Kathleen MacInnes is a Scottish singer who hails from South Uist, one of the islands of the Outer Hebrides archipelago off the coast of Scotland. Kathleen MacInnes’ material includes contemporary and traditional songs performed in her native Scottish Gaelic. Òran na Cloiche (the song of the stone) is in fact a recent composition …
Moving Hearts: The Storm
Formed in 1981 by bouzouki player and genius producer Dónal Lunny and singer Christy Moore, Moving Hearts was an Irish “super group” which blended Folk-rock and Jazz with elements of traditional Irish music. Their trademark pairing for instance of uilleann pipes with saxophone made a lasting impression. While the initial …
Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill: The castle/The nightingale
Since the mid-1990s, East Clare fiddler Martin Hayes and Chicago-born guitar player Dennis Cahill have struck the most interesting musical partnership. Martin Hayes was born into the rich musical tradition of East Clare music while Dennis Cahill's musical background is more urban and influenced by Rock and Jazz. Yet, …
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Steve Cooney: O’Farrell’s Welcome to Limerick
Steve Cooney is an Australian guitar player, arranger, composer and poet who has been a towering influence on the contemporary Irish music scene ever since moving to Ireland from his native Melbourne in 1981. A rock and blues musician originally, Steve Cooney first joined seminal band Stockton's Wing as a bass and didgeridoo …
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Martin Hayes and Mary MacNamara: John Naughton’s/Tommy Coen’s
Featuring Martin Hayes on the fiddle and Mary MacNamara on the concertina, this is a vintage clip dating back to 1981 from the RTE TV archives. In the Irish traditional music context, musicians from East Clare tend to play jigs, reels and hornpipes at a slower pace and with minimal ornamentation while putting more emphasis on …
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Gerry Diver: Music for tape loop
Multi-instrumentalist Gerry Diver based the Speech Project on several interviews of Irish musicians and singers such as Shane MacGowan, Christy Moore, Damian Dempsey, Martin Hayes and Danny Meehan. It also features archival recordings of Galway accordion player Joe Cooley. The various musical pitches of the musicians’ …