Programme: ComhaltasLive #291
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- ComhaltasLive #291 (Full Programme)
This week, ComhaltasLive includes the playing of Damien McKee (button accordion) and Séan Óg Graham (guitar), Áine Bird (fiddle), Ita and Matt Cunnigham (fiddle and button accordion), Mary Crowley (piano accordion), Coleen Shanks (whistle) and the playing of Pádraig O’Neil (fiddle) and Lindsay Moynagh (harp).
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- ComhaltasLive #291-6: Pádraig O’Neil and Lindsay Moynagh
Dublin fiddle player Pádraig O’Neil (winner of the All-Ireland U-18 title in 2001) plays “The Bee’s Wing Hornpipe” followed by a selection of reels. Harp accompaniment is by Lindsay Moynagh, also from Dublin and another All-Ireland Champion.
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- ComhaltasLive #291-5: Coleen Shanks on Whistle
From the Crotty-Doran branch of Comhaltas in Detroit, Michigan, USA, Coleen Shanks plays two reels on whistle: “The Gooseberry Bush” and “The Girl That Broke My Heart”.
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- ComhaltasLive #291-4: Mary Crowley on Piano Accordion
Playing music from her native West Cork, piano accordion player Mary Crowley from Skibbereen plays two very old hornpipes: “West on the Hill” and “Kit O’Mahoney’s”. Notice Mary’s subtle variations and ornamentations, particularly in “Kit O’Mahoney’s”.
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- ComhaltasLive #291-3: Street Session with Ita and Matt Cunnigham
A street session recorded at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2003 in Clonmel featuring Galway musicians Ita and Matt Cunnigham with a lively selection of polkas. Ita won the All-Ireland senior fiddle title in 2000.
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- ComhaltasLive #291-2: Áine Bird on fiddle
Fiddle player Áine Bird from Tara, Co. Meath plays “Christy Barry’s jigs”.
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- ComhaltasLive #291-1: Damien McKee and Séan Óg Graham
Co. Antrim musicians Damien McKee (button accordion) and Séan Óg Graham (guitar) play a set of reels, concluding with “Paddy Mill’s Dream” and “Hughie Gillespies’s”.
