Fintan VallelyFintan Vallely is a musician and writer on traditional music. He was a critic with The Irish Times and The Sunday Tribune, and has been a university lecturer on traditional music in Ireland and abroad. He compiled the first-ever tutor for the Irish fute in 1986 (new edition in 2013--The Complete Guide to Playing the Irish flute), and in 2008 published Tuned Out--Traditional Music and Identity in Northern Ireland. Among his numerous edited books is the 1999, 2011 and (t.b.p. 2024) encyclopedia Companion to Irish Traditional Music--which has a related touring show and CD, Compánach, and a DVD, Turas. Just completed is Beating time--the story of the Irish bodhrán, a unique, substantial history of the Irish drum. He is an Adjunct Professor with University College Dublin, and in 2023 was awarded the TG4 lifetime achievement award, Gradam Saol. [www.imusic.ie, www.comitm.com] Read More Read Less