Arbutus Yarns

Glen Hansard :: Italy

In April 2013 I was invited on board the good ship Hansard to accompany Glen and his band around Italy for a few days while touring Italy in Europe to promote his debut solo album, Rhythm And Repose. Created over a year and a half while living in New York …

Glaoch :: The President’s Call :: Behind The Scenes

I was asked to make a behind-the-scenes document of some of Ireland’s renowned writers, musicians and singers, as well as emerging artists, gathering at the home of the President of Ireland to make a special programme dedicated to Irish people worldwide. The performances of all the artists were filmed in …

Busking for Simon :: The Greatest Busk on Grafton Street

In The Greatest Busk on Grafton Street, Bono, Glen Hansard, Lisa Hannigan, Sinéad O’Connor, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Declan O’Rourke, Gavin Glass, Steve Wall and lots more for the Christmas celebration on a packed Grafton Street to raise money for homeless charities The Simon Community and the Peter McVerry Trust Myles …

Encounter at the Cello Biënnale

A Film by Myles O’Reilly featuring Ernst Reijseger and music of Trio Reijseger Fraanje Sylla. In 2009 I first watched the film by Werner Herzog ‘Wild Blue Yonder’ and for the first time heard a film score composed by cellist Ernst Reijseger. Recognized for his efforts with jazz drummer Gerry …

The Waterboys :: Spiddal Reunion

There was magic in the air at Park Lodge Hotel in Spiddal on September 2012 as the town welcomed back the legendary Waterboys for two special reunion gigs, which were attended by fans from all over the world. Mike Scott and The Waterboys spent six months in Spiddal in 1988 …

Culture Night :: Dublin 2012

I spent an evening out at Cultutre Night with a runny nose and a headache and this is what I saw. Thanks to Simon O’Neill for backing me up. Featuring the music of Nanu Nanu and the Cantairí Avondale Choir. Featuring music from Nanu Nanu http://nanunanuband.com and the Cantairí Avondale Choir …

PIAS NITES :: DUBLIN

July 21st 2012 saw Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens play host to the first ever Irish [PIAS] Nites. Lisa Hannigan, Other Lives, Cathy Davey and CHAMPS took to the stage to entertain a packed crowd on a gorgeous Dublin summer evening. Filmed at Iveagh Gardens, Dublin on July 21st 2012 For more …

In The Name of Willie Clancy

A unique perspective of Willie Clancy week in Miltown Malbay, Co Clare, through the eyes of Donal Dineen and Myles O’Reilly by invite of Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh and the St.Joseph’s Fiddle School. Our inspiration for this documentary was a film Tony McMahon made of the Fleadh in Listowel, County Kerry in …

James Yorkston :: I Was A Cat From A Book [Full Version]

I Was A Cat From A Book by James Yorkston will be released by Domino on Monday the 13th of August 2012. His first album since 2008′s When The Haar Rolls In, I Was A Cat From A Book finds James playing with a new band comprised of members of …

Drop Everything :: Inis Oírr :: 2012

A film by Myles O’Reilly documenting the Drop Everything free contemporary cultural event on the island of Inis OIrr on the west coast of Ireland in May 2012. Procession footage by Micheal Kelly (Feenish productions). Cameras Myles O’Reilly and Simon O’Neill. Edited by Myles O’Reilly. Participants 2012 :: Soundwalk Collective Sonny …

Lisa Hannigan :: Tour Diary :: The Netherlands

A short film shot and edited by Myles O’Reilly following Lisa Hannigan and her band on a tour of The Netherlands in June 2012. For months, along with many other dedicated online fans, I’ve been following Team Hannigan’s touring adventures via social media, imagining how much fun it must be …

This is How we Fly :: Stockholm

A film by Myles O’Reilly featuring the visual artist Donal Dineen visiting the band ‘This is How we Fly’ recording their debut album in Stockholm, Sweden. This is How we Fly is a contemporary folk band consisting of Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh on fiddle & hardanger fiddle, Seán Mac Erlaine on …

Mick Flannery :: Red to Blue

A short film directed by Myles O’Reilly featuring Mick Flannery about the release of his forthcoming album Red to Blue. Mick Flannery was brought up on a farm outside Blarney, Co. Cork, Ireland. His first real connection to music was watching an unplugged Nirvana coveringBowie’s “The Man Who Sold the World”. …

Gare St Lazare Players Present :: Moby Dick

A short documentary filmed and edited by Myles O’Reilly on the Gare St Lazare Players theatre production of Moby Dick, adapted for stage by Conor Lovett & Judy Hegarty Lovett from the novel by Herman Melville. Music composed and performed by Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh.

The Music Makers :: Instrument Makers of Mayo

The Music Makers is a music and film performance piece celebrating the creativity and skill involved in traditional music-making, from the actual making of musical instruments to the performance of traditional music on those very instruments. In the show, which takes place at the Linenhall Arts Centre Castlebar on November …

As Above So Below :: A Concert in Mitchelstown Caves

Lisa Hannigan, James Vincent McMorrow, Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh and Duke Special all join film-maker Myles O’Reilly and an audience of 300 in the underworld of Mitchelstown Cave for a very special live music event. Directed by Myles O’Reilly. Edited by Myles O’Reilly. Cameras Myles O’Reilly and Simon O’Neill. Sound by Bob …

lisa Hannigan :: Making of Passenger

A short documentary promo directed by Myles O’Reilly following Lisa Hannigan from the conception to the fruition of her sophomore album Passenger.

The Dublin Laptop Orchestra with This is How we Fly

The Dublin Laptop Orchestra perform and collaborate with Caoimhín O’Raghallaigh and This is How we Fly in Smock Alley Dublin on the 11th of December 2011.

Culture Night Dublin :: Temple Bar 2011

A host of events documented by Myles O’Reilly from Culture Night in Dublin’s Temple Bar 2011.

Traz :: The Spirit of Folk Festival

Spirit of Folk is a two-day, family friendly festival running from 21-23 September in the stunning grounds of Dunderry Park, Co Meath. Over the weekend we’ll be rockin’ to some of the finest and freshest acts that folk music has to offer, but we won’t be stopping there – Spirit of Folk is …

Fiddler on Ice :: A Guest in Reykjavik

A short film following Mary Hickson and musicians Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh and Kate Ellis to Iceland to meet with Icelandic band Amiina and visit music producers and recording studios in the capitol of Reykjavik. The first chapter in a project to develop closer relations between artists living in Ireland and Iceland …

Lisa Hannigan :: Recording Diaries :: Recording Passenger

Diary clips of Lisa Hannigan and her band recording the album Passenger in Bryn Derwin Studio, Wales . Filmed and edited by Myles O’Reilly of Arbutus Yarns. .

Julie Feeney :: New York

Julie Feeney performs live for one night in New York City, accompanied by her band Dan Bodwell, Eugene Ginty, Simon Menin, Cormac DeBarra, David Baranowski, Jenny Dowdall, Lisa Dowdall and Jane Hilliard. Filmed and edited by Myles O’Reilly.

Julie Feeney :: Paris

Julie Feeney performs live for one night in Paris, France, accompanied by her band Dan Bodwell, Kira Deegan, Jenny Dowdall, Lisa Dowdall and Jane Hilliard. Filmed and edited by Myles O’Reilly.

Donal Dineen and the dawning of ‘Parish’

Featuring Donal Dineen, Liam Ó Maonlai and Niwel Tsumbu. Edited by Myles O’Reilly. Gig footage: Stephen Mogerley and Myles O’Reilly. Rehearsal Footage: Myles O’Reilly. Extra editing by Ian Cudmore

Lisa Hannigan :: Passenger Recording Diaries :: Pre-Production

In August 2010 (just after purchasing for the first time a Canon 7D camera with the retro 50mm Nikon lens that I use to shoot everything to this day) Lisa Hannigan asked me to begin to document the very early stages of writing and demoing her album Passenger. It was …

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