Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaíoch (songs), Charlie Piggott (accordion), Gerry Harrington (fiddle), Peter Browne (pipes).

The Lark on the Strand is a four-person group whose music is a refreshing blend drawn from a deep acquaintance with the Irish tradition – songs, dance music and slow airs comprise their programme and all four are very well known as individual performers with long standing careers in the traditional music world and a wealth of performing experience.

A 19-track CD (The Lark on the Strand – LOTS001CD) of their music was issued in 2022. It was a “find” which resurfaced in an attic during the 2021 lockdown period – a long forgotten tape recording of a live concert twenty years earlier in the year 2000 by the group in Ashbourne Co. Meath.

It was very well received by listeners, received much radio play in Ireland and abroad and has received good reviews:

“…the recording quality and performances are excellent…all well-known artists, this is a delightful and rather unique document of their ensemble playing and singing” The Journal of Music in Ireland (Journal of Music in Ireland)

“…a powerful blast of traditional Irish music from four of the finest…the quality of musicianship and the spirit of these performers…a final pair of reels sets the cap on an excellent album”. (The Living Tradition magazine).

“… exceptional throughout…a very welcome addition to the collection of any Irish music follower…comes highly recommended…” (Mustrad)

Now comes a chance to hear a memorable live concert performance from The Lark on the Strand – traditional music and song of the highest quality from four of the best!

Charlie Piggott
From Cobh, Co. Cork with West Kerry music connections, Charlie is a founder member of the group De Danann and features (playing tenor banjo) on several of the band’s early recordings. HPlaying a Black Dot Hohner Double-Ray accordion (tuned C#/D)he has contributed to recordings such as The Lonely Stranded Band, The New Road, The Trip we Took Over the Mountain and his 2019 solo recording is titled The Days that are Gone. He was a member of the Irish group invited to the US by the Smithsonian Institution for the 1976 Bicentennial celebrations. In 1998 he co-authored, with Fintan Vallely and photographer Nutan Jacques Piraprez, the book Blooming Meadows: The World of Irish Traditional Musicians.

Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaíoch
Amhránaí traidisiúnta í Seosaimhín ó cheantar Gaeltachta Chorca Dhuibhne. Tá suim ar leith aici ina dúchas ceoil agus a saol caite aici á chur chun cínn. Bunaitheoir mhná ceolmhara Mhacalla, céirníní aonair eisithe aici agus í ina hOllamh Onórach i gColáiste an Cheoil, Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Bhaile Átha Cliath. Iriseoir, láithreoir agus léiritheoir le RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta. A mantra saoil: Bímis ag ceol!

Gerry Harrington
From Kenmare in Co. Kerry, Gerry is a very accomplished and respected fiddle player with a particular interest in researching older and lesser-known tunes and giving them new life in performance. He has made many highly regarded recordings, both solo and with other musicians, and has toured extensively in Ireland and abroad. He also teaches, composes music and is skilled in sound recording, mixing and production.

Peter Browne
Peter is from Dublin and learned uilleann piping from three of the great masters of the instrument - Leo Rowsome, Willie Clancy and Séamus Ennis. He is well known as a solo performer and has played with various groups including the Bothy Band and 1691. He has also been a soloist in orchestral settings and a session musician on many recordings. HIs forty-year career was as a radio presenter and producer with RTÉ.