Welcome to my website! It’s proved to be a snowy winter here in Minnesota — which I like! The Altan autumn US tour was a great success, and now we have another US tour coming up — 9th of March to 29th — again with Clare Friel as special guest — it was wonderful to have her on the last trip. I seem to be travelling more again these days — I was in Ireland over the New Year, playing and teaching in Donegal (including a special Skara Brae concert) and I was just in Quebec doing some filming for a documentary that will be shown on CBC and tg4. This involved conversations with some very interesting Canadian musicians and was quite an adventure — more to come on that project with trips to Ireland and back to Canada again in the coming months. AND a Trian gig coming up at the end of July! We will be performing at the Lowell Folk Festival in Massachusetts. Trian gigs are always special! See you anon!
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“Lost River, Vol. 1” is the long-awaited second song album of Dáithí Sproule. Featuring songs in Irish and English, exquisitely arranged and accompanied on guitar, the album includes guest performances by Seamus McGuire, Peter Ostroushko, Tom Schaefer, Randal Bays, Liz Carroll, Billy McComiskey, Danielle Enblom, Laura MacKenzie, John Wright, Dean Magraw, James Kelly, Paddy O’Brien, and Altan. (more…)
Courses
At Center for Irish Music in St. Paul
Fall Session 2023
- Online classes:
- Songs of Eddie Butcher
- Irish Myths & Legends
- Irish Poetry in Translation
- In-Person classes
- Session Playing
- Singing Irish Traditional Songs Together
- Individual lessons (in-person or online)
Summer Session 2023
- Singing Traditional Irish Songs Together
- Individual lessons
Spring Session 2023
- Online classes:
- Iconic Traditional Bands
- Irish Traditional Songs and their Relatives
- Songs of Skara Brae
- Singers and their Songs
- Uisce Gorm - Tuesday Night Adult Ensemble (in person)
- Individual lessons (online and/or in person)