The final Handed Down of the 2016/17 series will honour one of Co. Kerry’s favourite musicians, Jimmy Doyle. Presented by Bryan O’Leary, it promises to be a great night at the Heritage Centre in Scartaglin at 8pm on this Saturday, April 22nd. Special guest musicians on the night will include: Jimmy Doyle, himself with Connie…
On Christmas night 2005, on a ‘Late Session’ special, Peter Browne broadcast an in-depth interview he had conducted with Cordal fiddle player, Paddy Jones during the Patrick O’Keeffe Traditional Music Festival earlier that year. Because Paddy Jones received the O’Keeffe festival Dedication to the Music of Sliabh Luachra Award this year, Peter decided to rebroadcast…
The RTÉ Radio One traditional music flagship, The Rolling Wave will include the second and concluding broadcast of recordings made at the May 21st World Fiddle Day in Scartaglin on this Sunday night’s programme from 9pm. The programme, like last Sunday’s broadcast, will feature the finest of fiddle music from the stage of the Scartaglin…
It’s great to hear about events being organised and happening right where they ought to. Next month’s Sliabh Luachra Summer School in Tureencahill Community Centre is just one of these. This event will consist of three days of music, talks and performances to highlight the music and musicians of the Sliabh Luachra area on August…
There will be a distinctly Kerry flavour to the RTÉ Radio One traditional music programme, The Rolling Wave over the next couple of Sunday nights from 9pm. A chat with piper /presenter, Peter Browne early on Monday morning revealed that the World Fiddle Day recordings which he conducted on May 21st in Scartaglin will be…
As a race, we have a healthy and natural suspicion of ‘moves’ by those in authority or ‘over us’ as we say here. While all isn’t lost by no means in the move I’ve only heard of recently, it doesn’t bode well for the exposure of Irish Traditional Music on RTÉ Radio 1. On this…
The RTÉ Radio 1 traditional music programme, The Rolling Wave will feature recordings made at the Johnny O’Leary Memorial Concert during the 2014 Patrick O’Keeffe Traditional Music Festival over the next two Sunday nights. Programme presenter , Peter Browne sent a massage to say that the next two Sunday nights of the programme would be…
There was the wave of reaction throughout the world of Irish traditional music at the retirement of collector / broadcaster, Dr. Ciarán MacMathúna from his radio series in late 2005. It was a move which he had flagged well for some months before that final broadcast. On Sunday morning, November 27th 2005 he broadcast his…
A quick reminder, to whom it concerns, that Peter Browne’s RTÉ Radio 1 traditional music programme the Rolling Wave is devoting its four August Sunday night / Monday evening slots to celebrating the music of Sliabh Luachra. In the course of the four programmes the piper and broadcaster will be remembering two great fiddle-players from…
For the month of August, the Rolling Wave will be celebrating the music of Sliabh Luachra and remembering two great fiddle-players from this most musical area on the Cork-Kerry border – Paddy Cronin and Denis Murphy. On the first two Sundays in August, 3rd and 10th at 10pm the programme will feature a tribute concert…
