Piano Accordion
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- ComhaltasLive #368 (Full Programme)
- 16 January 2012
ComhaltasLive Programme #368
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- ComhaltasLive #368-7: Dean Warner
- 13 January 2012
Piano Accordion player Dean Warner leads this - one of many - informal session at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2011 in Cavan with a selection of reels.
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- ComhaltasLive #367 (Full Programme)
- 23 December 2011
Highlights from Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2011 in Cavan.
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- ComhaltasLive #367-8: Colm McMahon
- 21 December 2011
Winner of the Piano Accordion Under-12 Competition at Fleadh Cheol na hÉireann 2011, Colm McMahon, CCÉ Tullycorbett, Co. Monaghan.
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- ComhaltasLive #367-2: Ryan Hackett
- 15 December 2011
All-Ireland Under-15 Piano Accordion Champion 2011, Ryan Hackett, CCÉ Clogher Valley, Co. Tyrone plays a selection of reels: “The Maids of Castlebar” and “Johnny Cronins”.
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- ComhaltasLive #341 (Full Programme)
- 12 February 2011
ComhaltasLive Programme #341.
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- ComhaltasLive #341-2: Scoil Éigse Tutors
- 4 February 2011
Two hornpipes: “Kilcooley Wood” (composed by Seán Ryan) and “Joe Donovan’s 85th” (composer by Martin Power) played by three Scoil Éigse tutors at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2010 in Cavan - Seán Walsh (piano accordion), and Dathaí Kearney (banjo), Cork/Kerry and Eileen Gannon (harp), St. Louis, USA.
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- ComhaltasLive #340 (Full Programme)
- 30 January 2011
ComhaltasLive Programme #340.
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- ComhaltasLive #340-1: Jimmy Keane
- 22 January 2011
Recorded at the Comhaltas North America Convention in Parsippany, New Jersey in March 2008 piano accordion player Jimmy Keane from Chicago plays three tunes which he composed. They are: “Horse Keane’s Hornpipe” (called after his late father Jimmy from Connemara), “The Rathcairn Reel” and “The Charleston Reel”.
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- ComhaltasLive #332 (Full Programme)
- 20 October 2010
More great highlights from Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2010 in Cavan.
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- ComhaltasLive #332-3: Mick Foster, Noel Battle and Moyra Frasier
- 14 October 2010
Mick Foster (half of the international recording duo, Foster and Allen), who is three times All-Ireland piano accordion champion, is joined by Noel Battle (also a multi-All-Ireland Champion) for a selection of reels: “Dowd’s No. 9”, “Mullhaires” and “Miss Johnson”. Piano accompaniment is by Moyra Frasier.
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- ComhaltasLive #318 (Full Programme)
- 3 June 2010
This programme includes a recent May Day session at Comhaltas Headquarters in Monkstown, Co. Dublin.
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- ComhaltasLive #318-1: A May Day Session
- 25 May 2010
Session recorded in Comhaltas headquarters - Culturlann na hÉireann - in Monkstown, Co. Dublin on May Day 2010 during a break at the Annual Convention taking place over the weekend.
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- ComhaltasLive #303 (Full Programme)
- 10 November 2009
This week we present music from the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2009 in Tullamore, Co. Offaly.
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- ComhaltasLive #300-2: Jigs from 2008 Scoil Éigse Tutors
- 24 September 2009
Three Scoil Éigse Tutors from 2008 play a selection of three jigs, commencing with “An Lurgadán” (by Junior Crehan) and ending with “The Geese in the Bog”. The performers are: Eibhlín Ní Mháille (banjo), Edel McLoughlin (piano accordion) and Gráinne Hambly (harp), and the music was recorded in Tullamore, Co. Offaly in August 2008.
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- ComhaltasLive #302-4: Fleadh Session from 2008
- 7 September 2009
A street session at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2008 in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, including: accordion player Tom Lawlor from Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, Teresa Larkin (piano accordion) and Dermot Maher (bodhrán), both from Roscrea, Co. Tipperary, and Joanne Ward from Castleconnell, Co. Limerick on fiddle.
They play two reels: “George White’s” and “The Corner House”, which was composed by Paddy Kelly. Incidentally, Tom is also well known as a repairer and tuner of accordion and concestinas and has manufactured a number of accordions.
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- ComhaltasLive Programme #289
- 21 June 2009
This week we bring you the fine playing of Jimmy Keane and Seán Cleland from Chicago, Dylan Foley, Rose Flanagan and Donal Clancy from New York, Aisling Mc Phillips from Fermanagh, Dean Warner of Armagh, Sligo player Deirdre Hurley and the Bridge Céilí Band.
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- ComhaltasLive #289-4: Piano Accordion player Dean Warner
- 17 June 2009
Piano accordion player Dean Warner from Lurgan, Co. Armagh plays a set of jigs. Dean is originally from Leeds, England.
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- ComhaltasLive #289-1: Jimmy Keane and Seán Cleland from Chicago
- 14 June 2009
Chicago, USA musicians Jimmy Keane (piano accordion) and Seán Cleland (fiddle) play a selection of reels: “Johnny Doherty’s March”, “Mother’s Delight”, “The Mountain Road” and “Mc Fadden’s Handsome Daughter”. This recording was made at the North American Comhaltas Convention held in Parsippany, New Jersey in March 2008.
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- ComhaltasLive #282 (Full Programme)
- 28 December 2008
This week on ComhaltasLive we feature the fine playing of the Under-18 Trio champions Niamh Keegan (fiddle), Siobhán Rafferty (piano accordion) and Áine Hogan (flute), the Scoil Éigse tutors Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina) and Danny O’Mahony (button accordion), duet champions Gearóid (concertina) and Seán Keane (fiddle), the playing of Fionnán Mac Gabhann (uilleann pipes) with Conor Hanrahan (guitar), the trio of Dylan Foley (fiddle), Blaithín Loughran (button accordion) and Céitlin Finlay (banjo), concluding with Sean Nós dancer Brian Cunningham at the Scoil Éigse 2008 tutors’ concert.