Radio tribute to Mike Rafferty who won the National Heritage Award 2nite
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2nite Saturday Tribute to Flute player Mike Rafferty who has won the National Heritage Award and Joanie Madden of Bronx walk of fame award,
I will be hoping to do a phone link up with Mike in New Jersey
Martin Donohoe presents, “The Wind that Blows” Show every Saturday Night on Shannonside Northern Sound Radio
IRISH TIME 8pm to 10pm - http://www.northernsound.ie/. Trks from Mattie Connolly Pipes and Breege Harper + Dermot Byrne in concert from Feile Oriel + Snr Oriel fiddle winner Niall Murphy
Mike Rafferty was born in 1926. He grew up in Ballinakill, East Galway in the heart of a locality steeped in the very best of old-style traditional music. Mike is an outstanding exponent of the East Galway style of flute playing. He learned his music from his father, Tom “Barrel” who played flute and uilleann pipes. Mike emigrated to the United States in 1949 and has appeared at an extensive array of concerts and festivals all over America including the Smithsonian Institution’s Bicentennial Festival of American Folklife in 1976 and toured with the Green Fields of America. Mike has appeared on many recordings
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