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
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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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johnreedalikarim.bandcamp.com
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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.
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
New episode of this podcast Hannah Donelon about the '#IrishinManchester. Love the bit my mum and others describing Paddy's Field in PlattFields, going to the dances and the craic. Didn't know it was called this. ://open.spotify.com/episode/1IIXPicXxbkpCnadso6d2e?si=a3cf6e66bdbe4622 #IrishinBritain
EPISODE 3: ''It’s a long week for me if I don't go to the dance’’
There's A Lot I Haven't Asked · Episode
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June 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
New episode of this podcast Hannah Donelon about the '#IrishinManchester. Love the bit my mum and others describing Paddy's Field in PlattFields, going to the dances and the craic. Didn't know it was called this. ://open.spotify.com/episode/1IIXPicXxbkpCnadso6d2e?si=a3cf6e66bdbe4622 #IrishinBritain
Thinking of my dad Pat Walsh. Happy father's day. I am lucky enough to be a dad too. I never take it for granted. Thanks to the brilliant Mike Garry - Poet for writing these words. youtu.be/4E8R6rss_3E #Fathersday
The Visitor (feat. Mike Garry)
YouTube video by Michael Walsh - Topic
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June 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Thinking of my dad Pat Walsh. Happy father's day. I am lucky enough to be a dad too. I never take it for granted. Thanks to the brilliant Mike Garry - Poet for writing these words. youtu.be/4E8R6rss_3E #Fathersday
£570 now pledged for my 10km run Small park BIG RUN for the Sheffield Palestine Women's Scholarship Fund. You are all so generous. donate.giveasyoulive.com/fundraising/... #FreePalestine #Peace #Sheffield
Michael Walsh is fundraising for Sheffield Palestine Women's Scholarship Fund
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June 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
£570 now pledged for my 10km run Small park BIG RUN for the Sheffield Palestine Women's Scholarship Fund. You are all so generous. donate.giveasyoulive.com/fundraising/... #FreePalestine #Peace #Sheffield
I don't have much music news as I'm doing rehab on my poorly hand. BUT This is keeping me focused & healthy. £513 pledged for my 10km + for the Sheffield Palestine Women's Scholarship Fund. Thank you. Keep sharing x donate.giveasyoulive.com/fundraising/... #Palestine #Peace #Justice #Education
Michael Walsh is fundraising for Sheffield Palestine Women's Scholarship Fund
Make a donation and help me reach my fundraising target with Give as you Live Donate.
donate.giveasyoulive.com
June 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I don't have much music news as I'm doing rehab on my poorly hand. BUT This is keeping me focused & healthy. £513 pledged for my 10km + for the Sheffield Palestine Women's Scholarship Fund. Thank you. Keep sharing x donate.giveasyoulive.com/fundraising/... #Palestine #Peace #Justice #Education
I'm doing a wee 10km run to raise funds for this important educational cause. I feel quite helpless when I watch the horrors unfolding. This is a small step. Please support, share and pass on #FreePalestine donate.giveasyoulive.com/fundraising/...
Michael Walsh is fundraising for Sheffield Palestine Women's Scholarship Fund
Make a donation and help me reach my fundraising target with Give as you Live Donate.
donate.giveasyoulive.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I'm doing a wee 10km run to raise funds for this important educational cause. I feel quite helpless when I watch the horrors unfolding. This is a small step. Please support, share and pass on #FreePalestine donate.giveasyoulive.com/fundraising/...
open.spotify.com/episode/2HeH...
Another gorgeous episode. Oh that word "lonesome". Joy, sorry and hope all mixed into one. #IrishinManchester #IrishinBritain #ManchesterIrish #migrant
Another gorgeous episode. Oh that word "lonesome". Joy, sorry and hope all mixed into one. #IrishinManchester #IrishinBritain #ManchesterIrish #migrant
EPISODE 2: ''The one place I ever wanted to come to was Manchester.''
There's A Lot I Haven't Asked · Episode
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June 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Another gorgeous episode. Oh that word "lonesome". Joy, sorry and hope all mixed into one. #IrishinManchester #IrishinBritain #ManchesterIrish #migrant
Another gorgeous episode. Oh that word "lonesome". Joy, sorry and hope all mixed into one. #IrishinManchester #IrishinBritain #ManchesterIrish #migrant
Discover the untold stories of the Irish diaspora in Manchester! Join us for an immersive journey through memories and experiences from those who emigrated from Ireland between 1945 and 1975, a time when mass emigration shaped the lives of many Irish families podfollow.com/theres-a-lot...
There's A Lot I Haven't Asked
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 migrant minority in the UK. Thi...
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June 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Discover the untold stories of the Irish diaspora in Manchester! Join us for an immersive journey through memories and experiences from those who emigrated from Ireland between 1945 and 1975, a time when mass emigration shaped the lives of many Irish families podfollow.com/theres-a-lot...
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Listen to Compendium #212 as many times as you like right here: www.mixcloud.com/JohnReedBrea...
Another Compendium is ready to go for Wednesday 28th.
Another Compendium is ready to go for Wednesday 28th.
Compendium #212 21st May 2025
The Compendium never goes quiet for too long. It mixes acoustic-focused shows with shows at the far end of the progressive spectrum, bringing classic rock, progressive rock, occasional metal...and bas...
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May 25, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Listen to Compendium #212 as many times as you like right here: www.mixcloud.com/JohnReedBrea...
Another Compendium is ready to go for Wednesday 28th.
Another Compendium is ready to go for Wednesday 28th.
Due to a hand injury, I have to take a couple of months of rest and physio. Teaching, Playing & whistles clubs are on hold until September. Thanks for your support. I can still sing and I have work to do. Cheers, Michael x
May 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Due to a hand injury, I have to take a couple of months of rest and physio. Teaching, Playing & whistles clubs are on hold until September. Thanks for your support. I can still sing and I have work to do. Cheers, Michael x
Thanks to everyone who came to Whistle Club #Sheffield today & Monday. We started learning an Asturian muñeira. 1 more tonight @ @dogandpartridgesheffield Trippet Lane & then a week off for half term. For more more details www.michaelwalshmusic.com #tinwwhistle #lowwhistle #woodenflute #beginners
May 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Thanks to everyone who came to Whistle Club #Sheffield today & Monday. We started learning an Asturian muñeira. 1 more tonight @ @dogandpartridgesheffield Trippet Lane & then a week off for half term. For more more details www.michaelwalshmusic.com #tinwwhistle #lowwhistle #woodenflute #beginners
Who fancies coming to Whistles Club tomorrow? 10 am and 7pm. www.michaelwalshmusic.com/teaching-wor... x #tinwhistle #Sheffield
May 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Who fancies coming to Whistles Club tomorrow? 10 am and 7pm. www.michaelwalshmusic.com/teaching-wor... x #tinwhistle #Sheffield
Enjoyed Whistles Club so much I forgot to take a photo. Every Monday & Wednesday 10 am Meersbrook. Wednesday 7pm DOG AND PARTRIDGE Trippet Lane, #Sheffield. No Whistles Club next Monday. #TinWhistle #lowwhistle #Woodenflute #irishtraditionalmusic www.michaelwalshmusic.com/teaching-wor...
Whistle Club & Lessons | Michael Walsh Music
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May 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Enjoyed Whistles Club so much I forgot to take a photo. Every Monday & Wednesday 10 am Meersbrook. Wednesday 7pm DOG AND PARTRIDGE Trippet Lane, #Sheffield. No Whistles Club next Monday. #TinWhistle #lowwhistle #Woodenflute #irishtraditionalmusic www.michaelwalshmusic.com/teaching-wor...
Loving #Parkrun. With the help of the excellent younger & much fitter wife Sarah, I beat wk 1 time by a minute & 15 secs. I recommend them
May 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Loving #Parkrun. With the help of the excellent younger & much fitter wife Sarah, I beat wk 1 time by a minute & 15 secs. I recommend them