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:
Taking second place in the Senior Fiddle Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012, Dylan Foley, CCÉ Michael Coleman from The Bronx, New York, USA plays a reel: “The Fisherman’s Island” (by Ed Reavy). Download Audio
Hornpipe played by Eimear Arkins, CCÉ St. Louis, Missouri, USA in the Senior Fiddle Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012 in Cavan. Download Audio
ComhaltasLive Programme #389. Download Audio
At Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012 in Cavan The Laurel Tree Céilí Band, CCÉ Leicester, England play a selection of reels. Download Audio
All-Ireland Under-18 Concertina Champion for 2012, Eimear Donnellan, SIxmilebridge, Co. Clare plays a jig at an informal session in the Cavan Crystal Hotel after her victory. Download Audio
Taking third place in the Under-18 Fiddle Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012, Clár Ní Bhuacháin, CCÉ Droim Ar Snámh, Co. Leitrim plays “The Nervous Man” (by Paddy O’Brien). Download Audio
Hornpipe played by Leah Kenny, CCÉ Doora Barefield, Co. Clare when she took second place in the Under-18 Fiddle Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012 in Cavan. Download Audio
From Boston, USA, fiddle player Adam Cole-Mullen plays two reels - “The Pigeon on the Gate” and “Jenny Picking Cockles” at a street session at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012 in Cavan Adam learned much of his music in Boston from fiddle player George Keith and was very appreciative of the great work of Larry Reynolds and Comhaltas in promoting Irish traditional music over the decades in Boston. Download Audio
St. Roch’s Céilí Band from Glasgow, Scotland play a selection of reels - “Love at the Endings” (by Ed Reavy) and “George White’s Favorite” - at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012 in Cavan. Download Audio
ComhaltasLive Programme #388. Download Audio
Taking second place at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012 in Cavan, Ceoltóirí na Mainistreach Céilí Band from Co. Clare play a selection of jigs, ending with “Hinchy’s Delight”. Download Audio
After winning the Under-18 Uilleann Pipes Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012, Lottie Cullen, CCÉ Craobh Chualann, Co. Wicklow plays the multi-part reel “Colonel Fraser”. Download Audio
Hornpipe played by Martin O’Connell, CCÉ Cúil an tSúdaire, Co. Laois when he took first place in the Senior Button Accordion Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012 in Cavan. Download Audio
Taking third place in the Under-18 Fiddle Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012, Sarah Buteaux from CCÉ Martin Mulvihill Branch, Pearl River, New York, USA plays a jig. Download Audio
Áine Nic Gráinne from Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan plays a reel in the Under-18 Fiddle Competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012 in Cavan. Download Audio
