Padraig rynne, Brian Duke, Gerdy Thompson and Paddy Kerr
Pádraig Rynne and Brian Duke from the band Cian. Music from the fleadh in Ballina 1999.
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The origins of Irish traditional music
I feel that some confusion may have entered based on two concepts, namely the relativity of time and secondly the history of harp playing in Ireland. What is traditional? The first point derives from the music being labeled "traditional". What does this mean? For every player/singer, there is a definition, but the prime common factor is typically some notion of "age"-it's being an "old" form of music. As Einstein might indicate to us, time is relative. Look at the Bunting, Joyce and Petrie Collections (the works of the early "great" collectors). They all invariably describe certain tunes as "ancient". This is the typical terminology of the "antiquarians" of their day (which they all were themselves). BUT, how old is old and ancient? A house in North America built in the 1700s is rare and considered very old. Alone in the small town in which I live, Ballyshannon in County Donegal there are several of them. How old is ancien...
Irish Traditional Music Workshops
Irish music workshops with Tradschool in August 2009: Fiddle, flute, bodhran & pipes. 24-29 august at Neuvéglise, France. (Accomodation included) For more details, see tradschool.com