Short excerpts from the 75 years of Folkways concert
Here are some short excerpts from the 25 Years of Folkways Records concert in London, in November 2023. Many thanks to Milkweed, Ranjana Ghatak and Mataio Austin Deane for the videos. Thanks very much again to Campbell Baume of Broadside Hacks for the invitation to play in the concert.
9th April 2024
Many thanks to John Flynn a.k.a. John Francis Flynn for inviting me to join him to record for the Cumasc: Seisiúin sa mBlack Gate series, in Galway, last September.
I had sung and arranged a few songs with John several times between 2017 and 2020 but we never got a chance to sing them formally, in public. It was great to work with him again and the crew couldn't have been kinder. Unfortunately I had a bit of a cough and vocal strain on the second day, so wasn't able to sing the way I sang on the first day.
Many thanks also to all of the people working on the programme. Is féidir breathnú ar an gclár anseo:
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| Photo: TG4 |
Playing as a guest with Brighde Chaimbeul & Aidan O'Rourke
at Féile Ealaíne an Earagail, 2023
Míle buíochas le Brighde Chaimbeul agus le hAidan O'Rourke a thug cuireadh dhom seit poirt agus amhrán a chasadh leob ag ceolchoirm i gcuimre ar na Campbells, ag Féile Ealaíne an Earagail, i rith an tsamhraidh, 2023.
The full programme can be watched here:
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| Still: TG4 |
An Cailín Deas Rua - 2018 recording
Seo taifead den Chailín Deas Rua nár chuir mé ar líne cheana, ó 2018. Thaifead muid é nuair a bhí muid ag cleachtadh le haghaidh ceolchoirm.
Bhí muid ag foghlaim amhrán eile le gairid agus ag déanamh cóiriú air. Ag baint taitnimh as!
Here's an unreleased recording of An Cailín Deas Rua, from 2018. We recorded it when we were practising for a concert.
We were learning and arranging another song recently, and enjoying it!
An Cailín Deas Rua is a traditional song from the Déise Gaeltacht repertoire.
Vocals: Ailbhe Nic Dhonncha, Ailbhe Nic Dhonncha
Saileog Ní Cheannabháin
Uilleann pipes: Pádraic Keane Pádraic Keane
Photos: An Coinigéar & Ceann Heilbhic, Rinn Ó gCuanach, Co Waterford, by Ailbhe Nic Dhonncha & Saileog Ní Cheannabháin, Traidphicnic 2017, Tionól Niocláis Tóibín 2018, The Cobblestone pub, 2018 - Shane Gormley, RTÉ 2021 - Rachel Breslin.
Recorded in NUIG, Galway city.
19th September 2023
Looking forward playing at the Return to London Town festival next month.
I'm scheduled to be playing in the concert on Saturday 28th October with Pádraic Keane, and also teaching a sean nós singing workshop on the same day.
Here is a version of The Geese in the Bog, learned from an old recording of Michael Carney. It's from the Knocklishen Beg house concert in April.
Uileacán Dubh Ó - a different arrangement
Here's a video we recently made of Uileacán Dubh Ó, a traditional poem set to music by Caitlín Maude, we were also influenced by Willie Clancy's playing of The Bold Trainor O, which has a similar air.
Voice: Saileog Ní Cheannabháin
Voice: Ailbhe Nic Dhonncha
Uilleann pipes: Pádraic Keane
Recording with Ailbhe Nic Dhonncha, Pádraic Keane and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Our performance of two songs and a short interview can be heard at about 35 minutes:
Rondeaux from Partita No. 2 in C minor by J.S. Bach
March 2021
More videos are available here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjuvpib3abbHCdpET4JMlNA/videos
Reels from Alan Morrisroe & Paddy Joe Tighe
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| Carrowmore Beach, Louisburgh, Co. Mayo, 2015 S. Ní Cheannabháin |
August 2021.
I learned these reels from listening to two great accordion and melodeon players from east Mayo - Alan Morrisroe and Paddy Joe Tighe. John Burke's Reel, Mam's Reel and Up Boyle's Hill.
More videos here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjuvpib3abbHCdpET4JMlNA/videos
An Cailín Deas Rua, with Ailbhe Nic Dhonncha & Pádraic Keane
Ag casadh le Ailbhe Nic Dhonncha agus Pádraic Keane ag an gCobblestone. Deacair a chreistint gur dhá bhliain ó shin a rinne muid an ceolchoirm seo. Hard to believe this was 2 years ago!
This video is now on YouTube:
Agallamh faoi Shorcha Ní Ghuairim
Interview about Sorcha Ní Ghuairim
2019
Seo nasc ag físeán ar iarradh orm páirt a ghlacadh ann an Nollaig seo caite,
ag plé stíl amhránaíochta Shorcha, a tionchar, tuairimí faoin bhfonnadóireacht, agus ag rá cupla amhrán.
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| Photo: sorchaníghuairim.ie |
Siad Róisín Nic Dhonncha agus Mícheál Mac Lochlainn a bhí ag obair ar an suíomh nua faoi Shorcha atá ar líne le cupla mí anuas.
Here is a link to a video I was asked to take part in (in Irish) last December, to discuss Sorcha's singing style, her influence, opinions about singing, and to sing a few songs as well.
Róisín Nic Dhonncha and Mícheál Mac Lochlainn were working on the new website about Sorcha which has been live for a few months now.
Playlists on YouTube
As some of you may know, I have a lot of playlists on my YouTube channel, of my own recordings and performances, and also a lot of music that I listen to. I would like to be able to put the playlists of my own recordings and performances at the top of the channel, but this isn't possible, as YouTube reorganises them whenever I save a video to a playlist or update a playlist.
To make it easier to find the playlists of my recordings and performances, I am posting them all here on
the website. Here they are!
Piano:
Fiddle & viola:
Trio with Ailbhe Nic Dhonncha & Pádraic Keane:
Concerts & launches:
An Bhinn Bhuí/The Maids of Mount Cisco - Live at Crane bar 2016: Saileog Ní Cheannabháin, Jack Talty
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| Photo: Maurice Gunning |
A bit of a blast from the past - a live recording from the Galway launch of Roithleán in 2016. I've had this particular recording for a long time but didn't put it up. The first tune is a composition of mine from 2009, the second one is traditional & attributed to Paddy Killoran. Always enjoy playing these tunes with Jack. Photo by Maurice Gunning.
Preludio from Seis Hojas de Album, Op. 165, composed in 1890, by Isaac Albéniz
Played by Saileog Ní Cheannabháin on an upright Petrof piano.
Recorded on a Tascam recording device.
Photo: La Maroma mountain, Sierra Tejeda range, Axarquía region, between the provinces of Málaga & Granada, Andalucía, Spain.
Cupla port - A few jigs
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| Roisín a' Chaladh, near Muighinis Photo: Saileog |
Cupla port ó chupla bliain ó shoin...I'm working on a few different things these days. Will mention them in due course! In the meantime, here's a little slideshow video with a few jigs from the TCD Tradsoc concert Eoghan & I did a few years ago. I made it for fun a good while ago, found it recently by chance. The (very amateur) photos were taken by me in the summer of 2014, in various parts of Iorras Aithneach. Details about tunes are in the video description.
https://youtu.be/vsB2BFO5vDY
CIT Trad Society Cork School of Music lunchtime concert
Here are two videos recorded by David Vesey at the CIT Tradsoc lunchtime concert on the 21st of November. Many thanks to him for recording them and sending them, and photos also.
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| Photo: David Vesey |
And here is a playlist of five sets of tunes and one song from the same concert. Thanks a million again to Macdara Ó Faoláin, Muireann Ní Shé, David Vesey and co. for inviting me to play.
https://soundcloud.com/saileog-n-cheannabh-in/sets/cit-tradsoc-cork-school-of
A couple of reels
A couple of reels on the piano, recorded today (12/09/'19): Barr na Cúille, composed by Néillidh Mulligan, and two old reels, The Geese in the Bog, and Jenny Picking Cockles.
I took the photo while on a walk on the bog near Carna, Connemara, in August 2014.https://soundcloud.com/saileog-n-cheannabh-in/barr-na-cuille-nmulliganthe-geese-in-the-bogjenny-picking-cockles
Songs at Session with the Pipers concert
The videos from the Session with the Pipers concert in December are online now. Many thanks again to Na Píobairí Uilleann for inviting me to sing. Here is the link:
http://pipers.ie/source/gallery/?galleryId=1315
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| Image from Na Píobairí Uilleann |
Rachmaninoff Prelude in B Minor, Op. 32 No. 10
https://soundcloud.com/saileog-n-cheannabh-in/rachmaninoff-prelude-in-b-minor-s-ni-cheannabhain
An Cailín Deas Rua: Féile Traidphicnic
Live performance of An Cailín Deas Rua at Féile Traidphicnic, An Spidéal, Co. Galway, on 30th June 2017.
Singers: Ailbhe Nic Dhonncha, Saileog Ní Cheannabháin
Uilleann pipes: Pádraic Keane
A traditional sean nós song from Tipperary, this version is from Rinn Ó gCuanach, Co. Waterford. Arranged by Saileog Ní Cheannabháin, Ailbhe Nic Dhonncha and Pádraic Keane.
Recorded by Peadar Ó Ceannabháin.
An Sceilpín Draighneach: Féile Traidphicnic
Traditional, arranged by Saileog Ní Cheannabháin.
Saileog Ní Cheannabháin and Ailbhe Nic Dhonncha.
Féile Traidphicnic, An Spidéal, 2017.
Video by Bob Singer
SoundCloud page: https://soundcloud.com/saileog-n-cheannabh-in
CIT Trad Society Cork School of Music lunchtime concert, 2019
Here is a playlist of five sets of tunes and one song from the CIT Tradsoc lunchtime concert at Cork School of Music last week. Thanks a million again to Macdara Ó Faoláin, Muireann Ní Shé, David Vesey and co. for inviting me to play.
https://soundcloud.com/saileog-n-cheannabh-in/sets/cit-tradsoc-cork-school-of
A couple of reels
A couple of reels on the piano, recorded today (12/09/'19): Barr na Cúille, composed by Néillidh Mulligan, and two old reels, The Geese in the Bog, and Jenny Picking Cockles.
I took the photo while on a walk on the bog near Carna, Connemara, in August 2014.
https://soundcloud.com/saileog-n-cheannabh-in/barr-na-cuille-nmulliganthe-geese-in-the-bogjenny-picking-cockles
Songs at Session with the Pipers concert, 2018
The videos from the Session with the Pipers concert in December are online now. Many thanks again to Na Píobairí Uilleann for inviting me to sing. Here is the link:
http://pipers.ie/source/gallery/?galleryId=1315
Rachmaninoff Prelude in B Minor, Op. 32 No. 10
Rachmaninoff Prelude in B Minor: This is a piece I was learning a few years ago, left it for a while and came back to it. Have been practising it a lot the past few months when possible. It's still in progress. Here is one of the better takes from last night, if you'd like to have a listen:
https://soundcloud.com/saileog-n-cheannabh-in/rachmaninoff-prelude-in-b-minor-s-ni-cheannabhain
An Cailín Deas Rua: Féile Traidphicnic
SoundCloud page: https://soundcloud.com/saileog-n-cheannabh-in
Here is a playlist of five sets of tunes and one song from the CIT Tradsoc lunchtime concert at Cork School of Music last week. Thanks a million again to Macdara Ó Faoláin, Muireann Ní Shé, David Vesey and co. for inviting me to play.
https://soundcloud.com/saileog-n-cheannabh-in/sets/cit-tradsoc-cork-school-of
A couple of reels
A couple of reels on the piano, recorded today (12/09/'19): Barr na Cúille, composed by Néillidh Mulligan, and two old reels, The Geese in the Bog, and Jenny Picking Cockles.
I took the photo while on a walk on the bog near Carna, Connemara, in August 2014.https://soundcloud.com/saileog-n-cheannabh-in/barr-na-cuille-nmulliganthe-geese-in-the-bogjenny-picking-cockles
Songs at Session with the Pipers concert, 2018
The videos from the Session with the Pipers concert in December are online now. Many thanks again to Na Píobairí Uilleann for inviting me to sing. Here is the link:
http://pipers.ie/source/gallery/?galleryId=1315
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| Image from Na Píobairí Uilleann |
Rachmaninoff Prelude in B Minor, Op. 32 No. 10
https://soundcloud.com/saileog-n-cheannabh-in/rachmaninoff-prelude-in-b-minor-s-ni-cheannabhain
An Cailín Deas Rua: Féile Traidphicnic
Live performance of An Cailín Deas Rua at Féile Traidphicnic, An Spidéal, Co. Galway, on 30th June 2017.
Singers: Ailbhe Nic Dhonncha, Saileog Ní Cheannabháin
Uilleann pipes: Pádraic Keane
A traditional sean nós song from Tipperary, this version is from Rinn Ó gCuanach, Co. Waterford. Arranged by Saileog Ní Cheannabháin, Ailbhe Nic Dhonncha and Pádraic Keane.
Recorded by Peadar Ó Ceannabháin.
SoundCloud page: https://soundcloud.com/saileog-n-cheannabh-in
Roithleán album launch, at The Cobblestone, Dublin, 8th October 2016,
with Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, Marie McHugh & Aidan Connolly
https://www.facebook.com/raelachrecords/videos/1134684499900977/
An Sceilpín Draighneach, sung with Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, at Cooley-Collins Festival, St. Colman's Church, Gort, Co. Galway, October 2015
Videos from Club Chonradh na Gaeilge, June 2013 (filmed by Anton Apostol)
Finale Tutors Concert Féile Na Tána 2016
Gig in Tigh Mheaic pub, Carna, Connemara, August 2014:
Eoin Ó Beaglaoich - Concertina
Saileog - Viola & Fiddle
Jack Talty - Bass Concertina
Neil O'Loghlen - Double Bass
"The Tempest", by Shakespeare, St. John's Mill Theatre Company. Ballykissane, Co. Kerry, August 2013. Viola air (around 3mins in.) Song at 8min 35s (in background):
https://youtu.be/QVeyyJsoFwc