“Sing us a wee song Jack, would ye?” I asked Jack Warnock, a fantastic young traditional musician who’d joined us for the Hearth session.  “No problem, what were you thinking?” …

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“That was a wee moment in history David!” said my mate.  “You’re gonna have to start charging an entry fee!” said another.  I was both delighted and emotional…

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“That was brilliant David!” said my mate Phil Hart (who’s a fantastic finger picking guitarist).  I’m not a proper singer, but I’d just got up and sung “Will ye go lassie go?”…

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I’d plucked up the courage to step into the Garrick with my pipes on a bustling Friday evening.  The Garrick’s a wonderful old Belfast bar with a great reputation for serious, quality, high-end trad…

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Traditional music has also always been one of my great loves, but I only started trying to play it relatively recently. I made the mistake of falling in love a while ago with the uilleann pipes and I’m still trying to wrestle them to the ground…

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