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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
Archibald Williamson, active in Dublin in 1738!
Many thanks to Paul Gifford for the following fascinating information. “Dick, there was John Dowling, active in Dublin by 1761. He’s mentioned in my book. I have quite a few more historical references than when I did when I wrote … Continue reading
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Isaac Isaacs, active in Dublin from 1767!
Here are some early written records of a Hammered Dulcimer being played in Ireland! “A German Dulcimer player in Eighteenth Century Dublin“ “Among the musicians to enjoy her patronage was a fashionable performer on the Hammered Dulcimer, a musical instrument … 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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Three Co Antrim Hammered Dulcimer Players!
Nat MaGee, William Rea & Barry Carroll! This is a rather historic photo of the last three Co. Antrim Hammered Dulcimer players, sharing a tune at the Causeway Dulcimer Festival in Bushmills, back in 2005. L to R Nat … Continue reading
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Barry Carroll of Lisburn, Co. Antrim!
Barry Carroll The finest Hammered Dulcimer player in Ireland today, is still a County Antrim man. Barry Carroll, like John Rea before him, has also recorded a CD with Hammered Dulcimer & Uilleann Pipes: An Mhéar Fada – The … Continue reading
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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
