The rich and distinctive traditions of music and music-making in Ireland.
Hugh Wilkinson explains the skill of levelling a Lambeg drum.
This clip describes house dances in South Donegal.
Drum maker Frank Orr describes the process of making the heads for the Lambeg drum.
Len Graham sings The Hare.
In this clip James Byrne explains the influence of lilting on South Donegal fiddle music.
Gary Hastings traces the history and origins of the Lambeg Drum.
Vincent Campbell explains how and why you tune the fiddle to sound like bagpipes.
PΓ΅draigΓn NΓ UallachΓ΅in sings The Creggan Song.
MΓcheΓ΅l Γ³ Raghallaigh explains why he prefers to play the concertina and the differences between it and other instruments.
Paul Γ“g Connolly explains why the accordion is so popular in Connemara and Galway.
Caoimhim Mac Aoidh describes the sound and style of south Donegal fiddle music.
Musicians describe the influence of early accordion players on the younger accordion players of today.
Roisin White talks about why she loves sean nΓ³s, or unaccompanied singing. Includes performance.
Explanation of the appeal and origins of the accordion.
Donegal fiddle players describe how they learn tunes.
Donegal fiddle players describe the technique of reversing.
This clip considers the influences of Scotland, England and the rest of Ireland on the northern song tradition.
Accordion player Mary Staunton talks about her musical influences and preferred style of playing.
Sharon Shannon and friends play The Full Set live in session at the Cambridge Folk Festival 2007.
Jim Hunter explains why the harping tradition is so strong in the small Co.Derry community of Garvagh.
In this clip Rab Cherry and Caiomhim MacAoidh explain the fiddle musical style, Highlands.
Gabriel McArdle sings Lough Erne's Shores.
Accordion maker and musician Martin Connolly explains the importance of tuning an accordion.
Jimmy Wright and Hugh Wilkinson talk about the relationship between the fife and the lambeg drum.
