The following are some good sources of tin whistle and flute playing. Bear in
mind that this list is not exhaustive; it's just a few off the top of my head.
Tin Whistle:
- Mary Bergin (the reigning queen of whistle playing)
- Sean Ryan (great tongued triplets)
- Sean Smyth (also plays a mean fiddle)
- Micho Russell
- Vinnie Kilduff
- Cathal McConnell (solo or with The Boys of the Lough)
- The Chieftains
- Capercaillie (their whistle player, Marc Duff, plays recorder and has
great tonguing technique)
- The Tannahill Weavers
- Battlefield Band
- Joanie Madden (of Cherish the Ladies)
- Frankie Gavin (solo or with De Dannann)
- Larry Nugent (Northern player with great tonguing)
Flute:
- Matt Molloy (solo, or with The Chieftains or The Bothy Band)
- Frankie Kennedy (of Altan)
- Cathal McConnell (solo or with The Boys of the Lough)
- Conal O'Grada (great, energetic, punchy style)
- Seamus Egan (solo or with Solas)
- Frankie Gavin (solo or with De Dannann)
- Kevin Crawford
- Grey Larsen
- Michael McGoldrick
- Paul McGrattan
- Emer Mayock
- Chris Norman
- Joanie Madden (with Cherish the Ladies)
- Larry Nugent
Additional Comments:
Posted by Mike Lynch on 4/3/2002:
Spider stacy of the Pogues has some great tin whislte parts in almoost all of ther songs. I have found these songs to be the most fun ones to play.
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