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Ronan Browne - piper, fluter & composer |
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| Location: | Galway |
| Country: |  Ireland |
| Last Login: | May 23, 2008 (572 days back) |
About Me |
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At the tender age of seven, I was told I was to play the uilleann pipes. Not knowing anyone else my age doing that at the time, I was quite surprised and not terribly enthusiastic. Over three decades later I am a very happy lad indeed. I have close friends the world over and have visited every continent except Antarctica – all thanks to a little bag of sticks, seven reeds and some very smart parents! I was taken under the various wings of the old masters who showed me quickly what was nice - and what wasn’t! While my heart is most definitely set on playing old flat pitch uilleann pipes (often with Peter O'Loughlin), I love to throw myself headlong into anything new which comes along. I have been involved in over 75 album recordings since my first venture into the studio in 1982 and have collaborated with many top artists playing traditional Irish music, classical, pop, jazz and country. As well as playing pipes, flute and whistle, I make up tunes for film and television all on my own, creating strange (and sometimes very loud) sounds on computers in my recording studio An Tubar Fuaime. My music has appeared in many Hollywood films including Circle of Friends, Rob Roy, The Secret of Roan Inish and The Gangs of New York. To non-musicians I am best known for my membership of the diminutive cult super-group CRAN and as the original piper with both Riverdance and the Afro Celt Sound System. I live in Conamara in the west of Ireland in a lovely bright dry house with my partner, son and daughter, some small wild cats, a few foxes and pheasants, a huge heron and a herd of hares. It has recently been put about that I may be the tallest Leprechaun in the world, almost twice the height of Ireland’s smallest piper! I like to eat ice cream and to go flippering in the sea on hot days. |
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Music:Member Since: 11/2/2006Band Website: myspace.com/cranmusic Band Members:
- some interesting early versions of quite a few of us... Cormac Breathnach, Damien Quinn, Me, Gerry (Banjo) O'Connor, Steve White, Steve Cooney and Niall O Callanáin playing Steve Cooney's "Andes Tune" Urban Air with Jerry Douglas and Donald Shaw from TS2 Influences:MacCrimmon's Lament - Martyn Bennett Martyn was a ray of light who I only met once, in Brest in the mid 90's at an AfroCelt gig when we shared a stage together. He warmed my life up that night. I never met him again but I have never stopped listening to his music. The brightest stars are often taken too soon - if there is a god, it must be a very cross one, to take Martyn away when he was having so much fun. Sounds Like: ...then you must learn the Truckley-Howl the poor aul Picts: Record Label: Claddagh Records Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Folk / Experimental / Alternative) |
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My Blog |
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A New Home for James |
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| The union, grand union and uilleann piper, Ronan Browne recently received a legacy of one of the oldest working sets of Irish pipes in existence. They are a James Kenna of Ballinacarrigy set of early ... Posted by Ronan Browne on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:51:00 PST |
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James on the web... |
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| http://www.myspace.com/jameskennapipes Posted by Ronan Browne on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:57:00 PST |
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CRAN on MySpace |
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| At last!I've put up a CRAN page.Please pass on the news.If anyone knows a good opt-in email list, I'd love to know - I'm looking for a way to keep in contact with people re. CRAN gigs and news but the... Posted by Ronan Browne on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 01:08:00 PST |
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GIG - Ronan Browne & Peter O'Loughlin Friday 26th January 2007 | Project Arts Centre - 8pm |
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| Friday 26th January 2007 | Project Arts Centre - 8pm Ronan Browne & Peter O'Loughlin, Cathal McConnell, Kevin GlackinWe'll be doing a concert as part of the Temple Bar "TRAD" Festival - I hate... Posted by Ronan Browne on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:27:00 PST |
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Video RB POL & Willie Kelly Apr 2006 |
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| CBC Philly Apr. 2006... Posted by Ronan Browne on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 02:04:00 PST |
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Video - Peter O'Loughlin My Love is in America & Rakish Paddy |
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| From The Commodore Barry Club April 2006 ... Posted by Ronan Browne on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 01:53:00 PST |
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Video - RB POL Philly Apr. 2006 (30 secs) |
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| Commodore Barry Club for Frank Dalton... Posted by Ronan Browne on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 01:56:00 PST |
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Video - April 3rd 1991 (High Cringe-Factor) |
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| ...everyone very cool and grooving all over the place while yours-truly felt like a total glump! ... Posted by Ronan Browne on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 06:55:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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CRAN, Irish Weddings, Doris Norris, James Kenna, Ceide, Song for Tara - free download, el musico inepto, Harmonic Sound, The Echo, Useless Beggar, Paul Kelly, Sonic Innovation, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Anoushka Shankar and Karsh Kale, CaMoZzi - photographer, Afro Celt Sound System, Con Kelleher Photographer., Pat D'Arcy, Andrey Vinogradov (Russian hurdy-gurdy tunes), Lieve Photography, John McGlynn, Fritz Heede, garth, ANUNA, Mary McPartlan, Chakratronic, Roisin Elsafty, Íse, Maura O'Connell, SUPERJAN, Liam Ó Maonlaí Profile, Sharon Shannon, Laoise Kelly, Harry Bradley, Kevin Doherty, Vera Jazmin, Philip Begley, Margaret Stewart, moon-eyes, ROLAND BECKER, Eigil, Irish, Backline Photography, The Scuttlers, Ciarán Ó Maonaigh & Aidan O’Donnell, LINEAGE, McNando, Kevin The Almighty Overlord and Ruler of the Zerg, Martina, frederick carrilho, Lydwen, Emmanuel Férel, An Tairseach, Miki, CALOU, eclipse sound, Christophe, Anita Bekkelund, Fil Campbell, Peter Phippen, Troubadour Yann Lawick, The OXYGEN BeeKeeper, Paul Bradley, Bill Grose, Phil, Rambles.NET Reviews, PIERO CALABRESE, Stefano, RAFFAELE SCHIAVO, Roos, mr pads, Peter Moore, Ray, anois, ~Domina 4 Life~, Anna, Cheryl, Valerio, El Mastaba per la musica popolare egiziana, Jim ( Elven ), Shona McMillan Writer & Photos, natxo, Frank Hoßfeld, CatmanBob, Sean The Piper
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