Liam O,Flynn plays Killorglin!!(photo)

[rorybbellows]

Heres an article from the "Kerryman" newspaper written by Kevin Hughes--------

MASTER uilleann piper Liam O’Flynn will perform a live one-off show in Sol Y Sombra, Killorglin next Thursday, September 13.

Largely credited with having brought an emotional excitement to uilleann pipes, which had previously been associated with the strict discipline of highland bag pipes, he is best know for co-founding Planxty.

Growing up in County Kildare, his close friendship with Seamus Ennis taught him that there was much more to being a piper than playing tunes. In his teens he began to attend music sessions in the Kildare village of Prosperous where he met many of the people with whom he would later make his name and tour. These were musicians like Christy Moore, Donal Lunny and Andy Irvine with whom, in the early seventies, Liam formed Planxty.

O’Flynn has also performed with the likes of John Cage, The Everly Brothers, Van Morrison, Kate Bush and Mark Knoffler with whom he performed the score to the movie Cal. Other movie scores include The Field, A River Runs Through It, Kidnapped and Roses from Dublin.

He has regularly collaborated with Catherine Ennis, daughter of Seamus Ennis and Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney with whom Liam has performed in auditoriums around the world. They first performed together in a small church in Kenmare and regularly perform together in small intimate venues.

In 2003 he took part in the opening ceremony of the Special Olympic World Summer Games held in Croke Park and the following year he teamed up again with original Planxty members, Christy Moore, Andy Irvine and Donal Lunny for a number of high profile concerts. Earlier this year he received the TG4 Gradam Ceoil Award for Musician of the Year.

Tickets for next week’s performance are €20 or €45 with a two course meal. The show gets underway at 9pm.


RORY

[glands]

Largely credited with having brought an emotional excitement to uilleann pipes, which had previously been associated with the strict discipline of highland bag pipes

Hmmmmmmmm........................Really?

[tompipes]

credited with having brought an emotional excitement to uilleann pipes

He manages to hold it in very well.....

Tommy

[reedbiter]

Yep, he's almost as wildly emotional as fiddler Martin Hayes...

[stain]

He'd brighten a room by leaving it

[josh perkins]

I think by "emotional excitement", Mr. Hughes meant to convey " A chilly stoicism not unlike that of a career assassin, the ability to render Irish tradiitonal tunes with unbelievable skill and expression whilst looking as though thinking fondly of the cheese sandwich in the fridge at home." Creative piece of journalism, that.

[Patrick D'Arcy]

[fancypiper]

I played with Kevin Burke once and I thought he would go to sleep while playing...

[Mike Hulme]

I played with Kevin Burke once and I thought he would go to sleep while playing...

Yes indeed. Had you also noticed how he could change bow direction - even in mid note - if something got in the way of his elbow?

[meemtp]

I read an interview with LOF once....he said that to play the music the way he wants to/feels it requires going into a "zone"...paraphrasing here, but the gist of it was that he goes into his "special place" when playing. That would account for the apparent deadpan aspect that he has when playing. I don;t know what he's like in person though when not buckled in....

[Brazenkane]

credited with having brought an emotional excitement to uilleann pipes

He manages to hold it in very well.....

Tommy

LOL! Brilliant one T!

[rorybbellows]

Just been to the Sol y Sombra in Killorglin ,which happens to be a tapas bar to collect two tickets for thursday .Its actually an old converted church with very high ceilings so I expect the sound to be good !
On the way out I swiped this poster off the wall when nobody was looking .It would look very nice framed and hung in your pratice room,and maybe give you some inspiration in your playing
The first fifty euro secures !!!!
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RORY

[glands]

rorybellows is trying to sell stolen property pertaining to uilleann pipes.

I suggest we vote him off the Chiff and Fipple "island" for despicable behavior.

[djm]

How on earth did he get to be a "founding member of the Chieftains"?

djm

[Roger O'Keeffe]

...and can we thank the same copywriter for "Uileann" on the poster?

Wait a minute - as a first edition containing a printing error, maybe the poster is really worth millions!