Trad Music Survey May 27-29, 2017
Surveyor/Pollster: Jimmy Keane
100 Participants
This was a non-scientific survey posted on social media and by direct outreach to some of my musician friends.
Aside from cleaning up some text and quantifying the same answers by adding the amount "(x)" before the item, I left it alone.
I also added any comments from the survey questions to the bottom of each question, along with a "zz" or "x" for sorting purposes.
Whenever my own name appeared in the survey answers -- I was going to delete/not report it, but ended up leaving it in -- although I take it with a ton of salt (as should you)… ;-)
In looking over the answers I noticed that what some responders considered a certain tune or song as "traditional," -- may not be thought of by others as "traditional," including me.
But that is a whole topic which I think deserves a survey of its own (someday by me, or if anyone want to take up that mantle)...
One result which stood out for me was that 53 musicians/singers responded that they composed 635 new tunes and/or songs (in total).
As this is a living tradition I think it bodes well. After all, someone at some point wrote "that tune" or penned "that song"
Speaking of tune composers/song writers -- a few answers also identified the writer of tune/song. If I've some spare time, I'll go back and add composers names to the uncredited ones.
If you know them, please pop me a line with the tune/song and it's writer -- it will save me time.
Likewise if you notice any spelling errors, especially of any musician's names and/or tune titles, please let me know.
Thank you all for taking the time to participate in this survey. We are fortunate to be part of this wonderful music tradition!
All the best,
Jimmy
Primary instrument?
(1) Banjo and Accordion
(1) Bodhran and Singer
(1) Ceili drums
(1) Concertina and Piano
(1) Concertina and Singer
(1) Guitar and Singer
(1) Harp
(1) Mandolin
(1) Piano
(1) Tin Whistle and Flute
(1) Uilleann Pipes
(2) Bouzouki
(3) Bodhran
(4) Concertina
(5) Banjo
(6) Button Accordion
(6) Flute
(6) Tin Whistle
(7) Guitar
(8) Piano Accordion
(17) Singer
(29) Fiddle
If you are a traditional Singer, do you sing in English, Irish, or Both?
(8) Both English and Irish
(27) English
Q1 What was the first traditional tune or song you learned?
(2) Blarney Pilgrim
(2) Cooley's
(2) Fainne Geal an Lae
(2) Fields of Athenry (by Peter Mooney aka Pete St. John)
(2) Mountain Road (by Michael Gorman)
(2) Out On The Ocean
(2) Soldiers Joy
(2) The Coulin
(2) The Dawning of the Day (march)
(2) The Sally Gardens (tune)
(2) Kesh Jig
(4) Dawning of the Day
(5) Sean South
(7) Can't Recall
An Puc ar Buille
Arthur McBride
Banish Misfortune
Boys of Bluehill
Brian Boru's March
Britches Full of Stitches
Cock of the North
Cow that ate the Blanket
Crooked Jack
Devil's Dream
Drowsy Maggie
Eagles Whistle
Farewell to Nova Scotia
Fermoy Lasses
Finnish Polka
Gallagher' Frolics
Greenland Whale Fisheries
Harvest Home
Irish Washerwoman
Kerry Polka
Lilting Banshee
Lucy Farr's Barn Dance
Man of the House
May Morning Dew
Merry Blacksmith
Molly Malone
Morrison's Jig
Mug of Brown Ale
My Lagan Love
My Pup Came Home from Claedeach
Nil Na La
O'Keeffe's slide
Old Hag you have Killed Me
Omie Wise (American)
Patriot Game
Pigeon on the Gate
Planxty George Brabazon
Red Haired Boy
Rolling in the Rye Grass
Roving Journeyman
S'Bheag, S'Mhore
She Moved Through The Fair
Skibbereen (song)
Swallow's Tail (reel)
The Banshee
The Boys of Blue Hill
The Dawning of the Day
The Gander's Strut (a Peter Turbit highland)
The Lark in the Morning
The Leaving of Liverpool
The Leprechaun
The Old Grey Goose
The Red Haired Boy (Little Beggarman)
The Rossmore Jetty
The Silver Spear
The Temperance Reel
The Yellow Bonnet
Three Leaf Shamrock Waltz
Timmy Clifford
Tripping up the Stairs
Valley of Knockanure
Weelia Wallia
Whiskey Before Breakfast
Willie Coleman's jig
Wind that Shakes the Barley (Sean Nos version)
Wind That Shakes the Barley (tune)
z Don't Know Any
Q2 What was the most recent tune or song you learned?
(2) Phyllis's Birthday Reel (by Josephine Marsh)
A Shetland Hornpipe
Asthore Machte
Baltimore Beginners
Bend in the Road
Bluemont Waltz
Boyne Hunt
Bright Blue Rose
Brosna Slide
Burning Brakes
Bus Stop Reel
Carolan's Draught
Christmas Eve
Clumsy Lover
Cuz Teahan's Favourite (slide)
Dooney Rock
Ed Reavey reel
Farewell to Nigg
Feel so Near
Galway (by Oliver St.John Gogarty)
Galway Rambler
George People's reel
Golden Keyboard
Good Ship Kangaroo
Gooseberry Bush
Green Fields of Woodford
Helvic Head
Holy Ground
Homer's Reel
Horse Keane's Hornpipe (by Jimmy Keane)
Hunter's House
I Have No Money
If Ever You Were Mine
If You Come at All (by Alan Burke)
Inïon an Fhaoit ón Gleann
Jack Broke the Prison Door
Joe Bane's
Killeigh Hornpipe
Kitty in the Lane
Last Train from Loughrea
Lost in the Loop (by Liz Carroll)
McAlpine's Fusiliers
Moon Reel
Mouth of the Tobique
Music for a found harmonium
My Lovely Rose of Clare
My Maryann
Nine Points of Roguery
Open the Door for Three
Over The Moor to Maggie
Pachelbel's "Cannon in D"
Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore
Paddy's Lament
Pearl O'Shaughnessy's Barndance
Rose and Kathleen's Slip Jig
Scholar Reel (Finbar Dwyer's Version)
Shades of Gloria - (not trad, but Gerry O'Beirne wrote it so it counts)
Shores of Loch Bran
Skibbereen
Skullcrusher Mountain (not trad)
Soggy's Slip Jig
Strike The Gay Harp
Sumy Banks
The Beech Tree
The Bold Fenian Men
The Cameronian
The Contender (by Jimmy McCarthy)
The Duet Hornpipe
The Eavesdropper
The Four Shoves
The Galtee reel
The Half-Door
The Half-Door
The Hills of Tara
The Lakes of Killarney
The Last Waltz
The Morning Lark Jig
The Parting Glass
The Peacock
The Rollicking Boys of Tandaragee
The Rookery reel
The Ruisin Reel
The Silver Spire
The Street Player
The Traveler
The Trip We Took Over The Mountain
The Whistler of Rosslea
The Widow's Daughter
The Windmill
This Town Is Not Your Own.
Trim the Velvet (Donegal Version)
West Coast of Clare
x All by osmosis these days; I hardly know any tune names
x Haven't a clue (been a while)
x I make up my own
x Not sure
x Tunepal would know
Q3 What are your five most favorite tunes or songs at the moment?
(2) Alexander's Hornpipe
(2) Banks of Lough Gowna
(2) Battle of Aughrim
(2) Bonny Crossing the Rhine
(2) Devaney's Goat reel
(2) Frank's Reel
(2) Galway rambler
(2) If Ever You Were Mine
(2) Jenny's Welcome to Charlie
(2) Johnny Cope
(2) King of the Fairies
(2) Lawson's Hornpipe
(2) Letterfrack
(2) Miss McLeod
(2) Out on the Ocean
(2) Paddy Fahey's jig (by Paddy Fahey)
(2) Plains of Boyle
(2) Red Haired Boy
(2) Rookery Reel
(2) Skibbereen
(2) The Carracastle Lass
(2) The Duet Hornpipe
(2) The Gold Ring
(2) The Lark in the Clear Air
(2) The Old Gold Ring
(2) The porthole of the kelp (by Bobby Casey)
(2) The Whistler of Rosslea (by Ed Reavy)
(3) Music For A Found Harmonium (by Simon Jeffes)
(3) Soggy's Slip Jig (by Sean Og Graham)
(3) Spike Island Lasses
(4) Song For Ireland (by Phil Colclough)
(4) The Beare Island Reel (by Finbarr Dwyer)
Across the Blue Mountains
Across the Road
Ae Fond Kiss
Ally's waltz
Always on My Mind
Amhrán Na Leabhar
An Buachaillin Donn
An Coisir
An Phis Fhliuch
An Poc ar Buile
Asthore Machte
Back Home in Derry
Bag of Spuds
Banish Misfortune
Bank of Ireland
Banshee
Bantry Bay
Bantry Bay hornpipe
Barbara Allen
Bedlam Boys
Bell Cow
Ben Hill
Blarney Pilgrim
Bluemont Waltz
Bold Doherty
Bonkers in Yonkers
Boys on the Hilltop
Brendan Callahan
Brendan Keenan's Jig
Bright Side of the Moon (by Cyril O'Donoghue)
Brosnan's Reel
Bunch of Green Rushes
Calliope House
Castle Kelly's
Chief O'Neill's
Christmas Eve
City of Chicago
Cleveland park
Cliffs of Moher
College Groves
Concertina Reel
Creggan White Hare
Crested Hens
Cutting a Slide (by Phil Cunningham)
Cuz Teahan's Fling
Cuz Teahan's
Dark Eyed Sailor
Dark Inishowen
Dawning Of The Day
Dinny O'Brien
Diplodocus (by Liz Carroll)
Dobbin's Flowery Vale
Doctor O'Neill
Don't know any
Donegal Danny
Dowd's Number Nine
Dr. Gilbert's
Drops of Spring Water
Drowsy Maggie
Drumraney lass
Easter Snow
EBE reel (by Liz Carroll)
Eileen O'Brien's
Eleanor Plunkett
Ellen Brown
Erin Shore (aka Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore)
Errant Apprentice
Exile of Erin
Fairest of all Yarrow
Far From Home
Farewell to Ireland
Farewell to London (by Brendan McGlinchey)
Farewell to Milltown malbay
Farewell to Miltown
Father Kelly's Reel - but not the one everyone plays
Feel so near
Finbar Dwyer's favorite jig
Finbarr Dwyer's Scholar reel
Flower of Sweet Strabane
Fogo Island
Follow The Heron Home (by Karine Polwart)
Fox hunters
Foxie Mary
Funky Jig
Gallagher's frolics
Galway
Galway Bay
Galway Girl
Garrett Barry's
Golden eagle hornpipe
Golden Keyboard
Grace
Graf Spey
Green Fields of France
Green Groves of Erin
Guns of the magnificent seven
Gypsy Princess
Happy jig
Helvic head
Humors of Ballyloughlin
Humours of Ennistymon
I'm the boy for bewitching
I'm Waiting For You
Imelda Roland's
In the Tap Room (Reel)
Independence Trail
Irish Washerwoman
Jackie Coleman's
James Connelly
Jenny's Chickens
Jimmy's return
John Kelly's
John of Dreams
Johnny Cronin's reel
Kerry Polka
Kid on the Mountain
Kilfenora #1
Kilfenora #2
King of the Pipers
Kings of Kerry
Kinnegad Slashers
Lad O'Beirne reel
Lady Anne Montgomery
Lady Fair
Lakes of Pontchartrain
Land o the Leal
Last of the Mohicans Theme
Last waltz
Laurel Hill
Leaving Of Liverpool
Leitrim fancy
Limerick Lasses
Little bird
Lovely Rose of Clare
Lump of pudding
Maggie's Pancakes
Maids of Castlebar
Maids of Mt. Kisco
Maids of Selma
Martin Wynn's #2
Matty Groves
May We All Some Day Meet Again
McAlpine's Fusiliers
McDermott's reel
McGovern's
McIntyre's favorite jig
Miss Lyon's Fancy
Morning Star
Mountain Dew (song)
Muireann's Jig (by Niall Vallely)
Mussels in the Corner
My Heart's Tonight In Ireland
Ned Kelly's polka
Ned of the Hill (air)
Neil Gow's Lament For His 2nd Wife
North South
November Waltz (by Rob Harbron)
O'Carolan's Draught
O'Dowd's number 2
Old Grey Cat
Ormond Sound (by Paddy O'Brien)
Paddy Canny's
Paddy Fahey Jig in G minor
Paddy Fahey reel (any Paddy Fahey tune)
Paddy Goes To London
Paddy's Trip to Scotland
Palmer's Gate
Paul O'Shaughnessy's Barndance
Pernod
Plains of Waterloo
Plantxy Fanny Powers
Platinum Ring
Pol Ha'Penny
Primrose Lass
Providence reel
Queen of the Fair.
Rakish Paddy
Rathowen
Reconciliation
Reel from Manila (by Fr. Kelly)
Reel of Rio (by Sean Ryan)
Roaring Barmaid
Rocking the Cradle
Rollicking Boys of Tonderagee
Rose and Kathleen's Slip Jig
Rowsome's
Sadhbh Ní Bhruinnealla
Sailor's Bonnet
Scatter the Mud
Seallaibh Curaidh Eoghainn
Sevens (by Liz Carroll)
Shades of Gloria
Sherrifmuir
Ships Are Sailing
Siege of Ennis
Smash The Windows jig
Soldier's Joy
Sport (by Peadar O Riada)
Sporting paddy
Steampacket
Stor Ma Chroi
Strayaway Child
Taimse Im'Chodhladh
Tell Her I am
Templehouse Jig
The Ballydesmond Polkas
The Ballyoran Hornpipe
The Belles of Tipperary
The Boy in the Gap
The Boy in the Gap reel (Johnny McGreevy version)
The Boys of Barr Na Sraide
The Boys of Blue Hill
The Bucks of Oranmore
The Cameronian reel
The Conor Stone Jig (by Josie Keegan)
The Crock of Gold
The Dairy Maid
The Dawning of the Day (march)
The Deer's March
The Ebb Tide
The Few Bob
The Final Trawl
The Galway Reel
The Golden Eagle
The Gravel Walks
The Green Fields of Canada (Paddy Tunney's Version)
The Groves hornpipe
The Half-Door
The Hills of Tara
The Holy Ground
The Home Ruler (hornpipe)
The Hunt
The Hut on Staffin Island
The Jolly Tinker
The Kilfenora Jigs
The Killavil (reel)
The Killavil Jig
The Lads of Laois
The Lark in the Clear Air
The Limestone Rock
The Long Drop
The Magpie
The Maid of Cabra West
The Monaghan Jig
The morning dew
The Mountain Road
The New Land
The new policeman
The Night Visit Song
The Old Bush
The Parting Glass
The Parting Song (by Judy Goodenough)
The penny candle
The Pinery Boy
The Red Bee
The Rookery
The Rossmore Jetty
The Sally Gardens (reel)
The scholar
The Shannon Breeze reel
The Shaskeen Reel
The Siege Of Ennis
The Soldier's Story (by Mike Devin)
The Tarbolton
The Torn Jacket
The Trip to Durrow
The Valley of Jarama
The Virginian
The Water Is Wide
The Wexford Carol
The Wind that Shakes the Barley
The Windmill
The Windy City (reel)
The Wise Maid
The yellow tinker
This Town Is Not Your Own
Tommy Coen's
Tribute to Jimmy Keane (by Liz Carroll)
Trip to Durrow
Trip to nenagh
Tullycrine
Two Fifty to Vigo
Tyra avs
Up Downy Reel (by Tola Custy)
Valparaison Round The Horn
Waltz of the toys
Warbling Robin
Waterboogie
Whistler at the Wake
White Petticoat
Wind that shakes the barley (in G)
Woman of the House
z I don't have favorites of the moment, only whatever happens on a whim, often selected because I haven't played it recently
z Loads of polkas his reels useless at remembering names
z These are very hard questions.
Q4 Have you composed any tunes or songs?
(47) No
(53) Yes
Q5 If you composed tunes or songs, how many?
(635) Tunes and/or Songs composed
Q6 Who was your main influence when you started playing or singing traditional music?
(2) Andy McGann
(2) Billy McComiskey
(2) Bobby Casey
(2) Bothy Band
(2) Brian Finnegan
(2) DeDanann
(2) Dermot O'Brien
(2) Dick Gaughan
(2) Donal Lunny
(2) Enda Scahill
(2) Frank Harte
(2) Gerry O'Connor
(2) Jack Coen
(2) James Kelly
(2) Jerry O'Sullivan
(2) Joe Burke
(2) Joe Cooley
(2) John Joe Kelly
(2) Josephine Marsh
(2) Kevin Griffin
(2) Malcolm Dalglish
(2) Matt Cranitch
(2) Mick Moloney
(2) Niamh Parsons
(2) Ronnie Drew
(2) The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
(2) The Pogues
(3) Altan
(3) Andy Irvine
(3) Frankie Gavin
(3) Kevin Crawford
(3) Mary Bergin
(3) Planxty
(3) Solas
(3) Tommy Makem
(4) Jimmy Keane
(4) Liam Clancy
(4) Martin Hayes
(4) Mary Black
(4) The Dubliners
(5) Christy Moore
(5) Dolores Keane
(5) The Chieftains
(7) Tommy Peoples
(8) Father, Mother, Sibling
(8) Liz Carroll
(10) Kevin Burke
Annmarie O'Riordan
Armin Barnett
Barney McKenna
Bill Ochs
Bill Spence
Billy McComiskey
Bobby Casey
Bobby Martin
Bohola
Boys of the Lough
Brendan Bulger
Brendan Keenan
Brendan Mulkere
Brendan Mulvihill
Brian Conway
Brian Harris
Brian McGrath
Brian O'Donovan's Celtic Sojourn Show on WGBH.
Brighid Malone & The Gaping Maw
Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh
Cathal Hayden
Cathal McConnell
Catherine McEvoy
Cathy Whitesides
Christy Barry
Christy Barry
Clannad
Cormac Breathnach
Daithi Sproule
Dale Dahl
Danny Ringrose
Darracha O Brian
Dave Agee
Davy Spillane
Delia Murphy recording
Denis Murphy & Julia Clifford recording (The Star Above the Garter)
Dennis Cahill
Dennis O'Brien
Dermot Byrne
Ed Paloucek
Eileen Ivers
Eithne Ni Uallachain
Eleanor Kane Neary
Eric Thompson
Father played and sang
Fergal Scahill
Finbarr Dwyer
Fintan Vallely
Flogging Molly
Frank Edgley
Gavin Coyle
Gerry Banjo O'Connor
Grey Larsen
Hanneke Cassel
Hugh Healy
Irish music performed live
James Keane
Jamie Gans
Jamo Considine
Jeremy Kammerer
Jerry O'Connor
Jimmy Early
Joan Baez
Joanie Madden
Joe O'Donovan
Joe Ryan
John Bowe
John Carty
John Ferguson
John Jacob Niles
John Renborne
John Whelan
Johnny Cronin
Johnny McGreevy
Jonnie Hardie (Scottish)
Judy Collins
Karen Tweed
Kathleen Smyth
Kell Chole
Kevin Conniff
Kevin Griffin
Kevin McGillian
Kingston Trio
Larry McCullough
Len Graham
Leslie Jones
Liam O'Flynn
Lisa Butler
Local session players
Local teacher
Loretta Egan Murphy
Loretto Reid
Luke Kelly
Lunasa
Maddy Prior
Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh
Manus Lunny
Marcas O'Murchu
Marcus Hernon
Marcus O'Murraghu
Maria Terres Sandgren
Marie Ni Chathasaigh
Marla Fibish
Martin Byrne
Martin Byrnes
Martin Connolly
Martin Donohoe
Martin Doyle
Martin Guilfoyle
Martin Mulvihill
Martin O'Neill
Matt Malloy
Mick Crehan
Mick Foster
Mick Hand
Mick OConnor
Mickey Dunne
Mike Chole
Mike Rafferty
Murphy Roche Ceili Band
Niamh Farrell
Nicky McAulliffe
Noel Hill
Noel O'Donoghue
Noel Pocock
Oisin mac Diarmada
Paddy Carty
Paddy Cronin
Paddy Gavin
Paddy O'Brien (Tipperary)
Paddy Reynolds
Paddy Ryan
Paddy Tunney
Paidragin Ni Uallachain
Pat McCabe
Patricia Flynn
Patrick Ourceau
Patrick Street
Paul Brady
Paul Brady (guitar)
Pete Seeger
Pete Ward
Peter Grew
Peter Horan
Peter Houlahan
Peter Paul and Mary
Phil Cunningham
PJ Hernon
PJOE Hayes
Qristina Bachand
Raymond Delf
Ringo McDonagh
Roisin Elsafty
Rolf Wagels
Seamus Connolly
Seamus Ennis
Seamus Meehan
Sean Keane
Sean Potts
Sean Vaughan
Silly Wizard
Stan Rogers
Stevie Dunne
Sue Thompson
Svend Kjeldsen
Teresa Shine DeVan
Terry Bingham
Thady Casey
The Bothy Band
The Fureys
The Irish Rovers
The Kilfenora
The Kingston Trio
The local session.
Tom Delany
Tom McCarthy
Tommy Potts
Tony Mc Mahon
Tony O Holleran
Tony O'Connell
Willie Clancy
z My main influence was growing up in a Irish Catholic family on the south side of Chicago.
z Whoever came to tour in Germany (sources were rare in the seventies)
Q7 Who are five of your favorite traditional musicians or singers (past or present)?
(2) Altan
(2) Brendan Bulger
(2) Brendan Mulvihill
(2) Brian Rooney
(2) Catherine McEvoy
(2) Charlie Lennon
(2) Charlie Piggott
(2) Cillian Vallely
(2) Cormac Breathnach
(2) Darren Breslin
(2) Dennis Cahill
(2) Dennis Murphy
(2) Dougie MacLean
(2) Eileen Ivers
(2) Eilis Kennedy
(2) Enda Scahill
(2) Frankie Gavin
(2) Gearoid o hAllmhurain
(2) Hans Araki
(2) Joe Cooley
(2) Joe Derrane
(2) John Carty
(2) Julia Clifford
(2) Kate Rusby
(2) Kevin Crawford
(2) Liam Clancy
(2) Liam O'Flynn
(2) Liz Knowles
(2) Martin O Connor
(2) Paddy Cronin
(2) Paddy Reilly
(2) Ronnie Drew
(2) The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
(2) We Banjo 3
(2) Winifred Horan
(3) Brid Harper
(3) Cathal Hayden
(3) Dermot Byrne
(3) Dick Gaughan
(3) Fergal Scahill
(3) Joanie Madden
(3) Josephine Marsh
(3) Karan Casey
(3) Kevin Conneff
(3) Luke Kelly
(3) Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh
(3) Martin Byrnes
(3) Michael Coleman
(3) Michael McGoldrick
(3) Mick Moloney
(3) Paddy Keenan
(3) The High Kings
(3) Tommy Makem
(4) Bobby Casey
(4) Caoimhin O Raghallaigh
(4) Dolores Keane
(4) Jackie Daly
(4) Joe Burke
(4) John Whelan
(4) John Williams
(4) Mary Bergin
(4) Matt Cranich
(4) The Dubliners
(4) Tommy Peoples
(4) Tony MacMahon
(5) Angelina Carberry
(5) Billy McComiskey
(5) Christy Moore
(5) Frank Harte
(5) James Kelly
(5) Mary Black
(5) Matt Molloy
(5) Mike Rafferty
(5) Moya Brennan
(5) Noel Hill
(5) Sharon Shannon
(6) Paul Brady
(8) Andy Irvine
(9) John Doyle
(11) Jimmy Keane
(12) Martin Hayes
(13) Kevin Burke
(16) Liz Carroll
Aine McGeeney
Alan Burke
Alan Kelly
Andy M Stewart
Archie Fisher
Arty McGlynn
Benedict Koehler
Beoga
Bill Spence
Blackie O'Connell (pipes)
Bobby Gardner
Brendan Keenan
Brian Conway
Brian Finnegan
Brian Hollerhan (flute)
Brian McGrath
Buddy Connolly
Cathie Ryan
Cherish The Ladies
Chris Gray
Clodagh Ryan
Connie Connell
Danny O'Mahony
Danny Ringrose
Daoiri Farrell
David Power
Derek Hickey
Dermot Grogan
Dermot Mullane
Dervish
Donal Lunny
Donal Murphy
Donal O'Connor
Donncha O Briain
Eamon Murray
Eamonn Cotter
Ed Miller
Eileen O'Brien
Fiachra O'Regan
Finbarr Dwyer
Frank Kelly
Frankie Kennedy
Fred Finn
Gerry Banjo O'Connor
Gerry O'Connor
Hollie Greenwood
Horslips
Isaac Alderson
Ivan Goff
Jack Coen
Jackie Coleman
Jackie Moran
James Cullinan
James Morrison
Jenny Willis
Jerry O'Sullivan
Jim Malcom
Johhny Doherty
John Blake
John Bowe
John Joe Kelly
John Kennedy
John McCormack
John McCusker
John McSherry
Johnny Cronin
Johnny Cunningham
Johnny Keenan
Johnny Mairtin Larry
Josephine Keegan
Julia Plumb
Julie Fowlis
June Tabor
Junior Crehan
Junior Davey
Karen Tweed
Kathleen Gavin
Kathy Ryan
Kevin Griffin
Kevin Henry
Kevin Keegan
Kevin McGillian
Kevin Mitchell
Larry Gavin
Len Graham
Liam O'Brien
Lisa Butler
Loretta Egan Murphy
Lucy Farr
Luke Cheevers
MacDarra O Raghallaigh
Maddy Prior
Maire
Marcus Hernon
Marianne Campbell (Scotland)
Marie Brennan
Marla Fibish
Martin Donohoe
Martin O'Neill
Marty Fahey
Mary Ann Kennedy
Mary Custy
Mary MacNamara
Maura O'Connell
Maurice Lennon
Micheal O Raghallaigh
Micho Russell
Mick O'Brien
Mick O'Connor
Mike Flanagan
Moving Hearts
Mrs Kenny
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh
Natalie MacMaster
Nic Jones
Nora Butler
Oisin mac diarmada
Owen Marshall
P.V. O'Donnell
Pa¡draig McGovern
Paddy Canny
Paddy Fahey
Paddy Moloney
Paddy O'Brien
Paddy O'Brien (Tipperary)
Paddy Tunney
Padraig Sinnott
Pat Broaders
Patrick Cloonan
Patrick Ourceau
Patrick Street
Patsy Hanly
Patty Murphy
Pecker Dunne
Peter Horan
Phil Cunningham
Planxty
Providence
Ringo McDonagh
Ronan Martin
Rose Conway Flanagan
Rufus Guinchard
Seamus Connolly
Seamus Creagh
Seamus Egan
Seamus Ennis
Seamus Kennedy
Seamus Tansey
Sean Keane
Sean Potts
Sean Ryan
Sean Ryan (fiddle)
Sean Tyrrel
Shannon Heaton
Siobhan Peoples
Stan Rogers
Susan McKeown
Tara Diamond
Terry Bingham
The Fureys
The Voice Squad
Tommy Potts
Tony Linnane
Tony Nother
Tony Rose
Willie Hunter
z Jesus that's a tough one!
z Myself
Optional Q1 Name five musicians (past or present) who you'd have play along with you in your ideal session?
(2) Billy McComiskey
(2) Brendan Bulger
(2) Catherine McEvoy
(2) Charlie Lennon
(2) Cillian Vallely
(2) Daithi Gormley
(2) Dennis Cahill
(2) Eileen Ivers
(2) Fergal Scahill
(2) Ivan Goff
(2) Jimmy Devine
(2) Joe Derrane
(2) John Doyle
(2) John Williams
(2) Kevin Finucane
(2) Larry Nugent
(2) Liam O'Flynn
(2) Luke Kelly
(2) Mairtin O'Connor
(2) Matt Cranitch
(2) Matt Molloy
(2) Patrick Ourceau
(2) Sean Gavin
(2) Winifred Horan
(3) Jackie Moran
(3) Joanie Madden
(3) Martin Hayes
(4) John Carty
(4) Kevin Burke
(10) Liz Carroll
(13) Jimmy Keane
Andreas Transa
Andrew O'Brien
Andy Irvine
Angelina Carberry
Anna Falkenau
Annette Owens
Athena Tergis
Austin Dawe
Billy Furlong
Blackie O'Connell
Bobby Casey
Brendan Mulvihill
Brian Finnegan
Brian Hollerhan
Brian Kelly
Brian McGrath
Brian o loughlin
Brid Harper
Brid O'Donoghue
C.B. Heinemann
Calum Pasqua
CaoimhÃn Ó Sé
Caoimhe kerins
Cath Taylor
Cathal Banjo Curran
Charlie Piggott
Chris Hyndericks
Christian Stevens
Colin Farrel
Conor Keane
Cormac Begley
Cormac Breathnach
Daithi Sproule
Damien Connolly
David Mehalko
Declan Sinnott
Dez Donnelly
Dick Gaughan
Dolores Keane
Donal Clancy
Donal Murphy
Donal O`Connor
Eamon Doorley
Eamonn Coyne
Eilis Kennedy
Enda Scahill
Eoin O'Neill
Felim Collins
Felix Dolan
Frankie Gavin
Fred Rice
Garry O'Briain
Ged Foley
Gerry O'Connor
Gustavo Lobão
Hanz Araki
Jack Coen
Jackie Daly
James Cullinan
James Kelly
James Morrison
Jenny Willis
Jesse Langen
Joe Murtagh
Joe Ryan
Joey Abarta
John Blake
John Bowe
John Boyce
John Daly
Johnny Connolly
Johnny Cronin
Johnny Giles
Johnny Moynihan
Josephine Marsh
Justin Murphy
Karen Tweed
Karin Burke
Kat Eggleston
Kate Rusby
Kevin Behan
Kevin Crawford
Kevin Keegan
Liam Clancy
Liam o brien
Liz Gaughan
Liz Knowles
Lucy Farr
Mairead Nic Fhinn
Marcus Hernon
Margaret Barry
Martin Byrne
Marty Fahey
Mary Bergin
Mary Black
Mary Custy
Maura O'Connell
Maureen Glynn
Mic O'Brien
Michael Boyce
Michael O Domnnhall
Mick Conneely
Mick Moloney
Mike Chole
Mike McGoldrick
Mike Rafferty
Mila Maia
Miriam McCarthy
Niall Mulligan
Niamh Varian-Barry
Noel Hill
Noel O'Donoghue
Paddy Keenan
Paddy Morgan
Paddy O'Brien
Paddy O'Neill
Paddy Reilly
Padraig Keane
Pat Broaders
Pat Finnigan
Pat Killbride
Patrick J Quinn
Paul Brady
Paul Phillips
Rachael Masterson
Robyn Jedlicka
Rose Flanagan
Rose Flanagan
Seamus Connolly
Seamus Creagh
Seamus Ennis
Sean Keane
Sean McDonagh
Sean Potts
Shane Mitchell
Sharon Shannon
Stan Rogers
Steph Geremia
Terry Bingham
Tes Slominski
Tim Collins
Tim Dickey
Tim Edey
Tom Creegan
Tommy Peoples
William Corrigan
Willy Kelly
Zan McLeod
zz (A more realistic list of people who I've played with, who if they all showed up to my own session I'd be really pretty excited because it would guarantee a sharp day of musicking and I'd just sit back and listen)
zz (I play by myself - I don't know any "songs" but I can play for a hour by myself - high notes are at one end, low notes at the other.)
zz Alas, my feeble participation would mock the quality and significance of the other players, so I'll pass.
zz Ha! Any and all singers, having never had the chance to hear/be part of a good si gets club!
zz I am not skilled enough to play with those with whom I'd love to play.
zz I'd be happy to just have our Thursday's back and the occasional Lanigans without so much nonsense
zz I'd commit crimes to sing a bit with
zz I'm not worthy!
zz If I'm being aspirational (I don't know how "ideal" it would be because I don't really know their personalities, they just seem like interesting people to have tunes with):
zz Just 5?
zz ONLY FIVE??!! :-D
Optional Q2 Where would your ideal session take place?
(2) Greene's in Kinvara
(3) Pub
(5) At home
(8) Local Pub
A gazebo in a local park - nobody's a host or a guest, no money changes hands, just converge and play.
A pub in Brittany
A pub with a barkeeper and plenty of customers who love Irish music
An old pub near the ocean on the west coast of Ireland
Anywhere the craic is!
Around a campfire on a warm summer night.
Carnegie Hall NY
Deserted Island
Dora Keogh`s, Toronto
Dorans Athboy
Either a private island or time travel...
Fairfield Gaelic American Club
Favorite pub everywhere, forever!
Fergie's Philadelphia
Friel's Pub
Goilin in Dublin (Parnell Square)
Grafton pub in Chicago
Henry's Upstairs in Lawrence, KS
Home house, pub sessions, none in particular
House Session
Hungary
Kitchen
Macnmara's in Donelson TN
Massbrook House on the shores of Lough Conn in Mayo, Ireland
McGurk's, St. Louis, Missouri
Mountain/lakeside open air pavilion with fire blazing at the other end
My living room
No preference
O'Connor's Pub, Doolin, Co. Clare
On a riverbank at twilight
One of the local sessions
Princeton NJ - McCarter Theater
Pub with a nice, sheltered nook
Seamus O'Kane's house
small pub
Someplace close to home
Somewhere very quiet
The Cornerstone, Lahinch
The Harbor Inn, Padstow, Cornwall
The Hob in Bordentown, New Jersey USA
The Kilkenny South Wimbledon
The place where I lead a session: The Well, Wellfleet, MA
The pub ~ where else
The session is where you make it. I've seen beautiful Irish music made in every type of surroundings.
The Snug
The Telegraph (pub), Brixton Hill, London
Ti Ruairi, Inis Oirr
Tigh Hughes, An Spidéal
Winkles Pub Kinvara (no longer in existence but brilliant place)
z How do you know about the 6511 Club ?
Optional Q3 Name nine other musicians (past or present) who you'd have play along with you in a ceili band?
(2) Angelina Carberry
(2) Bobby Casey
(2) Brendan Dolan
(2) Chuck O Donnell
(2) Dale Russ
(2) Danny O Mahoney
(2) Hannah Devine
(2) Harry Bradley
(2) Jack Coen
(2) Jimmy Devine
(2) Joe Cooley
(2) John Blake
(2) Josh Dukes
(2) Kevin Burke
(2) Kevin Crawford
(2) MacDara O Raghaillaigh
(2) Maureen Glynn
(2) Michael O Raghaillaigh
(2) Pauline Conneely
(2) Sharon Shannon
(3) Felix Dolan
(3) Joanie Madden
(3) John Carty
(3) Martin Byrne
(3) Matt Malloy
(3) Paddy Canny
(3) Sean Gavin
(3) Tommy Masterson (drums)
(3)Catherine MacEvoy
(5) Martin Hayes
(6) Billy McComiskey
(6) Liz Carroll
(7) Jimmy Keane
Aine griffin (flute)
Andrew McNamara
Aoife Clancy
Aoife griffin
Barbara Moore
Barney McKenna
Bernadette Fee
Bernie Gannon ~ concertina
Breanndan O' Beaglaoich
Brendan Bulger (fiddle)
Brendan Callahan
Brendan Mulkere
Brett Lipshutz
Brian Conway
Bruce Foley
Bruce Molyneaux
CaoimhÃn Ó Sé
Caoimhin Ó Raghallaigh
Carmel Burke ~ button box
Cath Taylor
Cathy Hornberger
Cathy Sky
Charlie Lennon fiddle
Chris Ferguson
Chris Gray
Christian Stevens
Clodagh Ryan (concertina)
Colin Farrel ~ fiddle
Conal O Grada
Connor Byrne
Cormac Begley
Daire Bracken
Daithi Gormley
Damien Connolly (Button accordion)
Deirdre Corrigan
Denis Murphy
Dennis Cahill
Devin Shepherd
Dmitri Alano
Dylan Carlos
Dylan foley
Eamon Doorley
Elliott Grasso
Father Charley Coen
Fergal Scahill
Frankie Gavin
Geraldine Cotter piano
Gustavo Lobão
Hanz Araki
Heather Lewin
Ide Nà Fhaoláin
Ivan Goff Flute
J C Talty
J J Flanagan
Jackie Daley
James Kelly
Jane Kelton
Jerry Moloney
Jerry O'Sullivan
Jesse Smith
Jim Corry
Jimmy Ward
Joe Burke
Joe Madden
Joe Ryan
Joey Abarta (pipes)
John Bowe
John Burke
John Daly
John Whelan
Johnny (Ringo) McDonagh
Johnny Connolly (JPP)
Johnny Cronin
Jonathan Whitall
Joseph Browne fiddle
Julia Clifford
Kathleen Gavin (piano)
Kathleen Witty
Kathleen Witty O Donnell
Kell Chole
Kevin Brehony
Kevin Brinn
Kevin Madden ~ fiddle
Larry Nugent
Lexia Kennedy
Liam o brien
Lori Cole
Marie Walsh
Mark Donnellan
Mark Maguire ~ Drums
Martin Leahy
Marty Fahey
Mary Coogan
Mary Katherine Victor
Mary Rafferty
Mary Shannon
Mary Staunton
Michael Mcgoldrick
Michael Walsh ~ flute
Mick O'Brien
Mick O'Brien (flute)
Mick O'Conner (banjo)
Mick O'Connor
Mick Tennyson ~ piano
Mike Chole
Mike Foreman
Mila Maia
Mrs Crotty concertina
Myron Brettholz
Natalie McMaster
Oisin MacDiarmada
Oliver Diviney
Orla Leavy
Orlaith McAuliffe
Orlaith mcauliffe ~ flute
Owen McKiernan
P.J. Hayes
Paddy Cronin
Paddy Keenan
Paddy Moloney
Padraic Keane pipes
Pat Broaders
Patricia Clark
Patrick Cannady
Patrick Ourceau
Patsy Hanly
Patty Furlong
Paul Phillips
Peter Horan
Pio Ryan
PJOE Hayes
Randy Gosa
Rian Sheridan (fiddle)
Richard Withers
Robyn Jedlicka
Roger Sherlock
Ronan Browne
Rory Chole
Rose Flanagan (fiddle)
Seamus Flaherty (drums)
Sean McComiskey
Sean Ryan (flute)
Sharon Shannon
Tes Slominski
Tom Creegan
Tom Doorley
Tom Giblin
Tom Hourican
Tonny Linnane
Tony McMahon
Tony Nother
Tony O'Connell
Too hard!
Trionagh Ni domhnall (keys)
Troy MacGillivray
Tyler Fry (drum)
Vincent Broderick
Zan MCloud
zz (Assembling a ceili band is not as much a matter of finding the BEST musicians as finding the RIGHT musicians, since the individual players' musical personalities are subsumed into the group's collective character. So it's a matter of trial and error, artistically speaking. But there's something more: Everyone has to enjoy each other's company and feel that they have a good reason to be together. (That said, I'd probably play with whoever would have me!))
zz (Better question: 3 things you hate most in the world: Ceili Bands, Bone cancer in children, Your man with the orange face and the ridiculous combover running the country)
zz (I wouldn't play in a Ceili Band, even though I enjoy listening to them!)
zz (If they were desperate enough for me to play in a ceili band, I wouldn't burden them!)
zz (It wouldn't be too good if I was playing along)
zz (Never have played in a ceili band)
zz (There are a lot of ways one could go with this. My approach here is to build a competition-type band from musicians who I think I have some sense of, who I think would articulate well in terms of mutual respect, and who I think would gel as a "band." I think it's hard to do this without knowing the personalities of all the musicians involved)
zz And some bitchin' drummer
zz Any that would have me.
zz N/A
zz No ceili experience
zz Not fussed ceili band playing isn't as enjoyable as sessions