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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
Causeway Dulcimer Session Weekend ~ 2006!
In 2006, I organised Sessions in Ballycastle & Bushmills which featured Hammered Dulcimer players from Antrim (Nat MaGee, William Rea & Dick Glasgow), England (Jenny Coxon) & America (Rick Davis).
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The Causeway Dulcimer Festival ~ 2005!
In 2005, in an effort to raise the profile of the Co Antrim Hammered Dulcimer & perhaps even kick start a revival, I organised the first ever Dulcimer Festival in Co Antrim, the ‘Causeway Dulcimer Festival’ Dulcimer players came from America, … Continue reading
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
The Cork Dulcimer Festival!
The Cork Dulcimer Festival! In Cork, back in 2002 & 2003, Christie Burns organized Ireland’s first ever Dulcimer Festivals! The festival’s centerpiece presentation was made by three Irish Hammered Dulcimer players, Seamus Brady, Barry Carroll and Nat Magee. … Continue reading
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