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Due to the pandemic I moved all my filmmaking activites to a Patreon account. Arbutus Yarns is no longer butContinue Reading
The early works of music documentarian Myles O'Reilly.
Due to the pandemic I moved all my filmmaking activites to a Patreon account. Arbutus Yarns is no longer butContinue Reading
Due to the pandemic I moved all my filmmaking activites to a Patreon account. Arbutus Yarns is no longer butContinue Reading
Your patronage is truly a wonderful thing. While all my music videographer colleagues are sweating it, (filming millions of musiciansContinue Reading
I’m very proud to have collaborated with the inimitable Scottish folk singer and songwriter James Yorkston for this month’s film.Continue Reading
This month I want introduce to you to a project that has been slowly building and gathering strength since theContinue Reading
This is a real treat. I managed to escape the pale to visit the extraordinary medieval town of Clonmel forContinue Reading
This is a Patreon funded video. Please consider helping me to help more musicians like Eoghan be represented in thisContinue Reading
Let me introduce Niamh Bury. Last year I took a journey by boat to the Irish island of Arranmore, toContinue Reading
This is a Patreon funded video. Please consider helping me to help more musicians like Eoghan be represented in thisContinue Reading
Niamh Bury is a folk singer from Ireland. Little is known about her on the Internet, so very proud toContinue Reading
Anna Mieke sings her song Warped Window live from a dockyard in Dublin. From her debut album ‘Idle Mind’ :Continue Reading
The ancient festival of Samhain, corresponding to modern day Halloween, was one of the most important events on the CelticContinue Reading
Ten years ago I got a phone call from the great Adrian Crowley asking if I had a car, whichContinue Reading
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What a glorious thing, to find music online that’s make me happy, then afford the time to actually plant myselfContinue Reading
In this episode Donal Dineen travels in the footsteps of the legendary ethnomusicologist and archivist Alan Lomax to a remoteContinue Reading
A tear-jerker scene from the musical feature ‘Come On Up To The House’, in which the audience attending a GlenContinue Reading
The Ocelots perform their song ‘Colours In The Dark’ live from a rooftop in Stoneybatter, Dublin. If you have watchedContinue Reading
In september 2019, Canadian Blues singer Kalyna Rakel finished a European tour by visiting Ireland to play two shows atContinue Reading
Journey to beautiful Sardinia through the music of Tenore Cuncordu Orosei in collaboration with Ernst Reijseger. The full 24 minuteContinue Reading
Only a few weeks ago I received a text from the wee legend that is Brían Mac Gloinn, stating thatContinue Reading
Radie Peat performs ‘My Bonny Boy’ live for This Ain’t No Disco. The acclaimed music program is returning for aContinue Reading
Saileog and Muireann Ní Cheannabháin perform the Sean Nos song Uileacán Dubh Ó, on Maghermore Beach in Co.Wicklow for theContinue Reading
Taken from the short film Seven Songs On Six Islands. To view the full film visit https://www.patreon.com/posts/28796405 to consider makingContinue Reading
Ernst Reijseger performs an improvised piece at the 4000 year old ‘Drombeg’ Stone Circle, situated in the very beautiful surroundingsContinue Reading