Bodhrán
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- ComhaltasLive #376 (Full Programme)
- 19 April 2012
ComhaltasLive Programme #376.
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- ComhaltasLive #376-6: Bríd Murphy, Willie Larkin and Kieran Flavin
- 16 April 2012
Fiddle player Bríd Murphy from Brosna, Co. Kerry and Willie Larkin on accordion from Templeglantine, Co. Limerick, with Kieran Flavin from Knockanure, Co. Kerry on bodhrán play a selection of slides. Willie has recently set up the new national scheme for the teaching of music in primary schools - see www.schoolsoutreach.ie.
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- ComhaltasLive #374 (Full Programme)
- 30 March 2012
ComhaltasLive Programme #374.
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- ComhaltasLive #374-3: Jamie McKeogh
- 23 March 2012
Offaly banjo player Jamie McKeogh plays a hornpipe followed by a three-part Paddy O’Brien jig, for which he is joined by his sister Ciara on fiddle and Kieran Leonard, Fermanagh on bodhrán.
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- ComhaltasLive #372 (Full Programme)
- 8 March 2012
ComhaltasLive Programme #372, featuring musicians on the Comhaltas Concert Tour of Britain 2012.
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- ComhaltasLive #372-7: Matthew Dean
- 4 March 2012
Concert flute player Matthew Dean from Newcastle upon Tyne plays a selection of reels - “Phyllis’ Birthday” (by Josephine Marsh) and “Ormond Sound” (by Paddy O’Brien) - on the Comhaltas Concert Tour of Britain - 25th of February to 3rd of March 2012. Bodhrán accompaniment is by Kieran Leonard from Co. Fermanagh. They are joined in the second reel by banjo player Jamie McKeogh from Co. Offaly and by Sligo fiddle player Caoimhe Kearns.
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- ComhaltasLive #371 (Full Programme)
- 24 February 2012
ComhaltasLive Programme #371, featuring performances from students and teachers from the Comhaltas Schools Outreach scheme - www.schoolsoutreach.ie.
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- ComhaltasLive #371-6: David Healy, Kieran Flavin and Tadgh Conway
- 20 February 2012
Recorded in the Devon Inn, Templeglantine, Co. Limerick on 2nd of February 2012, a selection of reels - “The Plough and the Stars” and “The French Canadian” - played by David Healy (accordion) and Kieran Flavin (concert flute). They are joined on bodhrán by Tadgh Conway from Tullamore, Co. Offaly, who happened to be a guest at the hotel.
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- ComhaltasLive #371-1: Bríd Murphy, Willie Larkin and Kieran Flavin
- 15 February 2012
A selection of slides recorded on the 2nd of February 2012 in Templeglantine in West Limerick by Bríd Murphy (fiddle), Willie Larkin (accordion) and Kieran Flavin (bodhrán). Willie has recently set up a new national scheme for the teaching of music in primary schools around the country - the Comhaltas Schools Outreach (CSO), the website www.schoolsoutreach.ie gives a very good outline of the scheme as well as a very enthusiastic endorsement by Minister for the Arts, Heritage and the Gealtacht Jimmy Deenihan. Incidentally Kieran learned his music at primary school where Willie was researching and developing the scheme on a pilot basis over the last six or seven years. Kieran has since won three All-Ireland titles on tin whistle. Interested schools and music teachers should refer to the website.
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- ComhaltasLive #366 (Full Programme)
- 9 December 2011
Highlights from Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2011 in Cavan.
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- ComhaltasLive #366-3: Ciarán Mag Uidhir and Gavin Strappe
- 4 December 2011
All-Ireland Under-18 Bodhrán Champion 2011 Ciarán Mag Uidhir, CCÉ Seán Treacy, Dublin, with banjo player Gavin Strappe, CCÉ Powerstown/Lisronagh, Co. Tipperary play a hornpipe followed by a reel (composed by Paddy O’Brien).
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- ComhaltasLive #363 (Full Programme)
- 10 November 2011
Highlights from Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2011 in Cavan.
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- ComhaltasLive #363-1: Pat Tierney
- 30 October 2011
An outdoor session at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2011 in Cavan, featuring Cavan tin whistle and flute player Pat Tierney after the launch of his new CD. Pat plays a selection of reels - “Kiss the Maid Behind the Barrell” and “Spike Island Lassies” - with accompaniment from Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Rathcairn, Co. Meath (gutar) and Guido Pluschke, Hamburg, Germany (bodhrán).
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- ComhaltasLive #337 (Full Programme)
- 16 December 2010
Highlights from Clasac and the recent Fleadh Cheoil.
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- ComhaltasLive #337-7: A Fleadh Session
- 13 December 2010
“The Belles of Tipperary” reel played in a session at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2010 in Cavan by Dennis Ryan (fiddle) and James Kinsella (accordion), both from Co. Offally; McHugh brothers Martin (bodhrán) and Benny (fiddle) from Glasgow; Clive Watts (flute), Manchester and Therése Murphy (flute), Charlestown, Co. Mayo.
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- ComhaltasLive #337-6: Niall Preston and Gavin Strappe
- 12 December 2010
Two All-Ireland Senior Champions of 2010, Niall Preston, CCÉ Seán Treacy Branch, Dublin on bodhrán and Gavin Strappe, Cashel CCÉ, Co. Tipperary on mandolin (playing banjo here) play two reels: “The Humours of Westport” and “Paddy Fahy’s”.
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- ComhaltasLive #335 (Full Programme)
- 20 November 2010
Great performances recorded at Clasac, as well as more from the recent Fleadh Cheoil.
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- ComhaltasLive #335-4: Shane De Buitléir and Fionn Morrison
- 15 November 2010
All-Ireland Under-18 bodhrán champion 2010, Shane De Buitléir and Fionn Morrison on tin whistle, both from CCÉ Craobh Naithí, Dublin, play two reels - “Monasteraden Fancy” and “The Galtee Rangers”. Recorded at Clasac, Dublin on the 2nd of November 2010.
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- ComhaltasLive #334 (Full Programme)
- 11 November 2010
Highlights from the recent Cooley/Collins Festival in Gort, Co. Galway, as well as more great performances from Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2010 in Cavan.
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- ComhaltasLive #334-2: Fergus McGorman and Pádraig Keane
- 5 November 2010
Concert flute player Fergus McGorman from a well-known musical family in Co. Meath plays a selection of two reels known as “Jim Coleman’s” at the Cooley/Collins Concert in Gort on the 24th of October 2010. Pádraig Keane (also an uileann piper) provides bodhrán accompaniment, they are both members of the group “Eamhain Macha”.