vital role in Ireland’s literary tradition expressed through the world of song. There have been a number of exceptional singers who have led the field and have iconic status among those who follow the Ballad scene but there are some whose colorful natures and personality stand out all the

‘Christmas Celtic Sojourn’ a very good night

2011-12-20T07:26:00.000-08:00

Christmas is not renowned as a Celtic holiday. England has carols and plum pudding and Charles Dickens; Ireland has the forbidding snow of James Joyce’s “The Dead.’’ Yet in just nine years, “A Christmas Celtic Sojourn’’ has become a holiday staple, with performances this season not only in Boston but also in Portsmouth, N.H., Worcester, New Bedford, and Rockport. Friday night at the Cutler

Araki, Claire play IMC concert

2011-12-16T08:43:00.000-08:00

Image by inger klekacz via FlickrHanz Araki and Katherine Claire will perform at 7 p.m. Dec. 16 at Island Music Center. Advance tickets, $20, are available at info@islandmusic.org or by calling 780-6911. For more information, visit www.islandmusic.org. Brighten the dark days with an eclectic concert with Hanz Araki and Katherine Claire at 7 p.m. tonight at Island Music Center. While Araki

Kittie's Gone A Milking (Reel) - Irish Flute Tutorial from Tradschool

2011-12-09T21:22:00.000-08:00

Group puts unique spin on Celtic music

2011-12-09T21:11:00.000-08:00

Image via WikipediaImmigrant's Daughter is a delightful trio that brings a fresh approach to Celtic music. Rather than traveling the well-worn path of their contemporaries, they have gone boldly in a different direction by infusing traditional Celtic sounds with classic American pop, rock 'n' roll and jazz. The band is made up of three women of British Isles descent who seem more like sisters

Art of Elan Performs Wynton Marsalis' "A Fiddler's Tale"

2011-12-02T04:49:00.000-08:00

Being tempted by the Devil in some unexpected disguise is the oldest story in the Book—literally. From folklore to grand opera to pulpit oratory, tales of Satanic deception have enjoyed an amazing shelf life. So it is hardly surprising that jazz composer-performer Wynton Marsalis latched on to Old Nick as the heavy in his musical morality play “A Fiddler’s Tale,” which Art of Elan presented

TRP (The Reese Project) – Evening in Vermont

2011-10-18T00:26:00.000-07:00

"(Tom Reese – flute, pennywhistle, alto flute; Laurie Haines Reese – cello, electric cello; Kirk Reese – piano; Dave Young – drums; Tish Brown – violin, viola (tracks 2, 5, 7))The Reese Project (also known simply as TRP) is a family quartet which can’t say no to new approaches to jazz. On the foursome’s ninth album, Evening in Vermont—and first for the Rhombus label—flautist Tom Reese (who wrote

3 jigs on Irish flute & harp

2011-10-11T20:48:00.000-07:00

3 jigs : Maid On The Green, Gallagher's Frolics and Mike McGoldricks.

The Sporting Pitchfork - Irish Flute Tutorial from Tradschool

2011-10-11T01:22:00.000-07:00

Drums, Irish flute and Spanish guitar

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

"In the new album “Openminded?” German DJ Roger Shah explores a new side of trance boldly fusing contrasting instruments. He combines drums with the elements of house fused with magical Spanish guitar and wild Irish flute. The album turned out diverse: there are star vocalists of electronic dance music such as Sian Kosheen, but also more mellow artists like Moya Brennan, who happens to be Enya’

The Sailor's Return - Irish Flute Tutorial

2011-09-29T22:10:00.000-07:00

The Mayo Reel - Irish Flute Lesson from Tradschool

2011-09-28T21:49:00.000-07:00

The heart of Irish traditional musician Mike Rafferty

2011-09-28T19:06:00.000-07:00

"Shortly after midnight on September 13, the heart of Mike Rafferty, the genial Irish musician who held fast to the East Galway musical tradition in which he was reared around Ballinakill, stopped beating. Coming two weeks shy of his 85th birthday and a year since he was proclaimed a national treasure in Washington, D.C. for sharing that tradition and weaving it into America’s tapestry, the

A music-filled farewell to Mike Rafferty

2011-09-28T18:54:00.000-07:00

On a sunny, sky-blue day, Ballinakill, Galway-born multi-instrumentalist and teacher Mike Rafferty, who died at age 84 on September 13, was given a sendoff commensurate with his stature in Irish traditional music. With three co-celebrant priests, including Fr. Francis Kelly (previously known to many as fiddler Joe Kelly from Dumont, N.J.), Msgr. Charlie Coen said the September 16 funeral Mass for

In Memory of Mike Rafferty | irishphiladelphia.com

2011-09-28T18:52:00.000-07:00

When Mike Rafferty played flute, it was with the unmistakable lilt and lift of his native East Galway. Named a National Heritage Fellow in 2010 by the National Endowment for the Arts, he was a bona fide national treasure. Through his teaching, recording and performing, he passed along the tradition to new generations. Mike Rafferty, who was certainly no stranger to Philadelphia-area Irish

Kittie's Gone A Milking (Reel) - Irish Flute Tutorial

2011-09-26T22:55:00.000-07:00

Kallet, Larsen play at Alamoosook

2011-06-24T09:38:00.000-07:00

ORLAND — Singer/songwriter Cindy Kallet, who lived for many years on the Midcoast, and the multi-faceted musician Grey Larsen will perform a special concert to benefit the Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust Sunday, June 26 at 7 p.m. at Alamoosook Lakeside Inn, 229 Soper Road. Kallet is a superb singer, guitarist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Larsen is one of America's finest players

Kennedy means Celtic and more

2011-06-01T05:16:00.000-07:00

"UNITY — New England Celtic Arts will present Nuala Kennedy with Andrea Beaton and Owen Marshall Thursday, June 9 at 7:30 p.m. at Unity College Centre for the Performing Arts, 42 Depot St. There will be a pre-show jam session at 6:30 p.m.; audience members are encouraged to bring their instruments and jam with the artists for a few minutes. Based in her adopted homeland of Scotland, Irish singer