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Carmel Gunning is an Irish composer and musician, from Sligo, Ireland. Gunning is one of Ireland's most accomplished tin whistle players who is also known for her singing and flute playing and also plays guitar and button accordion. Gunning's rich stylised form of whistle playing and tradition stems from her homeland of Geevagh in South County ...
Micho Russell (25 March 1915 – 19 February 1994) was an Irish musician and author best known for his expert tin whistle performance. He also played the simple-system flute and was a collector of traditional music and folklore .
Plaque commemorating Liam de Noraidh This is a list of notable collectors of Irish traditional music: Collectors Breandan Breathnach (1912–1985) – collected over 7,000 tunes, published from 1963 Edward Bunting (1773–1843) – collected tunes from the harpers at the Belfast Harp Festival ; made extensive collections of tunes which he published in three collections of The Ancient Music of ...
Outside the Boys of the Lough, Cathal has released two albums of songs and tunes, [5] performed in duos with Robin Morton (1939–2021), Scots fiddler Duncan Wood, [6] singer Len Graham, Irish fiddler Gerry O'Connor, [7] among others. In 2010 Gerry O'Connor compiled a collection from Cathal's song repertoire, published as I Have Travelled This ...
Liam O'Flynn, Óg Flynn (Irish: Liam Ó Floinn, 15 September 1945 – 14 March 2018) [1] was an Irish uilleann piper and Irish traditional musician.In addition to a solo career and as a member of Planxty, O'Flynn recorded with: Christy Moore, Dónal Lunny, Andy Irvine, Kate Bush, Mark Knopfler, The Everly Brothers, Emmylou Harris, Mike Oldfield, Mary Black, Enya and Sinéad O'Connor.
Her two virtuosic recordings of the solo tin whistle, Feadóga Stáin (1979) and Feadóga Stáin 2 (1993), have been critically cited as "outstanding and unequalled". [ 2 ] Bergin moved to An Spidéal , County Galway , in the early 1970s and played with many of the up-and-coming stars of the Irish music scene, notably De Danann and Ceoltóri ...
Seán Desmond Potts (5 October 1930 – 11 February 2014) [1] was an Irish musician. Born in The Liberties, Dublin , he was best known for his tin whistle playing and his long history with The Chieftains (from 1962 to 1979).
Sharon Shannon (born 8 June 1968) is an Irish musician, [1] best known for her work with the button accordion and for her fiddle technique. She also plays the tin whistle and melodeon. Her 1991 debut album, Sharon Shannon, was the best-selling album of traditional Irish music ever released in Ireland.