Hey, that was....er....I, um, well...that was really....um, er....uh...
What exactly was that? I know it was Caoimhin and all, and he's a fine fiddler, but what was he doing there? I hung in there for 3 parts, eagerly expecting...something, but got nothing. I saw him playing with some techno toys and talking about his plant that is all full of leaves after only two weeks. Then he recorded himself picking two fiddles at the same time, then looped it back while he noodled around over the top of the recorded plunking.
The real funny part is at the end of the 1st or 2nd clip where he just diddles on those two notes for like 30 seconds, then stops and starts laughing his behind off because he's knows he's just tossing around.
I enjoyed the music, but only as a background - and I'm waiting for somebody to come in with "What's this got to do with Irish/session music?"
Bollicking around, maybe SWFL?
There is a clip of him solo playing Rolling in the Ryegrass and its really , really worth listening to , but I've lost the link to it .Anybody else know that link ?
Well I liked the videos. I am listening/watching the 5th one just now.
The point, as I see it, is not just the music. It is not like someone filming themselves quickly at home to stick up on youtube. The whole piece is a nice bit of arty filming in a nice room with soft lighting and good camera work. The music is great stuff and really highlights the instruments. It is a soudscape that fits with the film.
If you have not seen 4&5 yet you need to for the instrument alone.
Altogether fantastic stuff that could have only been improved by some good bodhran work!
He plays flute, whistle and pipes too apparently -- I'd like to hear what
he does on those instruments. Playing plain old ITM he's mesmerizing -
this stuff is pretty special too - Brian Eno territory - I won't ever be
playing it but nice to listen to.
What a bent looking fiddle in 4 & 5! What a bent guy! I love it. It's not trad but It's not meant to be. The hardanger stuff is good too. I want one of them.
Is that an octave violin in the last two clips (the fiddle equivalent of the octave mandolin)? I've heard of such things, but never seen one.
"He plays flute, whistle and pipes too apparently"
...not to mention a 1st class hons. degree in Theoretical Physics. I've heard him play flute and whistle - very nice. Never yet heard him on the pipes, though.
Hup - I thought just the same when I heard this last night - very 'Fripp/Eno'.
It's the kind of thing they play when you go to visit Cesar Manrique's house/museum on Lanzarote, looking out on to the lunar-type landscape of solidified black lava.
Presumin Ed is right. I saw Caoimhin perform at a house concert near Portland early last year, just after he had taken delivery of the instrument. He performed on it a bit. Great instrument. And its maker was in the audience.
Apparently it's his original composition. But the Hardanger fiddle is Scandindavian of course, and the tune sounds perhaps influenced by that music. (But then, I'm no expert. Perhaps one will chime in, eventually....)
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
For those of you who like his muic... I just found this set of 5 vids on youtube and thought i'd share:
1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R48lXNaeT00&feature=related
2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CNwLInhnG0&feature=related
3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhQhtwV7QoE&feature=related
4) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR-_n2lWAVo&feature=related
5) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1ZxjSvGl4E&feature=related
# Posted on June 23rd 2009 by davydd
Re: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
Hey, that was....er....I, um, well...that was really....um, er....uh...
What exactly was that? I know it was Caoimhin and all, and he's a fine fiddler, but what was he doing there? I hung in there for 3 parts, eagerly expecting...something, but got nothing. I saw him playing with some techno toys and talking about his plant that is all full of leaves after only two weeks. Then he recorded himself picking two fiddles at the same time, then looped it back while he noodled around over the top of the recorded plunking.
The real funny part is at the end of the 1st or 2nd clip where he just diddles on those two notes for like 30 seconds, then stops and starts laughing his behind off because he's knows he's just tossing around.
# Posted on June 23rd 2009 by SWFL Fiddler
Re: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
Ha ha, I love it when the word filter makes me sound non-American. "Tossing" indeed.
# Posted on June 23rd 2009 by SWFL Fiddler
Re: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
I enjoyed the music, but only as a background - and I'm waiting for somebody to come in with "What's this got to do with Irish/session music?"
Bollicking around, maybe SWFL?
# Posted on June 23rd 2009 by RockyRoader
Re: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
Any of those will do, RockyRoader, same effect.
That's exactly what it felt like. I felt like I shouldn't be watching, like I opened the wrong door by mistake. "Oops! Sorry about that, carry on!"
# Posted on June 23rd 2009 by SWFL Fiddler
Re: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
The word on his myspace is that himself and Mick O'Brien are working on a follow up to Kttty Lie Over.
# Posted on June 23rd 2009 by Patkiwi
Re: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
Good news.
# Posted on June 23rd 2009 by Martin_BC
Re: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
There is a clip of him solo playing Rolling in the Ryegrass and its really , really worth listening to , but I've lost the link to it .Anybody else know that link ?
# Posted on June 23rd 2009 by Red Robin
Re: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
Well I liked the videos. I am listening/watching the 5th one just now.
The point, as I see it, is not just the music. It is not like someone filming themselves quickly at home to stick up on youtube. The whole piece is a nice bit of arty filming in a nice room with soft lighting and good camera work. The music is great stuff and really highlights the instruments. It is a soudscape that fits with the film.
If you have not seen 4&5 yet you need to for the instrument alone.
Altogether fantastic stuff that could have only been improved by some good bodhran work!
# Posted on June 23rd 2009 by No Cause For Alarm
Re: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
I like MacDarra Ó Raghallaigh better
# Posted on June 23rd 2009 by D.J.F.
Re: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
He plays flute, whistle and pipes too apparently -- I'd like to hear what
he does on those instruments. Playing plain old ITM he's mesmerizing -
this stuff is pretty special too - Brian Eno territory - I won't ever be
playing it but nice to listen to.
# Posted on June 24th 2009 by Hup
Re: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
What a bent looking fiddle in 4 & 5! What a bent guy! I love it. It's not trad but It's not meant to be. The hardanger stuff is good too. I want one of them.
# Posted on June 24th 2009 by zookman2
Re: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
Is that an octave violin in the last two clips (the fiddle equivalent of the octave mandolin)? I've heard of such things, but never seen one.
"He plays flute, whistle and pipes too apparently"
...not to mention a 1st class hons. degree in Theoretical Physics. I've heard him play flute and whistle - very nice. Never yet heard him on the pipes, though.
# Posted on June 24th 2009 by CreadurMawnOrganig
Re: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
It's a five string non-electric fiddle.
# Posted on June 24th 2009 by Hup
Re: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
Hup - I thought just the same when I heard this last night - very 'Fripp/Eno'.
It's the kind of thing they play when you go to visit Cesar Manrique's house/museum on Lanzarote, looking out on to the lunar-type landscape of solidified black lava.
# Posted on June 24th 2009 by domnull
Re: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
> Is that an octave violin in the last two clips...
I think you'll find it's one of these:
http://www.rivinus-instruments.com/pomposa.htm
# Posted on June 24th 2009 by Presumin Ed
Re: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
Presumin Ed is right. I saw Caoimhin perform at a house concert near Portland early last year, just after he had taken delivery of the instrument. He performed on it a bit. Great instrument. And its maker was in the audience.
# Posted on June 24th 2009 by timmy!
Re: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
i love his trad playing and i love his avante garde modern stuff. i love this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4OHRjsMYRU
# Posted on June 25th 2009 by daiv
Re: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
"I think you'll find it's one of these:
http://www.rivinus-instruments.com/pomposa.htm";
.....reminded me of the Elephant Man
# Posted on June 27th 2009 by domnull
HEY!
What style of music is that in the first video?
# Posted on August 25th 2011 by fiddlelearner
Re: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
Apparently it's his original composition. But the Hardanger fiddle is Scandindavian of course, and the tune sounds perhaps influenced by that music. (But then, I'm no expert. Perhaps one will chime in, eventually....)
fwiw, here's my favorite Scandinavian clip:
http://www.myspace.com/thejppband/music/songs/en-till-sven-17201777
What do you think? Somewhat similar, in style?
# Posted on August 25th 2011 by John Galt