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Alex Green Tin Whistle Festival, 1-3 March 2024
In collaboration with our project partners and funders, Friends of the Elphinstone Institute, Creative Scotland, TheWilliam Syson Foundation, Aberdeen Performing Arts, TMSA Aberdeen, WayWord Festival, Fèis Rois, and SC&T Youth, the Elphinstone Institute is excited to announce the Alex Green Tin Whistle Festival, 1-3 March 2024 in Aberdeen. The festival (part of the Alex Green Tin Whistle Project) celebrates the important musical legacy of much-loved North-East tin whistle virtuoso, Alex Green (1930-2017). It promises to be an inspiring weekend of multi-instrumental traditional music, and will bring together some of the most highly regarded tin whistle players from Scotland and beyond. The first festival of its kind to be held in the North-East, its focus acknowledges the important place of the tin whistle within the North-East community, and the dedicated efforts of Alex Green to inspire young players, and to bring its uniquely expressive potential as an instrument to the foreground of Scottish traditional music.
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The Festival Jimmy Mullarkey (Accordion) 'I could play reels all night if I knew enough of them.' Country Sligo in the '50s and '60s, to London then Sydney. Father, mother and uncle playing the fiddle, learning at country house dances and 'having a go myself.' Ceili House on Radio Athlone, and looking forward to Friday night house dances. Falling in love with the accordion. Listening to the greats of the London scene; learning the box, digging trenches and labouring; Kentish Town and Holloway Road. Plenty of work in Sydney, and getting out and about playing for dancers. In this episode Jimmy plays: George White's and The Galway Rambler The Haunted House Set The Stone of Destiny The Sally Gardens and The Sligo Maid ('...two of the old favourites I learned when I was growing up...') The picture of Jimmy that we're using for this episode was taken by Ian Stewart - thanks for permission to use it, Ian. The players you can hear on the audio recorded at Tangambalanga are Jimmy, Joe Fitzgerald, Jamie Molloy, Jody Moran, Gerry McKeague, Edel McBride, Kit Joyce, Declan Simpson, John Joe Noonan, Paul Gallagher, Ian Stewart and others. Apologies to anybody I've missed - it was that kind of weekend. To listen, stream or download simply click a link below: Our website: https://blarneypilgrims.com iTunes: https://apple.co/2A6tUPm Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/3cPTkis Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3eIwBFy Or alternatively, simply search your favourite podcast app for the Blarney Pilgrims. -- Become a Patron Saint of the Blarney Pilgrims Irish Music Podcast. We want the podcast to be free to listen to for as many people as possible. But without the support from at least some of you we couldn’t keep putting out an episode a week. That’s why we’re asking you to become a Patron (Saint) of the podcast. www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims So, for the price of a pint, or a half pint for that matter, you can help keep this show on the road and be safe in the knowledge you have a halo above your hea For the first of the interviews of the new year, Irish Iron features Paul Morgan, well established coach, competitive bodybuilder amongst the irish scene, with a PCA Irish Open Class 1 win to his name in 2018, he continues to make inprovements. We talk his journey from playing football to stepping on stage, coaching, his own mistakes and injuries, as well as talking training, dieting and supplement methodology, the irish Junior scene, how it feels to have a client do well in a show, as well as Paul's own experiences with working with a coach currently working with Dusty Hanshaw, and how he deals with his clients. For anyone aspiring to work with a coach or to have a chat hit Paul up on his instagram @paulmorgan007 for inquiries. Sponsored by elevateinjuryclinic, for all your needs, deep tissue, dry needling, rehab and physiotherapy, contact the clinic @elevateinjuryclinic on instagram and mention Irish Iron for a discount off your first treatment Musical artist Len Graham (born 1944) is a Northern Irish traditional singer and song collector from County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He is a leading authority on Folk music in Ireland. Graham was born in County Antrim. His father, a fiddler, brought him to sessions in the local area as a young boy. Throughout the 1960s, Len travelled around Ireland to record and preserve folk songs, befriending singers such as Joe Holmes. Graham won the All Ireland Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann traditional singing competition in 1971, an important accolade for Irish traditional musicians around the world. In 1975 Graham released his first album, a collaboration with his mentor Joe Holmes, Chaste Muses, Bards and Sages on Free Reed Records. In 1976 he released his first solo album, Wind and Water with Topic Records. This was followed by his second collaboration with Holmes in 1978: After Dawning: Traditional Songs, Ballads and Lilts from the North of IrelandTopic Records, which was also later released on the Ossian USA label. Graham continued to collaborate with other poets and seanchaithe and storytellers. Since collecting songs from Ulster's older traditional singers, among them Eddie Butcher and Joe Holmes, his association with John Campbell would begin a 20-year collaboration of story and song. During the 1980s–90s, Graham and Campbell would bring their events and work to cross-community groups around Ireland, especially to the north which was experiencing armed conflict. Since John Campbell's passing in 2006, Len has toured regularly with storyteller Jack Lynch. Graham and Campbell also gave talks on the shared cultural traditions of both the nationalist and unionist populations in Northern Ireland. Graham collaborates with American-born singer Brían Ó hAirt, touring regions of North America annually. Their performances feature the duet singing tradition that was common among the singing
Featuring guests from the local to the internationally renowned, our exciting weekend programme exemplifies the rich diversity and stylistic flexibility of whistle playing traditions, whilst welcoming complete beginners, young musicians, and players of other instruments to come and take part. With something for everyone, daytime events include a one-day conference, a young people's lunch time concert, 'artist in conversation' talks and multi-level tin whistle workshops. Beginning with a festival launch event hosted by TMSA Aberdeen at King's Pavilion, Aberdeen University, weekend concerts at The Lemon Tree will feature headline artists Fred Morrison, Claire Mann and Tom Oakes, and famed tin whistle legends Mary Bergin and Cathal McConnell. Evening performances will be follo The Irish Iron Podcast
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