Séamus Begley & Oísin Mac Diarmada


Sparks are going to fly when West Kerry accordionist/singer and
raconteur Séamus Begley joins forces with Oisín Mac Diarmada!


Sunday, May 12, 2013; 8:00 PM
$15 in advance • $18 at the door


Séamus Begley is the quintessential Irish musician, coming as he does from one of the most musically acclaimed Irish families. He is also an eager storyteller known for his sharp wit and famous for pumping out tune after tune at all night sessions with an energy that is sometimes alarming. His repertoire reflects his own place and his style of playing is much influenced by a generation of accordion and fiddle players who came to ceili in his family home. He is considered by many to be one of the finest players of the traditional dance music of West Kerry and is never happier than when people are dancing to his music. Séamus divides his time between working his small holding in the West Kerry Gaeltacht and traveling the world playing music.


Oisín Mac Diarmada, founder of the noted group Téada, has been described by The Irish Echo’s Earle Hitchner as “one of the most gifted and creative traditional fiddlers playing today”. He exhibits a unique sound and approach, with unfussy yet intricate bowing and remarkably subtle phrasing. Although tirelessly active on the world stage, his music has a charmingly intimate feeling. After having toured together with the popular seasonal show, "Irish Christmas in America" during the past three years, Oisín and Séamus have teamed up in an exciting new combination, exploring tunes and songs from West Kerry to Sligo. Listen as they whup the bejaysus out of two Kerry 'slides'.



Scartaglen Slide / Trasna Na dTonta

Séamus & Oisín in Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo, July 2012 

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In the old steel town of Coatesville, PA, about an hours drive west of Philadelphia, the Coatesville Traditional Irish Music Series presents live concerts featuring the cream of the crop of Irish traditional musicians, in a historic building on the town's main street. That intimate, cozy venue is also home to the Coatesville Cultural  Society. In 2004 we approached the artistic director there with a plan to present an evening of jigs, reels and hornpipes by a group of area musicians. Encouraged by the turnout, we contacted an elder statesman of Irish music in America, Mike Rafferty (RIP), the revered octogenarian Galway flute master who emigrated to the states in 1949. Again we arranged a concert, this time with Mike playing the Irish wooden flute, his daughter Mary on button-accordion and Dónal Clancy on guitar. It turned out to be a lovely evening of tunes, songs and stories and the concert series was off and running!

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Coming, on Sunday, May 12:
   BEGLEY & Mac DIARMADA!




<br>Coming, on Sunday, May 12:<br>   BEGLEY & Mac DIARMADA!



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