Forty Years of Irish Fiddling: The Meaning of Traditional Music in Modern Life

Immerse yourself in Irish traditional fiddle and guitar music!

Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum is delighted to welcome fiddler and guitarist Randal Bays for his first concert at Folio.

Traditional music plays many roles in modern life, a link with the past, a part of cultural identity, a lens through which to study history. It’s all that, but to stay alive it has to be engaging to modern listeners. Irish traditional music does all that, and it’s found devoted listeners and players around the globe.

During the first half of the concert, Randal will share fiddle tunes he’s collected over the last forty years, plus fingerstyle guitar arrangements of early Irish harp composers such as O’Carolan and Connellan. For the second half of the concert Randal will be joined by Susan Waters on fiddle and Clint Dye on guitar. 

Join us for a wine reception and discussion to conclude the concert.