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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Podcasts:
All-Ireland Under-18 Button Accordion Champion 2012, Aisling Hunt from Tulla, Co. Clare, plays two reels: “The Colliers” and “Berehaven”. Download Audio
ComhaltasLive Programme #393. Download Audio
In a session at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012 in Cavan, the Fitzgerald family from Celbridge in Co. Kildare play three jigs: “The Humours of Glen”, “My Former Wife” and “The Fog in the Bog”. Musicians are (left-to-right): Ciarán (flute), Áine (concertina), John (accordion), Seán (fiddle) and Mary (piano). Download Audio
Scoil Éigse Tutors at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012, Brian McNamara on uilleann pipes and Gráinne Hambly on harp, play a selection of slip-jigs: “Elizabeth Kelly’s Favorite” and “O’Farrell’s Welcome to Limerick”. Download Audio
St. Roch’s Céilí Band from Glasgow, Scotland play a selection of jigs - “Apples in Winter” and “The Frost is All Over” - at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012. Download Audio
Taking second place in the Senior Céilí Bands Competition 2012, the Moylurgh Céili Band, CCÉ Elphin, Co. Roscommon play “Macnamara’s Barndance”. Download Audio
From Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Jack Bogard plays a jig in the Under-18 Fiddle Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012 in Cavan. Download Audio
Winning the All-Ireland Under-18 Fiddle Competition 2012, Sarah Buteux, Pearl River, New York, USA plays an Ed Reavy reel. Download Audio
Taking second place at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012 in Cavan, Ceoltóirí na Mainistreach Céilí Band from Ennis, Co. Clare play a selection of reels. Download Audio
From Missouri, USA the St. Louis Irish Arts Center Grúpa Cheoil play two tunes - “Loftus Jones” (by Turlough O’Carolann) and the slip-jig “The Thorntree” - at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012 in Cavan. Download Audio
All-Ireland Senior Fiddle Champion 2012 Niall Ó Murchú, CCÉ Ring of Gullion, CO. Armagh plays a hornpipe in the competition. Competitors in the senior competitions are required to play four pieces. Download Audio
ComhaltasLive Programme #390. Download Audio
Taking third place at the Senior Fiddle Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012 in Cavan, Lucia Mac Partlin, Ormund CCÉ, Nenagh plays a multi-part jig in the competition. Download Audio
All-Ireland Under-18 Champion on Harp for 2012, Aisling Lyons, Newmarket-on-Fergus, Co. Clare plays a selection of jigs at an informal session after her victory. Download Audio
Taking second place in the Senior Button Accordion Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012, Christopher Maguire, Irvinstown, Co. Fermanagh plays a version of “Miss McCleod’s Reel”. Download Audio
