Welcome to the East Clare Fiddle Festival: "The East Clare Fiddle Festival will run from 30th June - 3rd July in Feakle, County Clare, an area steeped in traditional music.
The festival offers a host off sessions, classes, a concert and ceili.
Some details of this year's festival are yet to be confirmed, but as places are limited for the classes, we recommend early booking to ensure you're not disappointed.site design by Patricia ClarkThis year the festival's teachers include
James Kelly (pictured), Tony Linnane,
Eileen O'Brien, Patricia Clark and Tony Trundle
For more information please visit the teachers or the classes pages."
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Friday, May 7, 2010
The South Donegal Fiddle Part 3 of 4
This programme explores a unique strand of traditional music in Ireland: the fiddle tradition of Donegal. It includes interviews with Caomhin Mac Aoidh and Rab Cherry, co-founders of Cairdeas na bhFidléirí (Friends of the Fiddle) and organisers of a meeting of fiddlers in the village of Glenties, County Donegal, and an annual summer school of Donegal fiddling in Glencolmcille, County Donegal. The programme also features interviews with and performances by James Byrne of Glencolmcille, the brothers Vincent and Jimmy Campbell of Glenties, Mairead Ní Mhaonaigh of the group Altan, and Dermot McLaughlin from Derry. There is also rare footage of the master fiddler John Doherty playing a version of the reel Miss Pattersons Slipper.
The South Donegal Fiddle Part 2 of 4
This programme explores a unique strand of traditional music in Ireland: the fiddle tradition of Donegal. It includes interviews with Caomhin Mac Aoidh and Rab Cherry, co-founders of Cairdeas na bhFidléirí (Friends of the Fiddle) and organisers of a meeting of fiddlers in the village of Glenties, County Donegal, and an annual summer school of Donegal fiddling in Glencolmcille, County Donegal. The programme also features interviews with and performances by James Byrne of Glencolmcille, the brothers Vincent and Jimmy Campbell of Glenties, Mairead Ní Mhaonaigh of the group Altan, and Dermot McLaughlin from Derry. There is also rare footage of the master fiddler John Doherty playing a version of the reel Miss Pattersons Slipper.
The South Donegal Fiddle Part 1 of 4
This programme explores a unique strand of traditional music in Ireland: the fiddle tradition of Donegal. It includes interviews with Caomhin Mac Aoidh and Rab Cherry, co-founders of Cairdeas na bhFidléirí (Friends of the Fiddle) and organisers of a meeting of fiddlers in the village of Glenties, County Donegal, and an annual summer school of Donegal fiddling in Glencolmcille, County Donegal. The programme also features interviews with and performances by James Byrne of Glencolmcille, the brothers Vincent and Jimmy Campbell of Glenties, Mairead Ní Mhaonaigh of the group Altan, and Dermot McLaughlin from Derry. There is also rare footage of the master fiddler John Doherty playing a version of the reel Miss Pattersons Slipper.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
1996 Gerry O'Connor, Eithne ni Uallachain, Phil Cunningham, Manus Lunny +
Gerry and Eithne formed the group La Lugh, Gerry on fiddle and Eithne an excellent flute player and beautiful singer. Here is Gerry opening this set with Phil Cunningham and Manus Lunny for a Gaelic music programme Tacsi (which I thought was GREAT but disappeared in to the mists of time many years back). Lovely tho' to see this clip again and especially the shots of Eithne, gone but not fogotten...
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