Big Kerryman & Kid from Dublin to play Coatesville! SATURDAY, OCT. 16, 8pm. Admission $15
The soaring music of Breanndán Begley has lifted many hearts at home in Ireland and around the world. His family background is steeped in the rich heritage of music, song, dance and storytelling of the Gaeltacht (Irish speaking) region in the west of County Kerry. In performance, swerving from infectious jigs and 'slides' to slow airs, from sean-nos songs in Gaelic to driving reels and passionate polkas, Begley unleashes the raw power and beauty of Irish music. A big man from the rugged Dingle peninsula, he is widely known and respected as a consummate master of the two-row button-accordion and the single-row melodeon, touring in Ireland and England as well as in the United States, France, Sweden, Finland and Estonia. He is a member of the internationally renowned ensemble 'Boys of the Lough', first touring with the band as a guest in the 1980s in the USA, and a full-time member since 1997. His exciting dance music, sensitive emotional playing of slow airs, and his singing in his native Irish have made him a great favorite in the traditional Irish music community. An agile dancer and a dedicated teller of stories, <br><br>Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh (Kwee-veen O-Rye-allah), skilled on the fiddle, uilleann pipes and tinwhistle, is one of the most creative and thoughtful young musicians in traditional music. The notion of playing set after set of tunes, interspersed with tales of the source musicians who gave them to him, bores him rigid. This is a musician who sees the need to shake up our preconceptions about what traditional music is, and what it can be. He has been extremely blessed in musical partners: piper Mick O'Brien and more recently, Breanndán Begley. Playing together, Caoimhín and Breanndán respect the classic model of Irish traditional music for fiddle and button-accordion, but their individual styles and approaches can combine for delightfully unexpected results. Ó Raghallaigh uses high-low dynamics unlike any other Irish fiddler you may have heard. (At times his playing can grow softer to the point of a barely breathed whisper.) Among musicians and audiences alike there has been much discussion of his ability to fashion captivating, almost otherworldly music through the use of low tuning, cross-tuning and droning. His playing is driving yet delicate, fascinating, heartfelt, and always fun!
Begley & O Raghallaigh, Oct. 16, Coatesville, PA
Big Kerryman & Kid from Dublin to play Coatesville! SATURDAY, OCT. 16, 8pm. Admission $15
The soaring music of Breanndán Begley has lifted many hearts at home in Ireland and around the world. His family background is steeped in the rich heritage of music, song, dance and storytelling of the Gaeltacht (Irish speaking) region in the west of County Kerry. In performance, swerving from infectious jigs and 'slides' to slow airs, from sean-nos songs in Gaelic to driving reels and passionate polkas, Begley unleashes the raw power and beauty of Irish music. A big man from the rugged Dingle peninsula, he is widely known and respected as a consummate master of the two-row button-accordion and the single-row melodeon, touring in Ireland and England as well as in the United States, France, Sweden, Finland and Estonia. He is a member of the internationally renowned ensemble 'Boys of the Lough', first touring with the band as a guest in the 1980s in the USA, and a full-time member since 1997. His exciting dance music, sensitive emotional playing of slow airs, and his singing in his native Irish have made him a great favorite in the traditional Irish music community. An agile dancer and a dedicated teller of stories, <br><br>Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh (Kwee-veen O-Rye-allah), skilled on the fiddle, uilleann pipes and tinwhistle, is one of the most creative and thoughtful young musicians in traditional music. The notion of playing set after set of tunes, interspersed with tales of the source musicians who gave them to him, bores him rigid. This is a musician who sees the need to shake up our preconceptions about what traditional music is, and what it can be. He has been extremely blessed in musical partners: piper Mick O'Brien and more recently, Breanndán Begley. Playing together, Caoimhín and Breanndán respect the classic model of Irish traditional music for fiddle and button-accordion, but their individual styles and approaches can combine for delightfully unexpected results. Ó Raghallaigh uses high-low dynamics unlike any other Irish fiddler you may have heard. (At times his playing can grow softer to the point of a barely breathed whisper.) Among musicians and audiences alike there has been much discussion of his ability to fashion captivating, almost otherworldly music through the use of low tuning, cross-tuning and droning. His playing is driving yet delicate, fascinating, heartfelt, and always fun!
# Posted on July 19th 2010 by Frank Dalton