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2026-01-23 16:54:03 UTC

Happy Friday!
Pólca 4's energetic brand of Irish trad is a perfect match for dancers. Their shows get the whole room dancing or clapping along, which I got to experience for myself when I supported them in September last year. Most fun I've had in a long time 😄
Here they are with two reels: The Concertina / Trip to Cullenstown (video from 2017)
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2026-01-20 08:33:33 UTC

GM!
Today I'm posting my all-time favourite fiddler, Kevin Burke, playing Farewell to Erin. No band needed, the fiddle does all the talking 😌
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2025-12-03 15:23:05 UTC

It's all about the songs this week
Today, Dolores Keane sings The May Morning Dew, a haunting song from West Clare about the passage of time
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2025-11-30 12:56:43 UTC

Do you love an apple, do you love a pear?
Do you love a laddie with curly brown hair? 🎶
It's the Bothy Band again with Do You Love An Apple. The song was widespread in the British Isles in many different versions, probably dating from the 19th century
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2025-11-25 16:34:32 UTC

And we're back after a few days' rest with the Lament for Limerick, played by Chris McMullan on the uilleann pipes
This beautiful slow air is said to be a Jacobean tune lamenting the defeat at Limerick in 1691
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2025-11-13 11:23:16 UTC

For today, I have selected this energetic tune, composed and performed by Calum Stewart, a Scottish uilleann piper.
It's called Am Monadh Ruadh, the Scottish Gaelic name for the Cairngorms, and can be found on Calum's 2017 album, Tales from the North.
Well worth a listen
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2025-11-10 07:25:52 UTC

As one of the most influential bands in Irish music for the last 50 years, this probably won't be the last time I post the Bothy Band here. They are the ones that started it all for me.
The tunes in this set are: Old Hag You Have Killed Me (jig) / Dinny Delaney's (slide, aka. The Hag at the Kiln) / Morrison's Jig
Absolutely characteristic of the Bothy Band's signature energy and drive 🔥
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2025-11-09 13:25:13 UTC

Inspired by @nprofile…9sz8, welcome to my Irish music account on Nostr 😊
For my inaugural tune, the late Liam O'Flynn performs the slow air An Buachaill Caol Dubh (The Dark Slender Boy) on the uilleann pipes.
Enjoy
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