A big thanks to Colum King who included several tracks of Féileacán na Saoirse and I Can Hear You Calling in his show this week! Have a look and listen below… #grateful #ceolplay #album #AnnaFalkenau #lenaullman #maryshannon #trad #irishmusic #folkmusic #CharlieLennon
A massive thanks/GRMA to Neansaí Ní Choisdealbha for including three tracks from my CD Féileacán na Saoirse (Butterfly of Freedom) on her RnaG radio program Ceol Binn o na Beanna last night! – a tune I wrote Ivan’s Waltz with the wonderful Holly Geraghty on Harp, a set of jigs – Sporting Pitchfork- High Part of the Road – Connaughtman’s Rambles with Spiddal accordion player Steve Sweeney, and two reels, the Jolly Tinker and The Little Cascade (Scottish tune) with the one and only Johnny ‘Ringo’ McDonagh on bodhrán. A Lovely program overall with Mick Connelly, Dave Munnelly an Ryan Molloy, Nan Tam Taimín, Cathal McConnell and many fabulous other musicians and singers – have a listen on the player! #radio #trad #fiddle #irish #grateful #rnag #ceolbinn #galway #fiddle #annafalkenau https://www.rte.ie/radio/rnag/ceol-binn-o-na-beanna/2026/0120/1554191-ceol-binn-o-na-beanna-de-mairt-20-eanair-2026/
Delighted to have been awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship by Research Ireland enabling me to focuse on the publication of my doctoral thesis “‘It was in the Air’: Micro and Macro Flows in the Changing Soundscape of Irish Traditional Music in Galway, 1961 to 1981” #music #trad #ethnomusicology #urban
had a blast with Gonzalo last evening! 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
lovely tunes last night with Sarah Markey and George Grasso … somehow we avoided the Student Xmas day madness which had Galway in its grip yesterday! 🥹 here a photo from last week’s, credit: George Grasso #tunes #trad #session #happyspace #Galway
nice article in German Newspaper ahead of Sundays Concert at the Klosterkirche Oschatz, starts 17:00, doors from 16:00. Please share if you know anybody who might enjoy! A big thanks to Jana Brechlin of the Oschatzer Zeitung!
Very much looking forward to tunes this evening with the wonderful Libby McCrohen on bouzouki. An Pucan, Forster Street, Galway, 6-8pm.
looking forward to tunes in MacNeill’s with Sarah Markey and George Grasso… pix from last week with Gonzalo pre-broken finger. what a mishap! wishing him a speedy recovery, and can’t wait for his return!!! 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🙂
two jigs I love, Wednesday Visit by Paddy O’Brien and Ben’s Broga by Charlie Lennon from the Kinvara Fundraiser for Catherine Connolly for President! Great to see Catherine doing so well in the polls and more events happening around the country in next few days …. https://www.catherineconnollyforpresident.ie/events
