Flute Players Of Roscommon

Trad Irish Music
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Thought this might be of interest to you all:

"The Flute Players of Roscommon CD was recently launched at Feile Frank
McGann in Strokestown, Co Roscommon. This CD consists of new recordings of twelve flute players from Roscommon, recognised widely as a stronghold of flute playing. Some artists involved are internationally recognised, others known widely but previously unrecorded and others emerging professionals.

Participating artists have contributed to this project on the basis that
all future royalties will be used for the education and development of
young musicians. With the support of the Arts Council and Roscommon County Council, all profits for this project will go to the purchase of flutes and the provision of bursaries and master classes for emerging musicians.

The album is produced by John Wynne and the players are; Patsy Hanly,
Catherine McEvoy, Tommy Guihan, John Kelly, John Carlos, Brian Duke, Frank Jordan, Bernard Flaherty, Pat Finn, Patsy McNamara, John P Carty and John Wynne. The CD is available only from www.roscommonarts.com/trad or email
feadogmor@roscommonarts.com"

regards
Maureen Carty

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I have one on order, though i’m disappointed Matt Molloy isn’t in it.

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Yeah, that is a shame, being that he’s so under-recorded and all. Amazing that such a good flute player could manage to stay under the radar for so long, isn’t it?

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Great link! Thank You


I hear Matt Molloy lost his wellies last week while surfing in Westport so he couldn’t make it down to the session on account of all the cowdung from the last Fairday.

Next time he might be better able for the trip.

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I’m not sure if this was sarcasm or not (it’s ok either way), but he seems to manage to record a solo album every 10 years or so.

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Has anyone on the album ever released two solo albums? Let the rest of them have a chance to shine.

So John Carty’s father plays flute? And they’ve got a contribution from the author of Trip to Sligo? It sounds like a great line up, a must-have.

I was just going to order one, but it’s $29 with shipping to the US. That’s outrageous.