Irish music in Cuba

[Ryan]

I like these stories, uilleann (pronounced "illin") pipes getting popular with some Cuban musicians.

I'm always impressed with quality I hear in musicians every time I go to Cuba.

http://www.thejournal.ie/cuba-uilleann-pipes-1433102-Apr2014/

For comparison, here's one of my favourite tunes. Davy Spillane playing Caoineadh Cu Culainn (Cu Culainn's tears)

[TiminBC]

In Cape Breton every year in October there is a Celtic music festival.

http://www.celtic-colours.com/

The year I attended the focus was Irish music.

The venues are all small and allot of churches where the acoustics are very good. If Celtic music is your things the festival is a must.

The fall color there is pretty fantastic.

The selection of cigars is shall we say limited compared to Cuba.

I also attended the Havana international Jazz festival a few years back and found it amazing.

[Chelsea8]

Saw a friend of mine in one of the photos in the report. She actually plays in an Irish band in Singapore and had gone back to Cuba for a holiday.