Seamus Egan is a talented multi instrumentalist who plays flute, tenor banjo, mandolin, tin whistle, low whistle, guitar and bodhran. He has won All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann titles on four of those instruments – flute, banjo, bodhran and mandolin. Born in Hatboro, Pennsylvania, and raised for a time in Foxford, County Mayo, Seamus has [...]
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If there is a fast way to get to know the quintessential qualities of any country, it must surely be through the music of that land. The traditional music of any country sits proudly on it’s head like a crown for all to see – proclaiming it’s soul and attributes. There are many bright jewels [...]
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Flute Focus is an international flute magazine produced quarterly in New Zealand.
The main feature of this edition, in Alexa Still’s words, “covers about everything you ever wanted to know about flute choirs but were to afraid to ask!” You will also find an interesting article on understanding the intricate carvings on New Zealand Maori flutes; [...]
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Catherine McEvoy is one of the leading flute players in Irish music today and a very popular teacher of that instrument. In more recent years, Catherine has been one of the senior flute tutors at the Willie Clancy Summer School in Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare. Like Kevin Crawford and Bob Bickerton, Catherine is originally from [...]
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In any field of life, there are those who stand out and shine — people with abundant gifts and abilities that serve to inspire us all. In the realm of Irish traditional music and particularly Irish flute playing, one such player is Matt Molloy. To my mind, Matt is not only a brilliant player from [...]
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Once I was walking through Dublin and ended up on Grafton Street — as you do when walking through Dublin. Anyway, it was a particularly sunny day in July and Dublin’s famous mall was teeming with people; office workers out for lunch; tourists shopping, snapping, absorbing the sights and sounds; packs of ebullient Spanish youth [...]
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In celebration of completing KiwiCelt, I’ve prepared a little treat! Seamus Tansey is one of Ireland’s all-time most respected flute players who hails from Gorteen in County Sligo. In her interview on A Guide to the Irish Flute, Catherine McEvoy, another Irish flute playing legend, comments that Seamus Tansey was among the flute players that [...]
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... a web site dedicated to the simple system wooden flutes (aka 'Irish' flutes) that are so much a part of Irish traditional and Celtic music, and to the excellent wooden flutes produced by the Irish flute maker 
