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Who I Am & Where I Live
- Name: Tommy Peoples
- City: St Johnston, County Donegal
- Country: Ireland
Current News
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What's Up?
Tommy Peoples has just published a new book, Ó Am go hAm – From Time to Time: Tutor, Text and Tunes by Tommy Peoples.
The book is a fascinating 400-page compendium which includes a detailed fiddle tutor with notation and illustrations by Tommy, as well as a collection of 130 of Tommy’s original compositions, again with notation by Tommy.
The book also includes insights into Tommy’s life and musical journey through text which explains the titles of his compositions, accompanied by related images and photographs.
The book is now available directly from Tommy, who will personally sign each copy. The price is inclusive of postage. If more than one copy is ordered, please indicate by email to Tommy at tommypeoples@eircom.net the name of the person you would like each book signed to.
The book can be purchased using PayPal below and choosing the proper postal destination. If you would prefer to pay by cheque you can write to Tommy at:
Kinny Cally,
St. Johnston,
County Donegal,
Ireland.
Please be sure to make cheques payable to Tommy Peoples, and include your full postal address and email address.
Further information on the site, below!
My Life & Work
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Bio:
Tommy Peoples is a fiddler from County Donegal (born in 1948), where he spent his early years immersed in the style which remains his today. As a teenager he went to live and work in Dublin, becoming part of the traditional music scene.
He worked and recorded with several bands, before joining The Bothy Band, with whom he stayed for about a year-and-a-half, participating in the recording of one of the biggest selling album of traditional Irish music of all time (for which he was never paid). A number of recordings with various ensembles have taken place since then.
Tommy lived for a number of years in Ennis, County Clare, an area renowned for its traditional music, before moving back to St Johnston, the village he is from. His daughter Siobhán is a noted fiddler also.
Tommy has passed away. Rest in Power Tommy Peoples!
My Media
- ▶ YouTube Music: http://music.youtube.com/channel/UCz7bfO3YcZwVC-IYgmlb-2w
- ▶ Website: http://www.tommypeoples.ie
Click to Listen on Spotify
- ▶ (Album/Podcast 1): http://open.spotify.com/album/5OoAqGg9bn3SaPPtSWCIKR
- ▶ (Album/Podcast 2): http://open.spotify.com/album/0QSZhTq2WXldtkMapI7Bw3
- ▶ (Album/Podcast 3): http://open.spotify.com/album/7lll8KPEGbAgH8gqf108Vo
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