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19 Fiddle - Slow Airs (Fidil/Veidhlín - Foinn Mhalla) 20 Uilleann Pipes ... Irish Minstrels Branch, Glasgow, Scotland; 2008, CCÉ, Teampall an Ghleanntáin, County ...
A slow air is a type of tune in Irish traditional music, marked by the absence of strict metre or structure, melodically "open ended" and generally derived from the melody of a sung song but instead played on a solo melodic instrument. [1] The melodies are often drawn from the sean-nós solo singing tradition. [2]
The band toured Britain and the United States in 1958, delivering a memorable performance at Carnegie Hall in New York on St. Patrick's Day. The Tulla Céilí Band recorded five 78 rpms for HMV in 1956 and recorded their first LP, Echoes of Erin, in 1958. [1] Paddy individually captured the All Ireland fiddle championship in 1953.
It has been theorized by Dr. Conor Ward of the Dundalk Institute of Technology that Frank Quinn was a fiddle pupil of Bernard Rogers, [2] a well respected fiddler also from Drumlish in County Longford. This is supported by a fiddle recording titled “Master Rogers” later made by Quinn.
Reference to the Irish fiddle can also be found in John Dunton's Teague Land: or A Merry Ramble to the Wild Irish (1698) he says “on Sundays and Holydays, all the people resorted with the piper and fiddler to the village green" Thomas Dineley visited Ireland in 1680 he says in regards to music "with piper, harper, or fidler, revell and dance ...
Gerry "Fiddle" O'Connor is born in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. Gerry is a traditional Irish fiddle player, and founding member of bands, Skylark and La Lúgh. He tours as a solo fiddle player and performs with a variety of projects
James Kelly (Irish: Séamus Ó Ceallaigh; born 1957) is an Irish fiddler, composer, collector, researcher and teacher from Dublin. [1] [2] He is the son of County Clare fiddler, John Kelly, and has played with various groups including Patrick Street and Planxty. [1]
Paddy Fahey (or Fahy, 22 August 1916 [1] – 31 May 2019) was an Irish composer and fiddler who was considered one of the finest living composers [1] of tunes that are in the style of traditional Irish music. Fahey is from Kilconnell in East Galway. His music has a distinctive yearning, magical quality often referred to as "Draíocht". [2]