Welcome

Welcome to this dark little corner of the Internet. I hope to shed a little light on the mighty little piccolo as used in traditional music. My interest in the subject come from my general interest in the flute in Irish music and in particular in the music of the 78 rpm era when little beast held its own with concert flutes, melodeons, fiddles, and pipes.  I love the punchy style captured on these recordings. This little space is dedicated to the players of that era and to John Doonan.

Here are two tracks from the Internet Archive 

John McNulty playing with McConnell's Four Leaf Shamrock Orchestra, 1924

Lovely drive here. The pic pulsing above the fiddle and the nice bit of doubling (or is it tripling here?) on the melody by the piano player.

Paddy Finlay playing with the great Micheal Coleman, 1927

The second jig is the now ubiquitous Kesh, called Kerrigan's here.

Special thanks to KR