jpn’s sixteen comments

Here’s a link to a video of Maurice playing it at the Galway Arms in Chicago, mostly accompanied by the late Dennis Cahill. May this serve as a tribute to Dennis and a thank you to Maurice. more…

This is my humble transcription of Máire ní Ghráda’s version, in the Pipers’s Rock: a compilation of young Uilleann Pipers album. more…

Lovely tune indeed. On the second part, on the flute, I do something like this: more…

Composed by my friend Olivier Bouchard around 2007, this lovely tune has achieved session status in the last couple of years, since it started being played by local sessioners in the absence of its composer. Worth learning. more…

Session still going, but more like 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. these days. more…

My friend Jean-Claude recently learnt the set dance ‘Down the Hill’, and I realized it was lurking somewhere within the recesses of my brain. No recording that I knew on The Session however. more…

Aaargh, I forgot our wonderful fiddler, guitarist, piper, and singer, met in Feakle a few years ago, who came to the festival last year for the first time, that is, Ged Foley. Sorry about that, Ged. more…

10th edition of our local Irish music, singing and dancing festival. Concert, workshops, sessions, singing sessions, slow session, session with dancers. more…

This session is no more. more…

4th Thursday of the month, 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., tunes and songs. more…