Articles tagged ‘trad’
Sean’s Bar Sunday session
By Seán | September 17th, 2007 |
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It was a very ill-advised course of action Saturday night.
Let’s just leave it to say that it involved my participation in a stag night and then a gig somewhere in town that migrated from behind the microphones into the back smoking area until it was so late the publican threatened to leave us locked [...]
Sean’s Bar Sunday session
By Seán | August 21st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
It’s so good to have Las Lunas Ambarinos back and in good form at the Sunday session in Sean’s Bar.
This Sunday was a subdued affair with angel and the bean flanked by yours truly, ze germanz and a kimono-clad whistle player.
Angel sang a lovely version of The Last Call for Ellis Island. At [...]
Sean’s Sunday session
By Seán | August 14th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Another Sunday afternoon session in Sean’s Bar.
This one spelled a bit of difference for yours truly, as it is the first trad session in which I have been the guitar player. Sure, I play the guitar and I do spend a lot of time around trad, but - believe it or not - the two [...]
Last weekend of the world Fleadh
By Seán | August 12th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Only in its second year, The World Fleadh finishes its week-long stint in Portlaoise (its inaugural year was in Kerry).
The purpose and design of this Irish festival is to showcase the best of Irish traditional and contemporary music in a custom-designed village setting. The organisers mean for it to be the Irish answer to festivals [...]
Sean’s Sunday Session
By Seán | August 7th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
It was the first of two Sunday sessions without the Amber Moon units. I headed down to Sean’s Bar a bit early - I had been out playing the previous evening and the fire to get the fingers on the fretboard was in me.
As I mentioned earlier, the town has been fierce quiet and Sean’s [...]
Sean’s Sunday session
By Seán | July 31st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Due to a certain hospitable pub in Ballinahown I happened to be in on Saturday night (and a good few hours of Sunday morning, actually) I was not up early on Sunday. The mobile rang into my aching world at around half one with the bean on the other end of the line.
“Any chance you’re [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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) [...]
Irish instrument of the week
By Seán | June 11th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
This week’s Irish instrument is the whistle.
Called the “Irish whistle,” “tin whistle,” “penny whistle,” or, as gaeilge, feadog, these whistles are present at most Irish traditional sessions, tripping lightly through melodies or crying through a haunting air.
These whistles are no longer made from tin, which contains a dangerous lead element. They are most commonly plastic. [...]
