Flute players who can sing

lixnaw · Post by **lixnaw** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:00 am

i can't really think of anyone. I find flute playing gives a singer good breath controle and stamina. Where have they all gone ?

Jayhawk · Post by **Jayhawk** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:04 am

Personally, play flute because I can't sing...maybe I'm not alone in this?

Eric

beowulf573 · Post by **beowulf573** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:09 am

Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh from Danu.

Cathy Wilde · Post by **Cathy Wilde** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:22 am

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=UC1QhQpWHP8

Cathy Wilde · Post by **Cathy Wilde** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:23 am

Colm O'Donnell is great.

Marcas O Murchu's "My Singing Bird" breaks my heart.

Joanie Madden does a mean rendition of "Country Roads."

Il Friscaletto · Post by **Il Friscaletto** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:28 am

Shannon Heaton, Cathal McConnell

jemtheflute · Post by **jemtheflute** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:36 am

Mark Evans of Diskan is a tidy flute player and also a good singer and guitarist/cittern/bouzouki player. I think Phil Smillie of Tannahill Weavers did/does backing vocals. Ceri Rhys Matthews (Fernhill) is another flute-playing multi-instrumentalist who can sing nicely, though he rarely does.

Personally, I'm in Jayhawk's camp. Well, almost: I don't play toots because I can't sing; when I practice I can sing in tune/carry a melody vocally, but no-one wants to hear my voice! In my youth/early folkie days, I was in a band that made a big thing of using vocal harmony: the other three all sang, I was banned from doing so. Rightly.

Anyone know any singing bagpipers? An even rarer fish, I think. Yet one could very effectively accompany oneself singing on any "cauld wind", bellows-blown bagpipe, just as hurdy-gurdy players or more "conventional" string or keyboard players can/do.

lixnaw · Post by **lixnaw** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:40 am

Many thanks, that was very reassuring. I was getting a little worried, thinking Miko Russel was the last one, and he past on... I forgot about Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh altogether, and i have their DVD, one night stand and 2 cd's

The more tunes i learn, the more i forget about the outside world...

domino · Post by **domino** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:50 am

The very wonderful Claire Mann flute , fiddle and sings. If you haven't heard her give her a listen.

chas · Post by **chas** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:52 am

Chris Norman
Ian Anderson
Peter Gabriel
Andrew Latimer (from Camel)
Yusef Lateef

LorenzoFlute · Post by **LorenzoFlute** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:02 pm

i can sing

actually it's a bit sad that my favourite instument, the one that i decided to learn, is the flute, because i can't sing while playing... its also annoying that i cant even answer to people without stopping the tune... in the future i might learn the uilleann pipes as well, it would be my little revenge

Cathy Wilde · Post by **Cathy Wilde** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:05 pm

I sing, though I probably shouldn't.

SteveB · Post by **SteveB** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:20 pm

Jayhawk wrote:

Personally, play flute because I can't sing...maybe I'm not alone in this?

Eric

You're certainly not alone. Growing up, I fell in with a bunch of friends who were big trad/folk ballad fans. Everyone could sing to some degree…except for me. One of the boys actually gave me my first whistle in the hopes that it would keep me from singing! It worked, much to everyone’s relief.

SteveB

Sylvester · Post by **Sylvester** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:15 pm

Two of my favourite players:

Marchas O'Murchu
Desi Wilkinson

...How did you forget?

Rgds

*Edited to say that I've read above that Cathy and I share a great regard for Mr. O'Murchu

cocusflute · Post by **cocusflute** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:52 pm

Cocusflute can sing.