MichaelWalshflute.bsky.social
@michaelwalshflute.bsky.social
Ethnomusicologist/Founder of Whistles Club Sheffield, Wooden flutes. Irish traditional music. Teacher. Specialist in Music of the Irish in Britain y La Música Asturiana. Gaeilge. Asturianu. www.michaelwalshmusic.com Sheffield dwelling Mancunian. Quarehawk
Lovely lesson and @flugelstu.bsky.social wrote me a lively slide. Thankyou x
I’ve given my Low D Whistle an early Spring clean in advance of my first lesson of the New Year with ace fluter @michaelwalshflute.bsky.social – it’s now #ascleanasawhistle . . . I’d better get practicing ‘Humours of Ballyloughlin’ 😇🎵
January 28, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Lovely lesson and @flugelstu.bsky.social wrote me a lively slide. Thankyou x
Great group tonight @ #WhistlesClub @dogandpartridgesheffield . Thanks everyone. beginners and some improvers. Learning #irishtraditionalmusic on #tinwhistle #lowwhistle & #woodenflute. £10 per session. Or pay what you can afford. Message me for further details. Thanks Conor and team for hosting us
January 28, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Great group tonight @ #WhistlesClub @dogandpartridgesheffield . Thanks everyone. beginners and some improvers. Learning #irishtraditionalmusic on #tinwhistle #lowwhistle & #woodenflute. £10 per session. Or pay what you can afford. Message me for further details. Thanks Conor and team for hosting us
I’ve given my Low D Whistle an early Spring clean in advance of my first lesson of the New Year with ace fluter @michaelwalshflute.bsky.social – it’s now #ascleanasawhistle . . . I’d better get practicing ‘Humours of Ballyloughlin’ 😇🎵
January 27, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Learn #Irishtraditionalmusic on #tinwhistle #lowwhistle or #flute @ Whistles Club #Sheffield. Starts this Wednesday 28th Jan @6.45pm . £10 or pay what you can afford. Bring your own D whistle or flute. Message me for further details or email [email protected]
January 26, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Learn #Irishtraditionalmusic on #tinwhistle #lowwhistle or #flute @ Whistles Club #Sheffield. Starts this Wednesday 28th Jan @6.45pm . £10 or pay what you can afford. Bring your own D whistle or flute. Message me for further details or email [email protected]
Thanks to Mike Garry for buying a #tinwhistle #lesson voucher for the Brilliant Rose Marley in #Manchester. She learned a Jig. She has the #nyah. #Irishtraditionalmusic #folk. www.michaelwalshmusic.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Thanks to Mike Garry for buying a #tinwhistle #lesson voucher for the Brilliant Rose Marley in #Manchester. She learned a Jig. She has the #nyah. #Irishtraditionalmusic #folk. www.michaelwalshmusic.com
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Whistles Club is back DOG AND PARTRIDGE Sheffield S1. Every Wednesday 6.45pm-7.45pm starting 28th January. #Tinwhistle #Lowwhistle #Flute. #GroupLessons #Beginnerswelcome. £10 per session (concessions available). Contact Michael @ [email protected] #Irishmusic #folk #Trad #Sheffield
January 20, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Whistles Club #Sheffield is back. Learn & improve #Tinwhistle #Lowwhistle #flute in a group setting. £10 per session. Message for further details. #Irishmusic #folkmusic #trad #lessons
January 23, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Whistles Club #Sheffield is back. Learn & improve #Tinwhistle #Lowwhistle #flute in a group setting. £10 per session. Message for further details. #Irishmusic #folkmusic #trad #lessons
Whistles Club is back DOG AND PARTRIDGE Sheffield S1. Every Wednesday 6.45pm-7.45pm starting 28th January. #Tinwhistle #Lowwhistle #Flute. #GroupLessons #Beginnerswelcome. £10 per session (concessions available). Contact Michael @ [email protected] #Irishmusic #folk #Trad #Sheffield
January 20, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Whistles Club is back DOG AND PARTRIDGE Sheffield S1. Every Wednesday 6.45pm-7.45pm starting 28th January. #Tinwhistle #Lowwhistle #Flute. #GroupLessons #Beginnerswelcome. £10 per session (concessions available). Contact Michael @ [email protected] #Irishmusic #folk #Trad #Sheffield
January 20, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Whistles Club is back DOG AND PARTRIDGE Sheffield S1. Every Wednesday 6.45pm-7.45pm starting 28th January. #Tinwhistle #Lowwhistle #Flute. #GroupLessons #Beginnerswelcome. £10 per session (concessions available). Contact Michael @ [email protected] #Irishmusic #folk #Trad #Sheffield
Dear David Willis @ the BBC, award winning #Goldenglobe actor #JessieBuckley is not a Brit. Please try harder. #Thebritsareatitagain
January 12, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Dear David Willis @ the BBC, award winning #Goldenglobe actor #JessieBuckley is not a Brit. Please try harder. #Thebritsareatitagain
A great place to practice #tinwhistle @ #LincolnCathedral. #Sheffield #Whistlesclubs returning in January. Watch this space #Tinwhistle #Lowwhistle #flute #Irishmusic #Trad #folk
December 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
A great place to practice #tinwhistle @ #LincolnCathedral. #Sheffield #Whistlesclubs returning in January. Watch this space #Tinwhistle #Lowwhistle #flute #Irishmusic #Trad #folk
Michael Walsh works do in full swing. Tayto and club orange @dogandpartridge.bsky.social with handsome Conor. Coffee & Canoli @ brigazzis. Thanks to all who took lessons from me, played music with me, booked me & helped me over the PhD line. Feeling blessed. Present to myself, Mike Joyce book
December 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Michael Walsh works do in full swing. Tayto and club orange @dogandpartridge.bsky.social with handsome Conor. Coffee & Canoli @ brigazzis. Thanks to all who took lessons from me, played music with me, booked me & helped me over the PhD line. Feeling blessed. Present to myself, Mike Joyce book
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The Compendium airs at 8pm (UK) on Wednesdays on www.folkfridayradio.com If you enjoy some of the songs please buy them as well as streaming. Music is not for free. Someone spent time and effort creating it for you to enjoy.
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October 17, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The Compendium airs at 8pm (UK) on Wednesdays on www.folkfridayradio.com If you enjoy some of the songs please buy them as well as streaming. Music is not for free. Someone spent time and effort creating it for you to enjoy.
Listen again at www.mixcloud.com/JohnReedBrea...
Listen again at www.mixcloud.com/JohnReedBrea...
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#BandcampFriday is this Friday 3rd October. These are my bandcamp pages:
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Whether you do or whether you don't check these pages, please support other independent musicians.
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Whether you do or whether you don't check these pages, please support other independent musicians.
John Reed
John released "A Proliferation Of Pointlessness" in August 2025, in part to highlight the truth of what it's like to be an independent musician.
Widely travelled, experienced in life and hugely curio...
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October 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
#BandcampFriday is this Friday 3rd October. These are my bandcamp pages:
johnreed.bandcamp.com
johnreedalikarim.bandcamp.com
johnduncanreed.bandcamp.com
nightsong.bandcamp.com
Whether you do or whether you don't check these pages, please support other independent musicians.
johnreed.bandcamp.com
johnreedalikarim.bandcamp.com
johnduncanreed.bandcamp.com
nightsong.bandcamp.com
Whether you do or whether you don't check these pages, please support other independent musicians.
10km Sheffield in 56 mins 15 secs. Well under my hour target. My beautiful & clever coach in all things in life Dr Sarah Dalrymple got me running again as part of my hand rehab. Slowly getting there #runner
September 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
10km Sheffield in 56 mins 15 secs. Well under my hour target. My beautiful & clever coach in all things in life Dr Sarah Dalrymple got me running again as part of my hand rehab. Slowly getting there #runner
We've had lots of lovely feedback about our collaboration. Give it some love a rock / trad cross over and an interesting tale about a visit to #Ireland. please share
youtu.be/5X0t7OmGfBg?... #Italian #Rock #TradIrish #Woodenflute #ManchesterIrish #heartbreak #lovesongs
youtu.be/5X0t7OmGfBg?... #Italian #Rock #TradIrish #Woodenflute #ManchesterIrish #heartbreak #lovesongs
Ciellepi - The Cliff (feat. Michael Walsh)
YouTube video by Ciellepi
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September 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We've had lots of lovely feedback about our collaboration. Give it some love a rock / trad cross over and an interesting tale about a visit to #Ireland. please share
youtu.be/5X0t7OmGfBg?... #Italian #Rock #TradIrish #Woodenflute #ManchesterIrish #heartbreak #lovesongs
youtu.be/5X0t7OmGfBg?... #Italian #Rock #TradIrish #Woodenflute #ManchesterIrish #heartbreak #lovesongs
Slow steady healing and self care. Managed 30 mins on the #Tinwhistle & 5 mins on the flute without pain. Getting there. #runner #Musician
September 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Slow steady healing and self care. Managed 30 mins on the #Tinwhistle & 5 mins on the flute without pain. Getting there. #runner #Musician
A powerful piece of work. Delighted to be part of it & some of my work getting an outting. open.spotify.com/episode/15S7... #2ndGenerationIrish #IrishinBritain
EPISODE 8: "The idyll of the summer holidays where anything was possible was disappearing like the smoke coming out of the steam train’’
There's A Lot I Haven't Asked · Episode
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July 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
A powerful piece of work. Delighted to be part of it & some of my work getting an outting. open.spotify.com/episode/15S7... #2ndGenerationIrish #IrishinBritain
A fabulous podcast about the #Irish in post world war 2 #Manchester. My mum is on the early episodes and I talk about my 2nd gen Irish experiences too. It's a beautiful piece of work. Dip in and give it a share. open.spotify.com/show/296D55v...
There's A Lot I Haven't Asked
Podcast · Hannah Donelon · An immersive audio series revolving around powerful stories of resilience, belonging, and community from the Irish in Manchester. In 1971, the Irish made up the largest migr...
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July 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A fabulous podcast about the #Irish in post world war 2 #Manchester. My mum is on the early episodes and I talk about my 2nd gen Irish experiences too. It's a beautiful piece of work. Dip in and give it a share. open.spotify.com/show/296D55v...
A beautiful piece of oral history of the #ManchesterIrish by Hannah Donelon. Honoured to be part of it. #IrishinBritain. I have a wee cry, joyful sorrow, at every episode. #Irishmusic. Happy memories of work at Irish Community Care #countryIrish open.spotify.com/episode/7HMY...
EPISODE 6: ''I would love to waltz with my mum again''
There's A Lot I Haven't Asked · Episode
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July 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
A beautiful piece of oral history of the #ManchesterIrish by Hannah Donelon. Honoured to be part of it. #IrishinBritain. I have a wee cry, joyful sorrow, at every episode. #Irishmusic. Happy memories of work at Irish Community Care #countryIrish open.spotify.com/episode/7HMY...
A lovely episode focusing on #secondgeneration #Irish in #Manchester. Lovely. #IrishinBritain open.spotify.com/episode/0zPK...
EPISODE 5: ''As my Dad said, boots or no boots, I'll be there''
There's A Lot I Haven't Asked · Episode
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June 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
A lovely episode focusing on #secondgeneration #Irish in #Manchester. Lovely. #IrishinBritain open.spotify.com/episode/0zPK...
Thanks to all our sponsors. I managed a half marathon & 1 Lap. Further than my planned 10km. Funds for the Sheffield Palestine Women's Fund #FreePalestine
June 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Thanks to all our sponsors. I managed a half marathon & 1 Lap. Further than my planned 10km. Funds for the Sheffield Palestine Women's Fund #FreePalestine