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FolkWorld Issue 42 07/2010; Tour Announcement
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 01. Oct 2010 Sang a Klang, L-Luxembourg 02. Oct 2010 Loni-Übler-Haus, D-Nürnberg 05. Oct 2010 Store Okseø, DK-Sønderhav 06. Oct 2010 Koed, DK-Kolind 07. Oct 2010 Hagges Musikpub, DK-Tønder 08. Oct 2010 Portalen, DK-Hundige 09. Oct 2010 Copenhagen Folk Club, DK-København 10. Oct 2010 Det Bruunske Pakhus, DK-Fredericia 13. Oct 2010 NPB Kerk, NL-Oud Beijerland 16. Oct 2010 Cultureel Centrum, B-Leopoldsburg 17. Oct 2010 Oosterpoort, NL-Groningen 18. Oct 2010 Stadtgalerie Neues Rathaus, D-Kiel 19. Oct 2010 Kulturhaus Spandau, D-Berlin 21. Oct 2010 Der Speicher, D-Schwerin 22. Oct 2010 Rathaus, D-Stuhr 23. Oct 2010 Tabakspeicher, D-Nordhausen 24. Oct 2010 Bürgersaal Musberg, D-Leinfelden-Echt. 25. Oct 2010 Ars Musica, Stemmerhof, D-München 26. Oct 2010 Aula Kolleg, Schulbrüder, D-Illertissen 28. Oct 2010 Parterre, CH-Basel 29. Oct 2010 Stadtscheuer, D-Waldshut 30. Oct 2010 Espace Rhénan "Le Forum", F-Kembs 31. Oct 2010 Das weisse Ross, D-Kirchheimbolanden |
Music of Sliabh Luachra
Pure Irish Drops 2010
The wild mountainous south-west of Ireland, probably the part of the green island, which was anglicized last of all, has preserved some cultural and especially musical originality. Especially in the impassable borderland between the counties Kerry and Cork, the area so called Sliabh Luachra (the mountain of the rushes), a lively and self-contained tradition survived.
Opinions differ as to the exact location and extent of Sliabh Luachra, but it is generally accepted to refer to the mountainous rush-filled upland that straddles the border area of Cork, Kerry, and Limerick, including the Kerry parishes of Cordal, Brosna and Gneeveguilla, the town of Rathmore and the Cork village of Ballydesmond.
 Jackie Daly @ FolkWorld: FW#24 |
The words ‘Button Accordion’ and ‘Jackie Daly’ are synonymous in the world of Irish traditional music. Described in the New York Times as “probably the best accordionist in Ireland”, Jackie was born in Kanturk, Co. Cork, where he grew up surrounded by the rich music tradition of Sliabh Luachra. One of the greatest influences on his early musical development was Ballydesmond fiddle-player, Jim Keeffe, a pupil of the renowned Sliabh Luachra fiddle-master, Pádraig O’Keeffe. Over the years, Jackie’s lifelong affinity with fiddle-music resulted in two highly acclaimed albums featuring fiddle and accordion, one with the late Cork-based musician Séamus Creagh, and the second with Kevin Burke.
Jackie was a central figure in some of the most dominant groups playing Irish music in recent times. His performances with bands such as De Danann, Patrick Street, Buttons and Bows, Arcady, Reel Union and Kinvara all attest to his wonderful music and versatility. However, it is the style and repertoire of Sliabh Luachra music that has made the most significant impression on his accordion playing, a fact well exemplified through his various solo recordings. He has toured extensively and has also taught. In 2005, he received the TG4 Gradam Ceoil (National Music Award), and, in 2009, the Kanturk Arts Festival Award.
 T. O’Sullivan @ FolkWorld: FW#23, #23, #29, #39
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Matt Cranitch is renowned as a fiddle-player and teacher, both at home in Ireland and abroad. He has performed extensively at concerts and festivals, as well as on radio and television, and has presented lectures, master-classes and workshops on various aspects of Irish music. He has won All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil titles, as well as The Fiddler of Dooney and Oireachtas Crotty Cup. Author of The Irish Fiddle Book, first published in 1988 and now in its fourth edition, he has also contributed to other books on Irish traditional music. Currently, he plays with Sliabh Notes, with whom he has recorded three highly-acclaimed albums. Among his other recordings is Éistigh Seal which consists entirely of slow airs.
An authority on the Sliabh Luachra fiddle-style, he received a Ph.D. from the University of Limerick in 2006 for his study entitled ‘Pádraig O’Keeffe and The Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Tradition’. A long-time consultant for the Geantraí series on TG4, he is also an advisor to the Arts Council Deis scheme for the traditional arts, and is on the board of the Irish Traditional Music Archive (2007–2010). In 2003, he received the ‘University College Cork Hall of Fame Award’ in recognition of his contribution made to Irish traditional music.
Acclaimed as “one of the great contemporary folk voices of Ireland”, Tommy O’Sullivan, “stellar guitarist”, has remained one of the hidden treasures of traditional Irish music for many years. He has toured throughout North America and Europe, appearing at many major venues and festivals. He has always kept an active recording schedule having recorded three albums as a member of Sliabh Notes with music from Sliabh Luachra, a duet album with Bothy Band piper, Paddy Keenan, and two solo albums.
Photo Credits:
(1) Pure Irish Drops Logo,
(2) Matt Cranitch, Jackie Daly, Tommy O'Sullivan
(by Florian Fürst/ff-musikbüro);
(3) Tommy O'Sullivan
(from website).
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