A week spent exploring irish traditional music on the concertina. She comes from a large musical family, which has greatly influenced and inspired her throughout her life. English, anglo, and maccann duet, plus early wheatstone double duet, early wheatstone duett duet, crane or triumph duet, jeffries system duet, late wheatstone chidley duet, and hayden or wicki duet. Feb, 2010 micheal o raghallaigh playing at custys irish music shop in ennis. Custys traditional irish music shop is situated in the midwest town of ennis, co. Finish choices include a rich natural rosewood stain or satin black. She has a series of all ireland fleadh titles to her name both in solo and group competitions. He has been a member of the band providence, along with paul doyle vocals, guitar, and irish bouzouki, troy bannon irish flute, cyril odonoghue vocals, irish bouzouki, guitar, and michelle obrien violin. Sep 30, 2018 tim collins, edel fox, michael oraghallaigh, caitlin nic gabhann and padraid rynne irish concertina ensemble. Aoibheann and pamela queally beyond the bellows and the bow. Sharon oleary seamus o mongain michael oraghallaigh jason orourke dymphna osullivan katie osullivan.
Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. Depending on the type of concertina you have, you will either alternate which hands play the notes or work down the rows of keys to play your scale. A master of irish music on the anglo concertina with an innovative style, staying within the tradion. Chords and drones supplementary anglo concertina tutor. Micheal o raghallaigh is a concertina player and recording artist residing in county meath, ireland. He is one of irelands most respected performers on concertina and accordion. High pitch instrument on micheal o raghallaigh cd general. Unlike an accordion, where one button will play a triad or 5th chord, the concertina requires you to play the individual notes of the chord. For his second album o raghallaigh stays close enough to the formula that he used so successfully on that debut recording and in many respects inside out is a great album that gives us a picture of an artist who is playing right at. Micheal o raghallaighs newest album, released a few weeks ago, is another jewel, i think. The second page also has the song youll never walk alone by richard rogers. Micheal o raghallaigh concertina workshop hammersmith. Fabulous piping here by micheal oraghallaigh solo on concertina followed by eileen obrien and deirdre mcsherry from lough derg.
One of the worlds finest exponents of traditional concertina playing kicks off our semester ii lunchtime concerts. Unknown date, but the price is one shilling and sixpence. Apart from my dad, some of the teachers that have influenced my concertina playing greatly down through the years are brid meaney, dymphna o sullivan, tommy mccarthy, terry bingham,tim collins and michael o raghallaigh. The course will be taught on anglo concertina but other concertina systems are welcome. The concertina structure is achieved by creating a narrow accordion and then attaching signatures to either the valley or peak folds using a simple pamphlet stitch. Micheal o raghallaigh concertina unknown jig mist on. The first concert cormac and caoimhin played together was a sold out show at the national concert hall, dublin in may 2016, as part of a residency in the new kevin barry recital room. Meath, and a member of the band providence, micheal oraghallaigh is undoubtedly one of the foremost concertina players in ireland today, a fact made abundantly clear when his first solo album, the nervous man, came out in 2001, and more than confirmed with this superb new recording. Sleeve notes are in irish and english, very interesting and detailed. Micheal oraghallaigh concertina workshop hammersmith. He is also a member of the three time allireland winning, tain ceili band. This project is, perhaps, a bit more involved than those of weeks past, but it allows me to introduce a few additional basic materials found in every book artists studio and a handy technique or two.
Michael oreilly, hails form a great musical family in co meath. Michael has taught at workshops and has toured all over europe and usa. Micheal o raghallaigh concertina, with michael rooney harp, eoghan obrien guitar, frank mcgann bodhran source and other information. I constructed this book as a means to display a series of double sided prints that i created on a holiday at woodgate. Across the pond kevin griffin, roger burridge, michael shorrock and quentin cooper.
The mu international office is the first point of contact for international students applying for fulldegree, erasmus, study abroad, and summer school programmes, and supports mu students who wish to study abroad. Meath, and the concertina player with the band providence, micheal oraghallaigh has recorded a gorgeous solo cd, with understated but effective accompaniments on harp, guitar, and bodhran. Start with middle c on your concertina and work through the 8 notes, or octave, up to c1, or high c. He takes a tune and does everything its possible to do with it with his instrument. Indeed, the companion to irish traditional musics select discography lists a mere fifteen albums, compared to more than seventyfive for the accordion.
Ive been listening to mors inside out 2006, on some tracks he says he plays a jeffries 46 button a flate flat, he describes as high pitch and saysits somewhere between modern bb and b. Meath, and the concertina player with the band providence, micheal o raghallaigh has recorded a gorgeous solo cd, with understated but effective accompaniments on harp, guitar, and bodhran. This invariably done with the lower keys on the lhs. This second solo album from micheal o raghallaigh reinforces the strong impact that he made back in 2001 with his debut the nervous man. To our customers, unfortunately, the covid19 crisis has left the button box without the necessary staff to fulfill, in a timely manner, orders for new r. A cd of 19 tunes, including the reel barack obama, composed by corks peadar o riada, who plays concertina, button accordion, whistle, and tambura with two incomparable fiddlers, clareborn martin hayes and dublinborn caiomhin o. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Meath, and a member of the band providence, micheal o raghallaigh is undoubtedly one of the foremost concertina players in ireland today, a fact made abundantly clear when his first solo album, the nervous man, came out in 2001, and more than confirmed with this superb new recording. He is the founder of airt and the award winning tunes in the church live concert series in galway. Documents in the concertina library concerning keyboard diagrams for the most important concertina fingering systems. Bells across the meadows by albert ketelby i dont know who the arranger wasis. As a teenager she competed successfully at a high level in fleadhanna and gael linns siansa. Michael o reilly, hails form a great musical family in co meath. Danny omahony and micheal oraghallaigh, a selection of.
Paul oconnors traditional music news includes details of a new book from kila, the launch of triurs second cd at the abbey theatre, the new imeall and geantrai series on tg4, cathy jordons new solo cd, a recording of lorcan mac mathunas an tain music, and a noel hill master class. Yet, such a paucity is entirely counterbalanced by the sheer quality of these recordings. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. The concertina format is partially restricted so the book stands up without assist, and the pages fan out for an interesting display. Micheal o raghallaigh concertina, with michael rooney harp, eoghan o brien guitar, frank mcgann bodhran source and other information. But right now i am trying to educate my left hand to find the buttons as. Concertina recordings are a relative rarity in irish music.
Huge personal collection of 90% new 235 traditional irish new cds. Book number 46 is a concertina binding and its a great choice for a travel journal because the spine expands if you add extra items to the pages, such as photos, tickets etc. Micheal o raghallaigh sometimes spelled micheal o reilly is an irish concertina player and recording artist residing in county meath, ireland he has been a member of the band providence, along with paul doyle vocals, guitar, and irish bouzouki, troy bannon irish flute, cyril odonoghue vocals, irish bouzouki, guitar, and michelle obrien violin. Yet, such a paucity is entirely counterbalanced by the sheer. Minimalist method results in brilliant as it happened daniel neely irish echo new york june 21st, 2012. Micheal o raghallaigh sometimes spelled micheal o reilly is an irish concertina player and recording artist residing in county meath, ireland he has been a member of the band providence, along with paul doyle vocals, guitar, and irish bouzouki, troy bannon irish flute, cyril o donoghue vocals, irish bouzouki, guitar, and michelle o brien violin. Micheal oraghallaigh is perhaps the best exponent of this. A selection of four reels by scoil eigse master tutors micheal o raghallaigh on concertina and danny o mahony on accordion. Tim collins, edel fox, michael oraghallaigh, caitlin nic gabhann and padraid rynne irish concertina ensemble. Micheal o raghallaigh concertina, with michael rooney harp, eoghan obrien guitar, triona ni dhomhnaill keyboard source and other information. Cormac begley is a bass, baritone, treble and piccolo concertina player from a westkerry musical family. Clare, universally considered the heartland of traditional irish folk music. Full text of the microphones rambles see other formats %abc2ps book2abc.
Join facebook to connect with michael oraghallaigh and others you may know. The nervous man by micheal o raghallaigh on the session. Copperplate mail order traditional irish music cds. I am using the irish concertina book and the book that came with my instrument. See more ideas about book art, handmade books and book making. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Maebh ni raghallaigh is a young concertina player from county meath. Internet video jukebox 17 with paul walker concertina. Joe derrane is the irish echos top traditional artist of. How to make a concertina book new updated 7916 with new photos i made a new book using my printable shibori patterns kit as the photos on the old article were looking a bit small and dark i must have learnt more about taking and editing photos since then. Aug 31, 2011 i am using the irish concertina book and the book that came with my instrument. A brief history of the anglo concertina in the united states by dan worrall in the united states the anglogerman concertina was very popular during the middle and late nineteenth century, but by the early twentieth century it had all but vanished from american popular culture, becoming only a hollywood symbol of the old days. He is accomanied on some tracks by michael rooney on harp, eoghan o brien on guitar and triona ni dhomhnaill on keyboards.
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