Mick O'Brien & Caoimhin O Raghallaigh

[lconole]

Smashing stuff chaps. Just beautiful.

[rawrzo4rz]

update: i've listened through deadly buzz about 17 times. it's still just as good as the first time i went through it. if you don't own this cd and you claim to be an irish music buff kindly make your way to their page and buy two copies for yourself and a friend.

[Ceoladh1]

@Goober650 The new album is out its called "Deadly Buzz".

[JANDAR69]

wowwwwwwwwwww just love this music

[gcpropertymanagement]

Smart music for smart people. Thanks for this video.

[Lisnageeragh]

Bb vs C any views on tone colouring / tune modes/ timbre / melodic contrasts? ....

[arjantjeee]

whoo the hardingfele and pipes together!!! greatly played!!

[DJFozter]

divine

[Lisnageeragh]

@DJFozter These guys are excellent ...tuneful , good intonation, imaginative without destroying the music, good use of ornaments , harmony ...and prepared to experiment somewhat.

[Goober650]

When are you going to put out a new album lads? I'm sufferin' withdrawal symptoms!

[sacredsong]

@Goober650 kitty lie over is probably my all time favorite trad. album easily.

[boatpiper]

Gimme the B-flat every time. Hardanger fiddle and B-flat pipes, lovely. It's the nyaaa. So lovely.

[boxplayer2]

mick is my favorite piper...i just wish that he'd play a set of pipes tuned in "C" rather the"Bb" set.

incredible playing :)

[topgun1863]

I much prefer this performance to the one on Kitty Lie Over for some reason

[58853]

the tune is called teampaill an gleantain its on their album "Kitty lie over" Track 2

[cwildeky]

Thank you! Good to know.

[cwildeky]

This one gets 10 stars.

[fastabulus]

astonishing...what kind of fiddle is that?

[isabellanakahara]

Looks like a Hardanger fiddle. I think they are Swedish in origin.

[boxplayer2]

its actually german. i looked up caoimhin o raghallaigh nd it sed he kept a german hardanger fidle.

[isabellanakahara]

Ah, ok... great! Thanks for that info!

[graineag]

Hardanger fiddles are NORWEGIAN. I've met Caoimhín, and he's very interested in a lot of Norwegian fiddle music, hence his getting a Hardanger fiddle for himself.

He says that he likes to play it along with the whistle due to its very bright tone.

[Otaku155]

Actually, its a Norse instrument, but you were pretty close.

[Otaku155]

Oh God I love the Hardanger fiddle!!! Wish I had one!

[alpino262]

is the truth that Mick has played with the Dubliners?

[thepiper84]

The Hardanger fiddle is cool.

[sacredsong]

what is the name of the jig? (the second tune)

[cwildeky]

I believe it's a slip jig called "The Foxhunters." It might sound different than the versions you find because Mick is playing it on a flat set of pipes here (B, I think?). Good luck.

[Cavanpiper]

not the foxhunters

[zoukboy2007]

It's called "The Humours of Derrycrossane". I know it in G, but they are playing it in D, except that those are "flat" pipes pitched in B, so it's in B.

[edelahaye]

@zoukboy2007 Bb, actually, according to the international ABC noation.

(OK, in Germany, B is Bb and H is natural B)

[sacredsong]

@edelahaye really??

[JonnyTTV]

mat gut

[kevin04scotland]

gle mhath.

Alba agus Eirinn gu brath -

[urikadoori]

...and Norway! (Hardanger fiddle)

[paidushko]

נודניק...

[RuailleBuaille16]

great tunes! caoimhin is an amazing fiddler!!

[isabellanakahara]

This is absolutely wonderful!  Love it! Thank you!

[noranifhlannagain]

Níos fearr ná go h-íontach! Beidh sé seo á sheinm sna flaithis nuair a imíom. Tá usáid an Hardanger fiddle leis na píobaí uillinn dochreidthe álainn.

[pipewatcher]

taim cinnte

[smacclutch]

some of the best music in the world... Tá sé go h-iontach, nach bhfuil?

[cwildeky]

I think this one needs six stars. :-)

[pipewatcher]

on a scale of 1-10 this is a 100000000000

[shankandbrisket]

Excellent! Thanks for posting.

[Gambissimo]

Caoimhin plays a Norwegian Hardingfela. And it would go really well with the b flat chanter. A lot of the Norwegian hardingfela tunes are in b flat, I think. I don´t play the instrument myself and I can´t recall the tuning of it now. Maybe some hardingfela player can assist?

[urikadoori]

The Hardingfele has many tunings. The most widely used is ADAE (from the bottom string), which is often transposed much higher (BEBF# and CFCG are common). Caoimhin's fiddle is tuned AEAE and is transposed and sounds BF#BF# (this tuning is not uncommon in Norway). I've never heard Irish music played on a Hardingfele, but I think it sounds wonderful here.

[SeanMcCarthyPiper]

Top Pipemakers. Micks are Froment/Rowsome

Alain Froment

Geoff Woeff

Cillian O'Briain

Benedict Koehler & Dave Quinn

[pearse93]

does anyone know any top uilleann pipe makers

[sacredsong]

my god that's a low chanter, it must be in G or something maybe C#.

[seisflutes]

It's Mick's B set, I believe.

[pearse93]

it is in B flat

[seisflutes]

Oh yes...I should have thought to actually check!

[sacredsong]

yeah it is Bb haha.

Get their duet CD if you like this!!

"Kitty Lie Over"

[90dan]

you lads are marvles musicans I loved the tunes you played

[jerryhollandjr]

Real good stuff guys!Enjoyed very much! Thanks

[smythm8]

fantastic playing by both mick and caoimhin

spent many saturdays being though music by mick's wife

[Leiouekairna]

Woah... How many strings are on that fiddle?... Nice playing too

[noxiousdow]

Watch the vid and you'll see the name come up on the screen.

[craigjamescrawford]

Great tunes.whats the name of the first one??

[noxiousdow]

Wow, that was fantastic. The name of the 2nd tune doesn't come up on the screen, but it's the Humours Of Derrycrossane.

[muntoidprime]

i had no idea will self was such a good fiddle player

[shinobi02]

two amazing musicians making two amazing pieces of music...

[cwildeky]

Perfect. Just perfect. <happy sigh>

[Ptarmi]

That's one flat topped bridge Caoimhin is using on that beautiful Hardanger Fiddle!

Gorgeous Music!