Labhair Bláthín Keena leis an gceoltóir agus cumadóir, Jamie Duffy faoina aistear leis an bhfeadóg stáin mar chuid dá fhéiniúlacht.
Jamie Duffy from County Monaghan, is one of Ireland's most exciting musicians- often referred to as Ireland’s answer to Hans Zimmer.
Within his music, he blends contemporary classical music with elements of traditional Irish music and folk music. Jamie’s debut album will be released on the 10th of October featuring one of his most famous singles 'Solas’ which went viral on TikTok and brought Jamie unexpectedly into a career in music.
Jamie plays the tin whistle in his new single, ‘Rising’. By performing and promoting Irish instruments on platforms like Tik Tok, he has transported the tin whistle into a new space. This raises an important question. How significant is social media in Jamie’s mission to promote the tin whistle, and bring it to a global audience?
‘Is é an fheadóg stáin an uirlis is fearr liom gan dabht, níl aon fhuaim cosúil leis an bhfeadóg stáin’
‘Nuair a fheiceann tú na millte daoine ar TikTok ag caint faoi na huirlisí traidisiúnta go háirithe an fheadóg stáin.. faigheann siad nasc mór le cultúr Éireannach agus eilimintí de cheol traidisúnta... bíonn an taithí sin chomh tábhachtach domsa agus mo chuid ceoil’
With more than 200k followers on TikTok and 1.9 million monthly listeners on Spotify, Jamie has a substantial online presence, however, how has this impacted his career as a musician?
Tá sé chomh tábhachtach domsa agus mo ghairm inniu. Bhí mé ag seinm an fheadóg stáin ar TikTok roimh aon rud..le linn lockdown agus Covid nuair a bhí gach duine sa bhaile, as scoil agus as saol go ginearálta. Nuair a chur mé an t-amhrán ‘Solas’ ar an idirlíon, nuair a bhí mé san ollscoil i mBeal Feirste- Ollscoil na Banríona, d’athraigh gach rud i mo shaol agus léim mé isteach i saol eile, saol nua mar cheoltóir agus cumadóir proifisiúnta’.
Jamie will be performing at Cork’s The Everyman on October 11th, at the National Concert Hall on October 12th and at Kilkenny’s Watergate Theatre on October 16th. His debut album will be released on October 10th.
Beidh Jamie faoi agallamh ar an seó ‘An Cúinne Dána’ le Tristan Rosenstock de Déardaoin, idir 14:05- 14:30 ar RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta.
