ComhaltasLive: Authentic Irish Music, straight from the source.
Summary: Comhaltas is a cultural movement, representing the non-commercial Irish traditional music community. We take our cameras and microphones to concerts, festivals and competitions around the world, and post the results here for you to enjoy.
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ComhaltasLive Programme #407. Download Audio
A reel played by eight members of the Pearl River Under-12 Céilí Band, New York, who won the All-Ireland title at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012 in Cavan. Download Audio
A reel danced by sean nós dancer Rob Byrnes from the Shannon Dunne Dance Group, at the North America Comhaltas Convention 2013 in Washington. Music is provided by Graham DeZarn on Fiddle and Keith Carr on Bouzouki. Download Audio
On the hammered dulcimer, Mark Ballard, Rochester, New York plays a selection of reels - “The New Riggit Ship” and “The Flowers of Edinburgh” at the Comhaltas North America Convention in Washington in April 2013. Download Audio
An impromptu session at the North American Comhaltas Convention 2013 in the Bethesda Marriott Hotel in Washington, USA, 10-year-old Haley Richardson from Pear River, New York plays “The Dawn Reel” on fiddle. Last year (2012) Haley took second place in the All-Ireland Under-12 Fiddle Competition. Download Audio
At a special reception in the Irish Embassy in Washington, USA to honour the holding of the North American Comhaltas Convention 2013, a group of musicians and dancers from Tulla, Co. Clare provide the entertainment. They play and dance a three-part jig - “Miss Walsh’s”. Download Audio
ComhaltasLive Programme #406. Download Audio
Fiddle player Brendan Mulvihill, Billy McComisky on accordion and Andy O’Brien on guitar (known collectively as the group The Irish Tradition) play a selection of reels ending with “The Boyne Hunt” at the North American Comhaltas Convention in Washington in April 2013. Download Audio
A reel danced by members of The Culkin School of Dancers together with sean nós dancer Siobhán Butler during the tournament at the North American Comhaltas Convention in Washington in April 2013. Music is provided by the popular group Celtic Thunder whose members are Terry Winch (accordion), Tony DeMarco (fiddle), Linda Hickman (flute and whistle), Dominick Murray (guitar and vocals) and Jesse Winch (bouzouki and bodhrán). Download Audio
Ten year old fiddle maestro Haley Richardson from Pearl River, New York plays two reels – “The Fisherman’s Island” (by Ed Reavy) and “Dowd’s Reel” – during an impromptu session at the Comhaltas Convention in Washington, April 2013. Guitar accompaniment is by Haley’s brother Dylan. Download Audio
Participants at the North American Comhaltas Convention in the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel in Washington, April 2013, dance to a selection of O’Carolan’s Music by the popular group Irish Tradition. Members of the group are Brendan Mulvihill (fiddle), Billy McComisky (accordion) and Andy O’Brien (guitar). Download Audio
ComhaltasLive Programme #405. Download Audio
Selection of jigs played by The Laurel Tree Céilí Band from Leicester, England at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012 in Cavan. Download Audio
Playing a selection of reels at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012 in Cavan, The Corran Céilí Band from Ballymote, Co. Sligo. Download Audio
A selection of reels - “Toss the feathers” and “Over the Moor to Maggie” - played by Scoil Éigse tutors 2012. They are (left-to-right): Micheál Ó hAlmháin (flute), Ray McCormack (whistle), Robert Harvey (flute), Eoin Ó Cionnaith (pipes),Tom Doorley (flute) and Kathleen Boyle (piano). Download Audio
