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Young musicians play the fiddle and the tin whistle during a traditional session at Teach Hiúdaí Beag.
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Saki Knafo, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2024
Rua started playing music in primary school, initially with the tin whistle and then guitar.
—Karen Bliss, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2024
After MacGowan’s 1991 firing, Stacy, who played tin whistle, became the band’s lead singer for two final albums that retained the Pogues sound and spirit, but lacked some of the fire and charisma of classic lineup.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 30 Nov. 2023
Yet the verses seem to flow almost as a subversive exercise, Shane sneaking his nasty vignettes behind Spider Stacy’s chipper tin whistle.
—Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
Born in Glasgow but rooted in Ireland’s Donegal, this trio of sisters — Anna, Sheila, and Claire, variously playing flute, tin whistle, uilleann pipes, and fiddle, all singing and harmonizing together as only siblings can — have begun making a mark in the world of Irish traditional music.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
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Saki Knafo, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2024
Rua started playing music in primary school, initially with the tin whistle and then guitar.
—Karen Bliss, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2024
After MacGowan’s 1991 firing, Stacy, who played tin whistle, became the band’s lead singer for two final albums that retained the Pogues sound and spirit, but lacked some of the fire and charisma of classic lineup.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 30 Nov. 2023
Yet the verses seem to flow almost as a subversive exercise, Shane sneaking his nasty vignettes behind Spider Stacy’s chipper tin whistle.
—Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
Born in Glasgow but rooted in Ireland’s Donegal, this trio of sisters — Anna, Sheila, and Claire, variously playing flute, tin whistle, uilleann pipes, and fiddle, all singing and harmonizing together as only siblings can — have begun making a mark in the world of Irish traditional music.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
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“Tin whistle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tin%20whistle. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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