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Michael McGoldrick (born 26 November 1971, in Manchester, England) [1] is a folk musician who plays Irish flute, uilleann pipes, low whistle and bodhran. He also plays other instruments such as acoustic guitar, cittern, and mandolin.
McGeown was awarded the TCM Silver medal in 2006 from Trinity College of Music, London.; McGeown won the Clandeboye Musician of the Year in 2006. [16]The President of Ireland Mary McAleese 2006, presented the Craigavon flautist Eimear McGeown with the Camerata/Accenture - Young Musician of the Year Award during the performance with Barry Douglas.
A (keyless) wooden flute. The Irish flute is a simple system, transverse flute which plays a diatonic (Major) scale as the tone holes are successively covered and uncovered. . Most flutes from the Classical era, and some of modern manufacture, include various metal keys or additional tone holes (such as a seventh, "pinky-hole", to access one lower note, typically the seventh degree of the ...
Contemporary Traditional Irish Guitar (2009) Winter Variations – New Music for Electric Guitar (2014) D.F.F. – Pouric Songs (2014) Shadowplay – New Irish Music for Flute and Guitar (2016) Genre Jumping – The Best of Dave Flynn Vol. 1 – Chamber Music (2017) Genre Jumping – The Best of Dave Flynn Vol. 2 – Celtic Strings (2017)
Flook is an Anglo-Irish band playing traditional-style instrumental music, much of it penned by the band themselves. Their music is typified by extremely fast, sometimes percussive, flute and whistle atop complex guitar and bodhrán rhythms. Flook is made up of Brian Finnegan, Sarah Allen, Ed Boyd and John Joe Kelly.
Kevin Crawford (born in Birmingham, England) is an Irish flute, [1] tin whistle, low whistle and bodhrán player. [2] He was born in England to Irish parents from Milltown Malbay , County Clare . He later moved to West Clare to improve his music and become more exposed to traditional Irish music .
He began playing tin whistle at age 12 and went on to flute in his early teens inspired by local musicians and the early recordings of Irish music made in America. He received further inspiration from local flute players such as Noel Lenaghan, Michael Clarkson, Sam Murray and Brendan O'Hare. [1]
Originally consisting of McConnell on flute, Aly Bain (fiddle), [3] Dick Gaughan (vocals and guitar) and Robin Morton (bodhran and vocals). [4] Although there have now been multiple line-up changes, the group remains active and has 21 studio albums to its name. McConnell is the only remaining founder member.