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Learning the Irish Tin Whistle Explore our curated list of tin whistle tutorials for beginners. Whether you need the comprehensive Essential Guide or Tom Maguire’s classic method, we provide the technical insights and tunes you nee...

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Yahoo - I've eliminated plastic from shop packaging! The vast majority of orders are shipped in padded envelopes made from ♻️ paper, with paper labels stuck down w/ adhesive. No more plastic envelopes & loads of tape.

Some large orders may still see reused air-pillows as I work through the supply.

Free Shipping with in the US on orders over $60. The logo for Ossian USA, a medieval harper, with some motion lines.

That's like 3 albums, or one hefty tune collection. Whoa.

Taobh na Mara 2023 Taobh na Mara Céilí Band was formed in 2017 by a group of friends, who down through the years have played together at fleadhanna and festivals throughout the country. Although based in Dungarvan,...

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10 musicians sit in chairs on the beach with their instruments. They are dressed in green suits and dresses. The album name is "Taobh na Mara"

Where are my ceili band folks at? The debut album from the young band, Taobh na Mara, is available on the website

Now live on ITMA's website is an accompanying podcast for Pádraic Mac Mathúna's June playlist. The podcast features Brendan Dolan and Brian Conway fondly remembering Felix as a person, musician and supporter of Irish music. Listen to the full podcast and playlist: www.itma.ie/playlists/pa...

A woman with a red multi-colored dress sits with a harp on one end of a blue sofa. On the other end is a woman with a blue dress holding a fiddle. They are in St Louis's Union station, in front of a golden archway, surrounded by green tile.

"The Belles of St. Louis" (2025). Eileen Gannon and Eimear Arkins. This one launched at Catskills Irish Arts Week, and it was a hot item at the Ossian tent. We have a few copies left. DM or check the website.

Last Chance! Everyone is welcome at Simply durham cottages. Books and Cds for slae. Play some tunes. We'll provide tea and cold drinks.

We're wrapping up our time in the Catskills today (Saturday)!

Three musicians sit with their backs to the camera, while children play in the grass in front of a white popup tent.

The weather has taken a delightful change for the cooler! Please join us at the Ossian tent for hot tea (or a cold beverage) and a tune!

Simply Durham Cottages

2146 NY-145, East Durham, NY 12423

We're slinging books and CDs at Simply Durham Cottages during Catskills Irish Arts Week. Everyone welcome. 11-4:30ish through Saturday. 2146 NY-145, East Durham, NY 12423

River Jam - Biddeford, Maine We'll have a vendor's tent set up at River Jam, on Saturday, Aug 16 in Biddeford. It should be a fun day of music along the Saco River - come on down and say 'hello'!

We'll see you at River Jam, Saturday August 16! Come say 'hello' and grab an album, book, or maybe both

Hand holding stack of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, and Balzac books in front of a bookstore

Vinyl records and CDs in a used record store

Records for Dave Brubeck Quartet and Grande Corps Malada

It's all about physical media, baby.

Hyperfixating on the classics: Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, & Balzac (in the original French, ofc)

Also grabbed records from Dave Brubeck & one of my favorite French artists, Grande Corps Malade

#seattle #books #booksky #reading #literature #french #music

Beyond the Bellows and the Bow by Aoibheann and Pamela Queally - as analyzed at irishtune.info Complete and corrected contents and information about this album, including tune identifications of mistitled and unidentified tunes.

You can hear their sisterhood in their matching performances and their Clare origins in their tasty repertoire. With a very nice lift in their jigs and a definite modernity in their reels.

Life hack: Buy only Irish butter and use it like cheese. Lay it on in slabs; lay it on with a trowel.

Summer Plans See you in East Durham, NY for the Catskills Irish Arts Week. We'll be there July 17-20 with items for sale at Simply Durham Cottages.

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We'll be Catskills Irish Arts Week next month, with some goods. Exact location TBD.

#Irishtraditionalmusic fam, what festivals are you all going to this year?

We're stocking up on books and CDs for music festival season! Albums, tune collections, tutorials, and more... ossianusa.com

We've got most of the St Louis crew's recordings at the shop!

The dream is still alive, for now, in the Irish Alps

WIOX Radio - 91.3 FM

Another morning of Traditional Irish music on WIOX Radio out of the Catskills. They're spinning some albums we recently supplied them www.wioxradio.org

It's almost festival season, which means it's time to hit the tunebooks to brush up on a weird version of a common tune so the folks ask you, "where'd you get that setting?" We got you covered at ossianusa.com

Traditional Irish Music Arranged for Harp - Full Collection Ossian USA - Irish & Scottish Music in Print, Sound and Vision

We recently got both volumes of Gràinne Hambly's Traditional Irish Music Arranged for Harp in the shop. $22 each volume, or get both for $40. DM us or find it here ossianusa.com/products/tra...

The background remover in the photo editor gave us this happy little accident and we're rolling with it for the socials.

John Wynne's solo albums now available in the shop - With Every Breath (2000) and Like the Wind (2009). ossianusa.com/john-wynne

A photo of a row of homes illuminated on the front by a street light and dark on the side. The homes are reflected in a puddle in the street.

We're putting on some twin fiddle music this morning 🎻🎻 ossianusa.com/products/bri...

We're playing this album released last year by our friends in Vermont. It's free and awesome, by the way. #Irish #irishtraditionalmusic montpeliervermonttraditionalirishsession.bandcamp.com/album/the-wi...

Flute & Fiddle - Caoimhín Ó Fearghail & Paddy Tutty Tracks: Ambrose Moloney's / Support From America No.1   Tapping Toes / Fr. Kelly's Farewell   McGettrick's   An Londubh / The Ballyoran   Gerdie Commane's / Paddy Seán Nancy's / Miss Lyons'   The Wick...

Caoimhín Ó Fearghail & Paddy Tutty - Flute and Fiddle (2018). Back in stock and on the website! (And also Trump Tax free.)

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Available on the website, duty-free, along with Marsh's book "111 Original Irish Music Compositions"