All posts by annafalkenau

Rolling Wave Tonight

Aoife Nic Cormaic’s Rolling Wave tonight from the ICTMD Annual Conference 2026 @RTE Studios Donnybrook. Tunes, chat and songs and delighted to have contributed with a few tunes together with fellow commitee members Darren Culliney, Susan Motherway, Joanne Cusack. Also some great clips by Geraldine Cotter, Jack Talty, Lillis O Laoire, Conor Caldwell, Helen Gubbins, Mary Mitchell-Ingoldsby

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LISTEN @9pm: https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/the-rolling-wave/

RIP Dessie Wilkinson

Such a shock to hear of Desi Wilkinson’s passing yesterday. Such a wonderful musician, scholar, and just the most generous, good-humoured, and witty of people. Heartfelt condolences to Genevieve, their family, and his many friends in various corners of the world. RIP Desi — with a good dose of tunes! 🎶✨🙏”

Cookoo Came Dancing!

Cookoo Came Dancing! Fun at last weekend’s Cookoo Fleadh! 🙂🎶🎉 #thecookoo #annafalkenau #sarahmarkey #gonzalollaodiaz #haukesteinberg #Yvette #festival #kinvara

a lovely and informative clip from the Galway History Festival 2019 – Mick Crehan and Maeve Joyce (RIP) outlining the history of one of Galway’s most-loved trad music venues, The Crane, with a continuous nightly music tradition since 1978, when Paddy Connors established it as a music venue. Wonderful to hear Maeve’s humour and warmth again; always remembered and deeply missed! #trad #galway #venues #pubs #history #UniversityOfGalway #wildatlantic #irish #traditional #music

https://youtu.be/cRFOl5Owebc

Cookoo Fleadh 2026

loveliest of times yesterday at The Cookoo Fleadh in Kinvara! A big thanks to Maeve, Lily, Paul & Liam aka The Cuckoo Team,” for having us, and to all who came along, sat in for a tune, listened and participated and had a good go at it too! -: and bualadh bas to the Cookoo! … another fab day ahead! photos by Laura! #annafalkenau #gonzalollaodiaz #sarahmarkey #laura #lisaalcott #cookoofleadh #festival #kinvara #galway #wildatlanticway #traditional #folk