Articles tagged with "irish traditional music"
Irish Session rules
By Seán | September 20th, 2007 |
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Since the first day I started Irelandlogue I have been blogging about Irish music sessions.
At least twice a week I attend a live Irish music session and post an... [Read this entry]
John Joe Kelly - Bodhran player from Flook
By Seán | July 5th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Now, while that video is mainly all about the Uilleann pipes, the Bodhran player there - John Joe Kelly from Flook - is the one I WANTED to post on... [Read this entry]
Irish Instrument of the week - Irish Flute
By Seán | June 30th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
This week’s instrument is the Irish flute.
The picture to the left there was taken at the Sean’s Bar sunday session while a very patient damsel awaited my photographic portrait... [Read this entry]
Irish instrument of the week - bouzouki
By Seán | May 28th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This week’s Irish instrument is the Irish bouzouki.
“Bouzouki?”, you may be asking, “is that an Irish word?”
No, it’s not. The bouzouki is actually a Greek instrument. In fact... [Read this entry]
Flannery’s Friday Session
By Seán | April 21st, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It’s been a bit of a slow burner, really. Hardy started it, suggesting a gathering on a Friday in Flannerys - a night that would otherwise go session-less.
I piled... [Read this entry]
Flannery’s Session
By Seán | February 27th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
I’ll tell ya, last week will go down in history as a great week of sessions. There was a session every night of last week, with me skipping out only... [Read this entry]
Dueling Bodhrans - Bar Metro Trad Session
By Seán | February 21st, 2007 | 1 Comment »
There’s a new session in town, children.
In one of the more unlikely settings (to my mind), a trad session with box accordian, guitar and bodhran has started up on... [Read this entry]
Lessons in social photography
By Seán | February 19th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
My bizarre weekend as social photographer came to an end on Saturday. Friday night was, as I mentioned in an earlier post a bit mad, if predictably so.
Saturday was... [Read this entry]
Irish Artist - Lunasa
By Seán | December 24th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
It may be a diminutive aspect of Europe’s geography with a population barely topping four million, but Ireland has a ridiculously disproportionate number of internationally famous musicians and bands. What... [Read this entry]
Amber Moon’s Sunday in Sean’s
By Seán | December 12th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Amber Moon took up their Sunday residency in Sean’s Bar with some zeal this weekend. It’s always good for a traditional session when new players join in and add their... [Read this entry]
