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Offaly accordion legend Paddy O’Brien joined ITMA Director Liam O’Connor in our studios to conduct an interview for ITMA’s Saoithe interview series.
Paddy talked about his musical life, playing in Offaly, Dublin and America. He also spoke about his tune collections and some of his own compositions.
The episode will be posted online in the coming months. In the meantime, you can catch up with all past editions of Saoithe here: https://youtube.com/playlist?l…
Coming all the way from America, piper, flute and whistle player Seán Gavin visited the archive this past month. After spending a day researching in the building, Seán sat down for a video interview for the archive, where he discussed his background in Irish traditional music and the music of Kevin Henry, one of his biggest mentors and influences.
