Programme: ComhaltasLive #210: More from America and Britain
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- ComhaltasLive #210 - 7: Séan O’Shea
Fiddle player Séan O’Shea has been one of the outstanding musicians in the London Region over many decades. Séan plays a selection of reels, ending with “The Star of Munster”.
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- ComhaltasLive #210 - 6: Tim Dowd
A slow air played on Uilleann Pipes by Tim Dowd at the West London Comhaltas 50th Anniversary Concert in Hammersmith.
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- ComhaltasLive #210 - 5: Michael Gaughan
The reigning All-Ireland Senior Banjo champion Michael Gaughan plays a selection of jigs ending with “The Battering Ram”.
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- ComhaltasLive #210 - 4: Michael O’Connell
From the West London Comhaltas 50th Anniversary Concert in April 2007, a selection of reels by button accordionist Michael O’Connell: “The Pidgeon on the Gate” and “The Longford Collector”.
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- ComhaltasLive #210 - 3: Session in Atlanta
One of many large sessions at the North America Comhaltas Convention in Atlanta, Georgia in April 2007, with musicians from many parts of Canada and the US. They play the multipart jig “The Gold Ring” (the G version).
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- ComhaltasLive #210 - 2: Catherine Joyce
A selection of reels: “The View across the Valley” composed by John Brady and “Patrick’s Night”, composed by Paddy O’Brien, played on tin whistle by Catherine Joyce from Boston.
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- ComhaltasLive #210 - 1: Brian Lindsay
A fiddle solo by Brian Lindsay from New York. He plays two reels: “The Lads of Laois” and “The First Month of Summer” which was a great favourite of the fiddle maestro Andy McGann.