You're welcome! 

Kinda irksome when they can't bother to list what's played. 

I got lucky... this time. 

- Emily

Time to get this meandering Thread BACK ON TRACK with Video Series of Trad Irish Fiddling! 

There was a series called "Come West Along The Road" - a variety of great Fiddlers from the 60's to 80's, but you'll also find masters of other Irish instruments and singing. 

@ABitRusty -

You'll enjoy this episode (S14E05), with several tunes played by a much younger Martin Hayes - he talks about growing up fiddling. 

00:33 Tom O'Brien - Lad O'Beirne's/Kinvara Reel ... 03:30 Séamus Mac Mathúna with Step Dancer Paddy O'Briain ... 06:10 Sean O'Briain - John Egan's Hornpipe ... 08:50 Peadar O'Ceannabháin ... 11:56 Teampall an Ghleanntáin CCÉ Reels, litling and dancing ... 16:05 Martin Hayes - Reels ... 21:48 Martin Hayes - Jigs 

I was completely blown away by a young Damien Harrigan's fiddling in this episode (S14E03), plus a great reel by Paddy Cronin - and I didn't know that Frankie Gavin also played a mean Flute!  

02:00 Seamus Creagh - Connie in the Pool/The Gortnatubrid ... 04:54 Michaél Ó hAlmhain - Eddie Moloney's No. 1 (The Kinvara Reel)/The Sunny Banks/The Humours of Loughrea ... 07:05 Yvonne Griffin - I Buried My Wife and Danced on Top of Her/Old Tipperary ... 09:41 Paddy Cronin - Hickey's Reel ... 11:45 Johnny Ó Conghaile - The Trip To Durrow/The Wise Maid ... 14:14 Frankie Gavin - The Mystery Reel ... 15:57 Pádraig Tom Pheaits Ó Ceannabháin - Tá Scéalta le nAirthris ... 19:22 Damien Harrigan - A Stór, a Stór, a Ghrá/The Devil's Dream ... 21:57 Néillidh Mulligna - The Drunken Landlady/The Dublin Reel

The series consists of 13 half-hour programmes drawn from the early years of RTÉ television (1961-1994), with additional material from other television stations, newsreels, feature films, and private film footage. 

The primary focus of the series is on music, but there is also a fascinating dimension of social history to this early material: townscapes and country-side, dress and hairstyles, houses and furniture, and the development of the medium of television itself.  https://presspack.rte.ie/2012/.....e-road-29/

There are many more "Come West Along The Road" episodes available on YouTube.

@ABitRusty -

There's also another series that looked at music by County, called "Slí na mBeaglaioch". 

Here's the Kane Sisters from the County Galway episode, playing "The Welcome Call" (reel), Paddy Fahey's (reel), and "Stars & Stripes" (reel) - more details in video description. 

Here's Jimmy & Peter Campbell from the County Donegal episode, playing "Pat Pheadar Bhig" and "Hughie Eoin's" - both highlands? 

Btw... I have no idea what a "highland" is in music!   

Here's more episodes: 

TG4 series "Slí na mBeaglaoich" Playlist

...I haven't watched them all.

- Emily

I still have 2 more Series I better share before I forget about them! 

The Highland Sessions was a great series 6-part BBC series that showcased Scottish AND Irish musicians & music.  It was filmed in Killcrankie - a village on the River Garry, in Perth and Kinross.

Here's the 1st episode - I LOVE "O'Donnell's Return"!  ...makes me want to go find where I posted that video of a fiddler that sounded just like bagpipes! 

Episode 1

1) Mary Ann Kennedy, Rona Lightfoot & Mick O’brien: O'donnell's Return / O’neill’s Cavalcade / Strathspey / Reel
2) Mary Black: Siúil A Rún [I Wish In Vain]
3) James Graham: A Mhairead Òg [Young Margaret]
4) Dermot Byrne: Bunker Hill
5) Karen Casey: Buile Mo Chroí [Beat Of My Heart]
6) Iarla Ó Lionáird: T’aimse Im' Chodhladh [I Am Asleep]
7) Mary Ann Kennedy: Puirt A Beul [Mouth Music] Incorporating: Mhorag An Dean Thu Tighinn / St Kilda Wedding / Hir An Fheill / Buachaille Dubh Fionnghal

The rest of the video series can be found/watched here:  

The Highland Sessions - Quedemais

Full program list for all episodes: https://www.allcelticmusic.com/dvd/7edf74ce-e2e0-11df-9d53-12313b076c61/Highland%20Sessions.html

- Emily

Thought I'd put a Tommy Potts Playlist here... videos might also be somewhere else, but I can't find them. (lol)  

Tommy Potts amazing fiddler & composer from Dublin! 

Although Potts never received formal training, he was able to read and write music, giving his works structure and purposeful variation, rather than simply inventing them as he went along. One of the most notable aspects of Potts's style is the treatment of traditional Irish music as a creative art form rather than as music for dancing.  ...Despite his controversial approach, Potts is today acknowledged as a figure of vital importance to the evolution of Irish folk music.  (Wikipedia) 

Here, Tommy Potts is talking about syncopation in bowing of Rakish Paddy. 

The Liffey Banks Playlist  Some tunes I haven't heard before in this album!

Garrett Barry's Favourite, The Gander At The Prattie Hole And The Rambling Pitchfork. 

The Gathering Album - Tommy Potts, "Little Jennifer".  Really like this - not sure if this is a set, because it sounds like he goes into another tune, but may be the way he wrote it (?) 

Now here's my new Fiddle Hero, Liam O'Connor - if I could only hear myself play with such clean articulation on slurs, I'D REALLY BE IN HEAVEN! 

Tell Us A Bit About Tommy Potts [Featuring Liam O'Connor] - from Myles O'Reilly! 

Feelin' it!

- Emily

Tommy Peoples

@ABitRusty -

I know we just recently talked about Tommy Peoples, but I can't remember if this 4-part Video series has been posted somewhere (?) 

He played in the Donegal Style of Fiddling, much of which is more closely related to Scottish & Cape Breton music. 

Here's the 1st video in the series.

The other 3 parts can be watched here (Peter Corfield): 

Tommy Peoples 4-Part Documentary

Example of the Scottish influence: "The Laird of Drumblair/Little John's Hame" I believe these are 2 versions of the same Strathspey (?)  LOVE THEM!

Tommy Peoples not only played well, but also composed some GREAT tunes! 

You can check some of them out - here at thesession.org: 

Tommy Peoples Tunes