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Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin
Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin is an Irish folk musician and political activist. He comes from the Sean-nós singing, sean nós tradition of Connemara. He was raised in Dublin in an Irish-speaking household. His father was a sean nós singer, his mother a classical violinist, and he has two sisters who are both musicians and collaborators of his. His musical inspirations include Sorcha Ní Ghuairim, Seán 'ac Dhonncha, Nioclás Tóibín and Colm Ó Caoidheáin. Ó Ceannabháin collaborated with fiddler and viola player Ultan O'Brien with his first album ''Solas An Lae'', released in 2021. In a review for ''The Irish Times'', Síobhan Long wrote that Ó Ceannabháin had "already forged a formidable identity" with ''Solas An Lae'', and that ''The Deepest Breath'', its 2022 successor which she awarded four stars, comprised "remarkable songs". He is a member of Skipper's Alley, featuring John Francis Flynn. Ó Ceannabháin has been recognised twice by the RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards, who awarde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Folk Music
Irish traditional music (also known as Irish trad, Irish folk music, and other variants) is a Music genre, genre of folk music that developed in Ireland. In ''A History of Irish Music'' (1905), W. H. Grattan Flood wrote that, in Gaelic Ireland, there were at least ten instruments in general use. These were the ''crwth'' (a small rubbed strings harp) and ''Celtic harp, cláirseach'' (a bigger harp with typically 30 strings), the ''tiompán'' (a small string instrument played with a Bow (music), bow or plectrum), the ''feadán'' (a Fife (musical instrument), fife), the ''buinne'' (an oboe or flute), the ''guthbuinne'' (a bassoon-type Natural horn, horn), the ''beannbhuabhal'' and ''corn'' (Hornpipe (musical instrument), hornpipes), the ''cuislenna'' (bagpipes – see Great Irish warpipes), the ''stoc'' and ''storgán'' (Clarion (instrument), clarions or trumpets), and the ''cnámha'' (bones (instrument), bones). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
