Articles tagged ‘Music’
Sean’s Sunday Session
By Seán | July 10th, 2007 |
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The poor aul big beansie just hasn’t been feeling well. Locals may have spotted his ghost at this past Sunday session in Sean’s bar. In any case, even when just a shade of himself, the aul guitar still functions. We had a good crew in, as you can see from above, and it produced some [...]
Kerbside on the radio
By Seán | July 10th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Yes, the Athlone Castle gig and the triathlone are this weekend and the midlands are a-buzz with anticipation.
In this vein, myself (as half of Kerbside)and the other local original bands playing Saturday night in the castle were invited by Midlands Radio 3 DJ June Carley to drop in during her Sunday Best of Irish broadcast [...]
Irish Instrument of the week - the bones
By Seán | July 8th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
This week’s instrument is the bones.
Exactly like they sound - the bones are two bones (usually the rib or lower leg bones of a goat) held in the hand and played to percussive effect.
Today “bones” are more often carved from wood. They are most commonly held concave sides facing away from each other on either [...]
Irish Artist - My Fallen Empire
By Seán | July 7th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Ireland isn’t a big place. Nevertheless, Irish artists have always had a huge presence on the international charts. More than that, Ireland and her music is often cited by songwriters and musicians worldwide as a musical influence and inspiration. What is it about this small, rain-soaked island that breeds such excellent music? This is the [...]
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, but the “embed video” feature was disabled. You’ll have to click here to watch his awesome viruosity. I think it’s also his sense of humour [...]
The Shack Session
By Seán | July 5th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
It had been a while since the bean and myself walked out to the Shack and, seeing as there was a break in the rain, we decided the evening was perfect for a stroll.
Ze germanz relieved us of carrying the instruments out (though we’d return with them across our backs later) and we had a [...]
Sean’s Sunday Session
By Seán | July 3rd, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The oldest bar in the world and the, ah, maybe not the oldest session, but certainly a good old session if’n ya know what I’m talkin’ about . . .
That picture there is of the munchkin clapping and the goils laughin with her. But I get ahead of myself
I stuck the head in solo early [...]
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 of her instruments before plucking one of the three from the table and proceeding with the next song. Shown in the photo are (left to right) [...]
Shack Session
By Seán | June 27th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The rain has let up a bit in the last couple of days, so it was with instruments over the aul shoulder that myself and Guy Noir went strolling across town for this week’s Shack Pub session.
While he has aspirations of learning the harmonica, Guy is not a musician and was, I think, intrigued by [...]
Sean’s Sunday Session
By Seán | June 27th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The Sunday session abides.
I popped in early, an act resulting from my early start and Athlone Agri Show excursion. Big M and the painter were in residence, but I had arrived before Amber Moon and was about half-way through my drink before things got going.
It wasn’t one of the all-day sessions as sometimes occur [...]
