Níl Sé Na Lá - Mairead & Triona Ní Dhomhnaill

What a powerful performance. Mairead & Triona Ní Dhomhnaill featuring Donal Lunny singing Níl Sé Na Lá.

Jose Antonio Higuera (Connan5)

Really fine bouzouki playing here from Jose Antonio Higuera. Two tunes:

Juli, a Pettersson & Friedriksson song (who is that?) and a Nordic trad song from Sweden.

Beth Patterson - Chaos Mongrel/Dark Stranger's Ceili

Once again a lovely video featuring the great voice and bouzouki playing of Beth Patterson, one of my favourite Bouzouki-players. So sad I had no chance to see her live up to now. I hope this guy will post some more videos.

Sweeney's Men

What a remarkable reunion. After being apart for more than 40 years Sweeney's Men reunited for this single concert at The Fiddlers Green Festival in Rostrevor, Co. Down in Northern Ireland 2007. Sadly Joe Dolan could'nt join them so Paul Brady stepped in and took his place.

I wish there were more videos of that event available. This is Sally Brown.

Ceird and Cheoil-The Bouzouki

This fantastic RTE-Programme about the bouzouki finally found it's way to youtube. Split in four parts here's a lot of information on this fine instrument. I mentioned this programme before, but here it is in fairly good quality.

Drisheen - Out on the Ocean - Jigs

Some Jigs played on flute and bouzouki

Pelle Fors

FredFrederic is playing a polska from Östergötland after a legendary fiddler named Pelle Fors (1815-1908).

Louis-Simon Lemieux - The Foxhunter

An Irish Reel played on bouzouki and fiddle

Bulgarian Twist

Alan McGuire is playing a bulgarian twist on his bouzouki at the Cruiscin Lan, cavan Ireland 08/04/08. No more information available.

The girl I left behind

This is a song I heard on an album by Andy Irvine. The story of a man leaving his lover to earn money. In the meantime she marries another man. I vain he ships to America, where he meets a woman who treats him well. But he never forgets the girl he left behind.

I saw Andy performing that song live and tried to figure out his chords. Here it is. The tab is to be found here.

Elegwen on Bouzouki

Here's great singer and player. I don't know where he's from, but I like his playing and singing a lot.

The Little Drummer



The Drunken Priests of Donegal


Land of Shadows


Midsummer Day, The Tea Party (cover)

Andy Irvine - Rambling boys of pleasure / The blacksmith

Presented by dokmdk (who is he?) come two songs by Andy Irvine. He plays a mandolin tuned GDAD, so it is no problem to play it on a bouzouki. Fantastic playing. Good to watch and learn. I hope he gives us some more songs from Andy.

Folk Tunes from Northumberland

Forbesbell is a fantastic cittern player. Love to hear more from him.

First here's Boys of Blue Hill and Harvest Home


And here are: Redesdale Hornipe, Because he was a bonnie lad

Fylde Custom made guitar-shaped bouzouki

This bouzouki (or call it cittern) is for sale at ebay.



Look here:

The seller is from Spain. His description:

Fylde custom made guitar-shaped bouzouki-cittern. 5 course, 66 cm scale. Cutaway. Made on a Fylde Alchemist body with some upgrades: Englemann spruce top, Indian rosewood back and sides, neck: 5 piece laminated mahogany, walnut and ash, ebony bridge and fingerboard, with pearl position markers, gold gotoh tuners. Bindings: walnut, with marquetry purfling lines on front.

Includes a Hiscox Liteflite hard case and a Headway FEQ pick-up.

The instrument is in "as new" condition with the exception of a few plectrum marks as it's been played a bit. The sound is really open, with a huge sustain, and very balanced bass and ringigng trebles.

Unfortunately I don't like guitar shaped bouzoukis a lot.

The old bush

I don't know anything about this zouk player. Fine playing, have a look.