It hasn’t always had a place in orchestral music, but since the 19th century composers like Ravel and Debussy have been in love with the instrument and its unique, resonant sound. The modern concert ...
At one point, Armstrong states that Irish harping was ‘the high point of Gaelic musical culture for over 900 years’ and Creedon says that there is ‘something regal’ about the instrument.
"It's got people interested again in traditional Irish music." Matthew said social media ... young people may feel it is uncool to play an instrument but it's important that they keep learning.
That's a folk group, that performed largely vocal-less Irish traditional music while sitting down and whose image was largely 'guys in the back corner of a pub', beating some of the biggest groups ...