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Two excerpts have been added to the Folklore and more page of Martin Doyle’s web site. In May of this year, Martin Doyle featured on a BBC Radio 4 program entitled Sounding Post which was produced by Nina Perry.
Nina Perry takes a musical journey tracing the wood used in making musical instruments back to the forest, from an Irish flute maker and a Los Angeles-based guitarist to the Mpingo Conservation Project in Tanzania. More here…
Unfortunately Sounding Post is not currently available online. The two excerpts that have been added to Martin’s web site feature Martin talking about flute making and playing music on a ‘fresh off the lathe’ flute. The tune Martin plays is called Na Ceannabháin Bhána. Here is a version of the same tune played by the late Kitty Hayes (Concertina) and Peter Laban (Uilleann Pipes). Recorded in May 2008 at Miltown Malbay, Co Clare. Kitty and Peter actually play two slip jigs – Na Ceannabháin Bhána and Hardiman the Fiddler.
Born in Dublin, Ireland, Martin Doyle grew up in the seaside town of Bray in County Wicklow. One of four children in a family with music in their blood, Martin was influenced and inspired by his mothers melodious singing from a very early age – learning songs that have stayed with him to this day. Read more: About Martin Doyle.
