Céilí dance music. Playing for dancers requires a different energy than listening tunes.

Fleadh Cheoil competition preparation. The pressure of competitive traditional music.

The history of Irish music through famine, emigration, and revival.

Workshop recording: Building a set of tunes from scratch.

Ornamentation tutorial: Rolls, cuts, and crans that define the Irish style.

Year in music: Sessions attended, tunes learned, and the tradition carried forward.

New tune composition inspired by the West Cork coastline. Melody for subscribers.

How I build my setlists. There's actually a science to the song order.

Studio session gone wrong turned into my best creative accident yet.

Recording traditional tunes in a stone cottage. The reverb is natural and perfect.