looking forward to this in An Pucán tomorrow, w special guest: Cornelius Bode :-🥳

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! 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

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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!

konzert #Oschatz #Germany #irishmusic #trad #folk #annafalkenau #berndluedtke 🎶 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

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!!! 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🙂