A big thanks to Colum King who included several tracks of Féileacán na Saoirse and I Can Hear You Calling in his show this week! Have a look and listen below… #grateful #ceolplay #album #AnnaFalkenau #lenaullman #maryshannon #trad #irishmusic #folkmusic #CharlieLennon

A massive thanks/GRMA to Neansaí Ní Choisdealbha for including three tracks from my CD Féileacán na Saoirse (Butterfly of Freedom) on her RnaG radio program Ceol Binn o na Beanna last night! #radio #trad #fiddle #irish #grateful #rnag #ceolbinn #galway #fiddle www.rte.ie/radio/rnag/c...

a truly special night in Memory of Maeve Joyce who touched so many hearts and lives with her outgoing, generous and joyous personality - An absolute honour to have been there with the Crane House Band - a most memorable for the one and only Maeve ❤️

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thanks Claire!

Delighted to have been awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship by Research Ireland enabling me to focuse on the publication of my doctoral thesis “‘It was in the Air’: Micro and Macro Flows in the Changing Soundscape of Irish Traditional Music in Galway, 1961 to 1981” #music #trad #ethnomusicology #urban

YouTube video by Anna Falkenau clip from Tuesday Tunes Anna Falkenau & Gonzalo Llao #jigs #Greatcomposers #trad #irish

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most enjoyable tunes yesterday !

lovely venue and lovely gig and audience!
clips to follow! 🙂 #gnandstein #irishmusic #konzert #trad #fiddle #concert #

YouTube video by Anna Falkenau The Cup of Tea @ Session - Anna Falkenau (fiddle) & Sarah Markey (flute)

Anna Falkenau (fiddle) & Sarah Markey (flute) @Galway, Ireland (traditional), #fiddle #flute #trad #reel #cupoftea #tunes #irishmusic #session
The wonderful Sarah Markey joined me Tuesday last and reminded me of this great reel “The Cup of m.youtube.com/watch?v=0C6X...

looking forward to this New Year’s Concert in the beautiful, historic church of Gnandstein! #konzerte #concerts #irish #fiddle #song #folk #newyear #kultur #frohburg #kohrensalis

Wishing you all A Merry Christmas and loads of magic moments with family, friends, chats & tunes & tea! 🙂🎄✨🎶

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#christmas2025 #Holidays #friends #tunes #Annafalkenau #sarahmarkey #cupoftea #session #trad #irish

Paddy’s Day & Eugene Levy & The Reluctant Traveller filming of S3 E6 @thethatch oranmore - myself, Mary Shannon, James Donoghue. check it out in ‘real’ on Apple TV….
😎🎶🎶🎶🎶 #AnnaFalkenau #maryshannon #jamesdonoghue #eugenelevy #TheReluctantTraveller #ireland #traditional #galway #fiddle

Máirtín, Cathal and Seamie at Colis! 😃🤠#happybirthday #tighcoli #greatmusic #greatmusicians #galwaycity

a short clip of Madam Maxwell by Turlough O’Carolan, Tuesday last @ An Pucan, Galway #trad 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶 #galway #fiddle #bouzouki #harptunes #WildAtlanticWay thanks to @JohnSteeleOlmstead for the vid

Gonzalo is back to playing ! 🎉 He ll be joining me today in An Pucán, 6-8pm 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
#galway #tunes #trad #wildatlanticway #asturian #fiddle #bouzouki

the wonderful Libby McCrohan on bouzouki joined me a couple of weeks ago… here a little clip…
#session #connaughtmansrambles #jig #tune #fiddle #bouzouki #AnPucan #galwaycity #wildatlanticway

lovely tunes last night with Sarah Markey and George Grasso … somehow we avoided the Student Xmas day madness which had Galway in its grip yesterday! 🥹 here a photo from last week’s, credit: George Grasso #tunes #trad #session #happyspace #Galway

a little clip from Oschatz a Klosterkirche Concert a Sunday week ago #reelofrio #trad #fiddle #annafalkenau #berndluedtke #bouzouki

high tide!!

tunes tonight with myself, Sarah Markey and George Grasso and friends in Mac Neill’s/Eyre Sq … pop on in to escape the rain! 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶#session #trad #galway #tunes #wildatlanticway

Oíche Shamhna shona daoibh - Happy Halloween! 🙂

YouTube video by Anna Falkenau Tunes for @CatherineConnollyforPresident

Wishing Catherine Connolly a successful election today! #vote #president #ireland

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looking forward to tunes in MacNeill’s with Sarah Markey and George Grasso… pix from last week with Gonzalo pre-broken finger. what a mishap! can’t wait for his return!!! 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🙂
#gonzalollao #sarahmarkey #annafalkenau #beckymiller #trad #irishmusic #galwaycity #wildatlanticway #session #livemusic

two jigs I love, Wednesday Visit by Paddy O’Brien and Ben’s Broga by Charlie Lennon from the Kinvara Fundraiser for Catherine Connolly for President! Great to see Catherine doing so well in the polls and more events happening around the country in next few days ….
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a lovely potpourri of clips from last week’s concert in support of Catherine Connolly’s run for president in Kinvara supporting

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Looking forward to Concerts in Germany Sunday 26 Oktober and Monday 27 Oktober Oschatz (Klosterkirche) & Schwerin (Paulskirche) in two beautiful venues, with the great Gonzalo Llao! #concert #touring #germany #Oschatz #Klosterkirche
#irish #traditional #folkmusic #keltik #fiddle #bouzouki 🙂

looking forward to supporting Catherine Connolly’s run for president joining a fundraising concert in Kinvara, Tuesday coming , 7 Oct, with a lovely line-up of musicians. Would be great to see some of ye there!

Nuala Kennedy, Anna Falkenau, Cathal Ó Curráin @ The Crane, Galway

such a lovely evening at the Crane! Best of times playing with Nuala and Cathal. Thanks to all of you who came out to hear us, huge thanks to Mick Crehan for having us, and dancer Becky Ní Éaillaithe
#annafalkenau #nualakenndy #cathalocurrain #thecranebar #Galway #trad #folk #wildatlanticway

A big thanks to Dave Larkin for extensively plugging our upcoming Crane gig this Sunday evening @ 6pm, Tix at the doors #AnnaFalkenau #NualaKenndy #cathalocurrain

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hope ye all enjoyed Culture Night 2025- we had a blast! … Galway Ceili Club & ceol made the RTE Culture Night program (ca. 36:40) www.rte.ie/player/movie... #galwayceiliclub #Culturenight #endascahill #AnnaFalkenau #jaharmonicas #alilevack #lukeomalleytradband #rte #galwaycity #galwaycitycouncil