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World on 3: Paddy Callaghan at the 2013 Shetland Folk Festival

Paddy Callaghan at the 2013 Shetland Folk Festival

14/06/2013

BBC Radio 3 - World on 3, Paddy Callaghan at the 2013 Shetland Folk Festival

Mary Ann Kennedy presents new music and a session by button accordionist Paddy Callaghan.

Mary Ann Kennedy presents new world music and celebrates British music with a session from Scots-Irish button accordion player Paddy Callaghan from the 2013 Shetland Folk Festival.

Mary Ann Kennedy brings us new tracks from across the globe, and celebrates British music with a session from Scots-Irish button accordion player Paddy Callaghan, recorded at the Shetland Folk Festival.

Paddy Callaghan is the current BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year. He was brought up in Glasgow, with a family heitage in northern Ireland, and he works full-time with the Comhaltas Ceoltoirí Eireann, an organisation that promotes Irish music. In this session recorded at the Shetland Folk Festival he is accompanied by Danny Boyle on flute and Adam Brown on bodhran.

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