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Hammered Dulcimer on BBC 2 TV – Northern Ireland!
I got a chance to play a set of tunes on my Hammered Dulcimer last Thursday night, for a recording of BBC 2s Traditional Music show Blas Ceoil The show was filmed in my local Session Pub, the House of … Continue reading
Dulcimer Hammers!
My selection of Dulcimer Hammers! Most Dulcimer Hammers are made from Wood, but John Rea of Glenarm, used bits of wire from an old Bird Cage & bent them into shape. In this photo, you can see a pair of … Continue reading
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Scottish Music has always been popular in the Glens of Antrim!
According to the late John Rea, much of the music you would have heard played, in the Glens of Antrim, would have been Scottish. So here’s a wee Scottish selection, especially for those of you who haven’t heard a Hammered … Continue reading
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Playing my Hammered Dulcimer every week in Co. Antrim.
Playing at the Saturday night Session in Bushmills! Anyone wishing to see & hear a Hammered Dulcimer being played today in Co. Antrim can always join us in the Bushmills Inn any Saturday night. For the past eight years, with … Continue reading
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Medieval opportunities to promote the Hammered Dulcimer!
This photo was taken at Dunluce Castle. The Hammered Dulcimer is the ideal instrument to introduce people, children especially, to the reality that it is really quite easy to play simple tunes on a musical instrument. Here are … Continue reading
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Keeping the Dulcimer alive, in the minds of young folk in Co. Antrim!
Sabine & I regularly give presentations in schools around Co. Antrim, and sometimes further afield, demonstrating the development of many traditional musical instruments, which gives me a great opportunity to keep the Antrim Dulcimer alive & hopefully encourage … Continue reading
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The Black Nun Fest, Ballycastle, Co Antrim!
I organised a Folk Club on the north coast for eight years and in 2003, for my Black Nun Fest in Ballycastle, I was very fortunate to be able to ask an American Hammered Dulcimer player, Rick Davis from North … Continue reading
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The Glenarm Castle Kitchen Concert!
In 2003, in memory of John Rea and also in an attempt to raise the profile of the County Antrim Dulcimer, I organised a concert in Glenarm Castle, the Glenarm Castle Kitchen Concert, which was attended by the three surviving … Continue reading
