Main pic: Tommy Peoples. Pic courtesy: Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA)
A new website has been launched to honour one of Donegal’s, and Ireland’s, greatest ever fiddlers, Tommy Peoples.
In an interview to launch the website, another famous trad musician, Paddy Glackin, described the late Mr Peoples as “probably the most influential fiddle player of his generation.”
Born in St Johnston in 1948, he spent parts of his life in Dublin, County Clare and Boston, before returning to his childhood home in east Donegal in 2004. Tommy’s unique fiddle style and significant compositional output mark him as one of the most important figures in the history of Irish traditional music. He passed away at home in Donegal in August 2018.
The Tommy Peoples website is now live and is hosted within the Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA) page.
Watch ‘Tommy Peoples: A Portrait of an Artist’ below:
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