Paddy O’Brien Named 2012 TG4 Irish Traditional Composer

Ireland’s Irish language television station TG4, has honored Offaly-born button accordion icon Paddy O’Brien with its Gradam Ceoil Traditional Composer of the Year Award. Paddy joins a long list of Irish traditional music luminaries with this honor, including previous winners Paddy Fahy, Vincent Broderick, Charlie Lennon, Peadar Ó Riada, and Liz Carroll.

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O’Rourke’s Feast Concert ~ February 28

January 23, 2012 ~ O’ROURKE’S FEAST, a new Irish traditional music ensemble led by button accordion legend Paddy O’Brien, will offer a concert at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at Olivet Congregational Church, 1850 Iglehart Avenue in Saint Paul. Admission for the concert is $15 for adults; $10 for students and seniors.

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Ceoltóirí Laighean – CNUAS

A 2-CD collection featuring the best of Ceoltoiri Laighean. Among their members were some of the very finest individual performers of Irish traditional music and song. But they are even more important as a group, for the ideal they represent, blending their talents in the lively expression of a noble tradition.

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Paddy O’Brien Tune Collection-Volume Two

Paddy O’Brien of County Offaly, the All-Ireland accordion champion renowned as one of the most powerful and passionate players of Irish traditional music today, has released a second volume of his historic recording project, The Paddy O’Brien Tune Collection. Over the past half-century, O’Brien has earned a reputation as a walking encyclopedia of Irish traditional music; according to conservative estimates, he carries in his head more than 3,000 Irish melodies.

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