Here are the video clips which deserve more attention: Des Hurley on the fiddle and his nephew Dermot on the bodhran and guitar. The Hurleys are flourishing back in Ireland, but Des is still keeping up the music in Yorkshire. Enjoy!
Thanks, Slainte. Beautiful. I know Dermot from Sessions in Drumshanbo and I met Des once in London, but I had no idea they were related ...and I didn't know Dermot played guitar.
Des's brother Michael's been the chairman of the Ballymote branch of comhaltas. Dermot is Michael's son, I believe. Another of Michael's children, Mairead won the All-Ireland on the concertina in 2006.
Fiddle Music from Leeds
Fiddle Music from Leeds
Here are the video clips which deserve more attention: Des Hurley on the fiddle and his nephew Dermot on the bodhran and guitar. The Hurleys are flourishing back in Ireland, but Des is still keeping up the music in Yorkshire. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wikQyiinKz4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NppqWBsGRcw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWxlYM24FAM
# Posted on January 21st 2008 by slainte
Re: Fiddle Music from Leeds
Thanks, Slainte. Beautiful. I know Dermot from Sessions in Drumshanbo and I met Des once in London, but I had no idea they were related ...and I didn't know Dermot played guitar.
# Posted on January 21st 2008 by granama
Re: Fiddle Music from Leeds
Decades ago, in Leeds, it was Des who convinced me to pack in strumming and learn the music. We were both kids really, though he was already a master.
# Posted on January 21st 2008 by llig leahcim
Re: Fiddle Music from Leeds
Des's brother Michael's been the chairman of the Ballymote branch of comhaltas. Dermot is Michael's son, I believe. Another of Michael's children, Mairead won the All-Ireland on the concertina in 2006.
# Posted on January 21st 2008 by slainte
Re: Fiddle Music from Leeds
...on second thoughts, I have seen Dermot playing guitar. But I think the first time I met him, he was on Banjo.
# Posted on January 21st 2008 by granama
Re: Fiddle Music from Leeds
really? my banjo playing is atrocious.. i play guitar or bouzouki mostly, though my main instrument is probably bodhran..
# Posted on January 22nd 2008 by diarmaidanconnachtach