Sliabh Na Mban - Music

Liam O'Flynn Irish Liam Ó Floinn 15 April 1945 – 14 March 2018 Was An Irish Uilleann Piper And Irish Traditional Musician. In Addition To A Solo Career And His Work With The Group Planxty In 1972 O'Flynn Co-Founded The Irish Traditional Music Group Planxty O'Flynn Recorded With Many International Musical Artists Including Christy Moore Dónal Lunny Andy Irvine Kate Bush Mark Knopfler The Everly Brothers Emmylou Harris Mike Oldfield Mary Black Enya And Sinéad O'Connor. O'Flynn Was Acknowledged As Ireland's Foremost Exponent Of The Uilleann Pipes And Brought The Music Of The Instrument To A Worldwide Audience. In 2007 O'Flynn Was Named Musician Of The Year At The TG4 Gradam Ceoil Awards Considered To Be The Foremost Recognition Given To Traditional Irish Musicians. He Was Born In 1945 In Kill County Kildare To Musical Parents. His Father Was A Teacher And Fiddle Player. His Mother Who Came From A Family Of Musicians From Clare Played And Taught Piano. From An Early Age O'Flynn Showed Musical Talent And Was Encouraged To Pursue His Interest In The Uilleann Pipes By The Piper Tom Armstrong. At The Age Of 11 He Began Taking Classes With Leo Rowsome. He Was Also Influenced By Willie Clancy And Séamus Ennis. In The 1960s He Began To Receive Recognition Of His Talent Winning Prizes At The Oireachtas Festival And The Fleadh Cheoil. During His Early Years He Was Sometimes Billed As Liam Óg Ó Floinn. In 1972 O'Flynn Co-Founded The Irish Traditional Music Group Planxty And Remained A Member Throughout The Band's Various Incarnations. While Seán Ó Riada And The Chieftains Had Reinvigorated Irish Traditional Instrumental Music In An Ensemble Format During The 1960s Planxty Built On That Foundation And Took It One Step Further. They Brought A Punch And Vitality To Acoustic Music That Drew Heavily On O'Flynn's Piping Virtuosity. As O'Flynn Grew In His Skill As A Musician And As He Began To Meet Pipers Like Willie Clancy And Seamus Ennis He Became Acutely Aware Of His Position In The Tradition Of Piping. His Subsequent Close Friendship With Seamus Ennis Which Started As A Master/pupil Relationship Taught Him That There Was Much More To Being A Piper Than Playing Tunes. Liam Noted "Seamus Ennis Gave Me Much More Than A Bag Of Notes." When I'm Playing I'm Certainly Lost Within It. The Only Way To Describe It Is That It's Like Looking Inwards. I Think When A Performer Engages With The Audience And Vice Versa It's Like A Spell Is Cast And A Terrific Passage Of Feelings Moves From The Musician To The Audience And Back Again. Following The Break-Up Of Planxty In 1983 O'Flynn Found Work As A Session Musician With Such Prominent Artists As The Everly Brothers Enya Kate Bush Nigel Kennedy Rita Connolly And Mark Knopfler. He Also Worked On Film Scores Including Kidnapped 1979 And A River Runs Through It 1992 . He Was Adventurous Enough To Work With Avant-Garde Composer John Cage But His Most Natural Alliance Was With Neo-Romantic Composer Shaun Davey. The Bothy Band Were Natural Successors To The Original Planxty And One Of Its Members Matt Molloy Who Subsequently Joined The Chieftains Played With The Chieftains' Fiddler Seán Keane On O'Flynn's Album The Piper's Call Which Was Performed In The 1999 Proms Season At The Royal Albert Hall. He Also Worked On Projects With Seamus Heaney Mixing Poetry With Music. His Name Is Mentioned In The Song "Lisdoonvarna" By Christy Moore. O'Flynn Died On 14 March 2018 After A Long Illness. Discography Solo Albums
Liam O'Flynn 1988 The Fine Art Of Piping 1991 Out To An Other Side 1993 The Given Note 1995 The Piper's Call 1999 With Christy Moore
Prosperous 1972 Ordinary Man By Christy Moore 1985 With Planxty
Planxty 1973 The Well Below The Valley 1973 Cold Blow And The Rainy Night 1974 The Planxty Collection 1974 Compilation After The Break 1979 The Woman I Loved So Well 1980 Words And Music 1983 Planxty/Live 2004 CD/DVD 2004 Between The Jigs And The Reels A Retrospective CD/DVD 2016 With Andy Irvine
Fifth Irish Folk Festival Compilation 1978 Rainy Sundays... Windy Dreams 1980 Way Out Yonder 2000 Changing Trains 2007 Abocurragh 2010 Andy Irvine/70th Birthday Concert At Vicar St 2012 2014 With Shaun Davey
The Brendan Voyage 1980 The Pilgrim 1983 Granuaile 1985 The Relief Of Derry Symphony 1990 May We Never Have To Say Goodbye 2006 Voices From The Merry Cemetery 2010 With Kate Bush
The Dreaming 1982 Hounds Of Love 1985 With Mark Knopfler
Cal Film Soundtrack By Mark Knopfler 1984 Golden Heart By Mark Knopfler 1995 With Enya
Enya By Enya 1987 The Celts By Enya 1987 Shepherd Moons By Enya 1991 With Seamus Heaney
The Poet & The Piper 2003 With Other Artists
The Rambles Of Kitty Ceoltas 1966 Celtic Folkweave By Mick Hanly And Mícheál Ó Domhnaill 1974 Kidnapped By Vladimir Cosma 1978 Born Yesterday By The Everly Brothers 1985 The Emigrant Suite By Charlie Lennon 1985 Notes From My Mind By Séamus Connolly 1988 Best Of Irish Folk Festival 1988 Compilation Best Of Irish Folk Festival Vol 2 1989 Compilation Jig In Style By Seán Keane 1990 Brand New Dance By Emmylou Harris 1990 The Field Film Soundtrack By Elmer Bernstein 1990 My Special Child By Sinéad O'Connor 1991 Bringing It All Back Home 1991 Compilation Out Of Court By Maire Casey & Chris Newman 1991 No Dowry By Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill 1991 A River Runs Through It Film Soundtrack By Mark Isham 1992 Rita Connolly By Rita Connolly 1992 The Seville Suite By Bill Whelan 1992 Fire Aflame By Matt Molloy Seán Keane And Liam O'Flynn 1992 Mercury Years By The Everly Brothers 1993 Compilation Idir Dhá Chomhairle In Two Minds By Aine Ui Cheallaigh 1995 Voyager By Mike Oldfield 1996 Sult Compilation 1996 We Wont Go Home Till Morning By Brendan Begley 1997 Kashmir The Symphonic Led Zeppelin By The London Philharmonic Orchestra 1997 Finisterres By Dan Ar Braz 1997 With Friends Like These By James Keane 1998 Os Amores Libres By Carlos Núñez 1999 Bilbao Oo Oh By Kepa Junkera 1999 Speaking With Angels By Mary Black 2000 Volume 3 Further In Time By Afro Celt Sound System 2001 Journey The Best Of Dónal Lunny By Dónal Lunny 2001 The Girls Won't Leave The Boys Alone By Cherish The Ladies 2001 To Shorten The Winter By Tommy Sands 2001 Blue Idol By Altan 2002 An Dealg Óir By Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin 2002 read less