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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 ...
The tin whistle in its modern form is from a wider family of fipple flutes which have been seen in many forms and cultures throughout the world. [2] In Europe, such instruments have a long and distinguished history and take various forms, of which the most widely known are the recorder, tin whistle, Flabiol, Txistu and tabor pipe.
Willie started playing the whistle at age 5, and later took up the flute. He first saw a set of pipes in 1936 when he saw Johnny Doran playing locally. He obtained his first set of pipes two years later.
McDermott was the subject of a television documentary Cérbh É?Josie McDermott on TG4, first broadcast in December 2009.In this programme, one of a series in which major figures in contemporary traditional music profile and pay homage to a master of their craft from a bygone age, flute player Paul McGrattan traced the life and legacy of McDermott and interviewed those who knew him, including ...
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 .
Nicholas Carolan, Director Emeritus, holding a lecture at the "Craiceann Bodhrán Festival" 2014. The archive has published two major printed publications deriving from historical manuscript collections of Irish traditional music: Tunes of the Munster Pipers: Irish Traditional Music from the James Goodman Manuscripts, 500 pre-Famine melodies edited by Dr Hugh Shields from a Trinity College ...
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 .
Cathal McConnell (born 1944) is an Irish musician and singer best known as the mainstay of traditional band The Boys of the Lough, of which he is a founder member.His main instruments are the Irish flute and the tin whistle.